The River Valley in January

This is a small snow study, not an original design but it definitely reminded me of time I spent in Upstate New York freezing my tail off and it reminded me of my high school time in Colorado also freezing my tail off.  This is the block-i and it will need improvement on the details of the ice, the river, and the icy butte on the right.

Paratroopers Twilight Jump

 I added the Paratroopers and their parachutes.  They have their rucksacks hanging from the lowering lines as they are ready to execute their Parachute landings.  I use to do this and I had my night jumps and twilight jumps.

Get Well Card Giraffe

My co-worker had her ankle operated on so this is her Get Well Card, a giraffe with a cast.  This is a pencil sketch on a blank card.

New Tree sketch practice - the Pines

I found a new source of practice sketches for my tree work.  I like the use of white areas mixed with the dars so it makes for a better sketch.

Alaska Fjord Waterfall painting the plan and the block-in

This is another painting from my Alaska trip.  I have included the planning sketch and the initial block-in of the oil painting.  This is a little bit of a switch for me as the background is so dark and the foreground trees are lighter, so I will have to work this one a lot to get it where I want it to be.

Alaska - Fjord Island and Ice

I have hundreds of photos from my trip a few years ago to Alaska.  Go if you can it is great and very scenic.  This is a block-in of a small island near the Sawyer Glacier.  The water has speckled ice chunks in it, which will be the last thing painted in.

Moonlight Aspens

I pulled out this painting and decided to work on it.  The top is the adjustments and a better photo.  I added to the moon halo, greyed out the background pine trees, greyed the foreground meadow and the middle ground meadow.  I adjusted the Aspen shadows and changed the aspen trunks.  I think this is a better set-up and might even be done.  We will have to see.