Sierra Blanca from several locations, often miles apart

8X6

Oil on Linen Panel

from the Apache Reservation

 12 X 9

Oil on stretched Linen

from Cree Meadows Golf Course

 12 X 9
Oil on stretched Linen
from Cree Meadows Golf Course

12 X 9
Oil on Stretched Linen
from the Inn

12 X 9Oil on Stretched Linenfrom Alto Lakes

I've been asked repeatedly to paint the mountain. It is why many tourists come to our area. Because of our altitude we are much color than the surrounding areas, although June is probably our hottest month. When it starts raining - usually around the first of July - it gets cooler.

Tinned Pansies

16X12

Oil on Linen Panel

 Pansies are such a cheerful flower and the grapes add just the right amount of color. 

Onions and Salad

20 X 10

Oil on Stretched Linen

Onion skins are transparent in an opaque sort of way. I'm sure I'm just not seeing them properly.  Adding the lettuces to the onions visually made the painting more interesting, I think. I'm working on ways to rethink subjects and expand the designs.

Orange Slices

12 X 6

Oil on Stretched Linen

Oranges and orange slices are so much fun to do, but designing a painting from scratch requires some brain work. Several years ago we bought a small watercolor that is only orange slices. It helps us have a sunny morning every day.

Peaches and Daisies

12 X 12

Oil on Linen Panel

These are probably the best daisies I've done. I struggle with them. The pot is supposed to be clay rather than glass so the shine is muted far more than some other things I've painted.

Copper, Peaches & Pansies

12 X 12

Oil on Linen Panel

The copper pan was much easier to paint than I expected. Painting peaches to be a little bit fuzzy is much more difficult. I learned a lot more about pansies after this one was varnished, but I still like them.

Sunset Splash

18 X 12

Oil on Stretched Linen

Reference Photo by Joe Price

Ocean waves and the splash they make really call to me and this one has the added bonus of bright sunset colors on the water and the rocks. I had to wait for the paint to dry mostly so I could dry brush color into the splash.