The Way to Madera, 16x20, Oil

 
This painting was painted on location on a winter's day at Madera Canyon near Tucson, AZ.   The Way to Madera was recently displayed and sold at the Mountain Oyster Club's annual art show.  It also received recognition in the top 15% of the jury selection for the national Boldbrush Painting Competition.

  Aspen Forest, 30x40, Oil

Aspen Forest is one of the larger contemporary paintings that I do based on landscape oil paintings that I do on location.  Plein air painting has been the basis for my work for many years and I also do large works outdoors.  However, I like to abstract the shapes and colors and make a more contemporary statement with a series of palette knife paintings in the studio.  See my contemporary collection.