Sunday, October 7, 2018

Into the Marshlands


Into the Marshlands  6 x 8  Oil on linen panel
I am always challenging myself, this was all done with a palette knife  with a time limit of 30 min.
I tried to create depth and a feeling of  a delightful day in wetlands.


Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Cattail Fluff

Cattail Fluff 6 x 8 Oil on linen panel         SOLD
As a child I loved to pick the newly burst cattails and tickle under my nose with the soft down bursting forth.The tall stately cattail becomes a stem of fluff to be cast by the wind so there will be seed spread for a new patch in the Spring.


Field Patterns




Field Patterns  8 x 10 Oil on panel $195.00
Born and raised in the rich soil country of the Red River Valley of the North, I never tired of the beauty of the clean rows of new seedlings coming up, then the waving grain and then the golden grain swallowed up by the combine like a monster with a voracious appetite.

Golden Glow

 Golden Oil on Linen Panel 6 x 8  $145.00
 This is the delight of Fall, the golden remains of a harvested field and at the edge the last Golden show of leaves before the cold winds scatter the leaves and the the field is blackened  by the plow.Then comes the white of winter

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Mum is the Word

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"Mum is the Word" 6 x 8   $145.00
Oil on linen
I love my old bottles with a few flowers for a casual bouquet. I was potting my mums and a few broke off so put them in one of my collection and  I had  a painting waiting to happen
so I got out my paints and here it is.

Sunday, September 9, 2018


"Season is Soon Changing"  8x10 canvas panel  $275.00
Once again I am mesmerized by the color and the reflections of the trees and vegetation in a near by  shallow river. You can feel the air change as summer nears an end.