Art and Words

This painting will be available at "Best of the West", Four Seasons Arena, Great Falls, Montana, Western Art Week, March 2025.

It was a softly colored evening,  with peacefulness  reigning.  Price includes frame and FEDEX Ground shipping.

A blanket of fog covered the land and sea as dawn approached.  It was a lovely, quiet and hushed walk.  Price includes frame and shipping.

I do love autumn and the changes that come with the season.  It's a time to enjoy the rich colors and cool winds.  It is also a season to contemplate as life quiets down.  

This is a scene of southern Colorado ranch land.  All that open country holds untold stories, waiting to be heard!  Price includes frame and shipping.

It was a perfect, quiet dawn.  The coastal oaks greeted the day, as the sun made beautiful shadows and light.  Price includes frame and shipping.

We were walking through the hills on this evening, with the sky gold from the sunset, an occasional cow wandering through the aged coastal oaks and the incoming fog bringing in a lovely lavender over the land.  Price includes shipping and frame.

Those central coast areas of California are many things when the fog is moving inland......soft, peaceful, quiet, mysterious, ancient......the list goes on.  The exotic scent of the eucalyptus trees exuding their loveliness is not to be ignored, as well.  This is a beautiful land.  Price includes a Jim Graehl frame and FedEx Shipping, Ground.

Those central coast areas of California are many things when the fog is moving inland......soft, peaceful, quiet, mysterious, ancient......the list goes on.  The exotic scent of the eucalyptus trees exuding their lovely scent is not to be ignored, as well.  This is a beautiful land.  Price includes a Jim Graehl frame and FedEx Shipping, Ground. 

The light changed rapidly.  I had previously painted  fog creeping over the mountains.   During this painting,  the fog was gone and the sunlight was warming up the landscape.  I liked the contrast of the old barn amidst all the different greens.  I have always loved the cypress.  Those dark shadows provided a lovely contrast.  Framed.  Shipped Fed Ex Ground.  

I was looking south from the Weed area, in this painting.  The clouds sit on Shasta like a crown.  It is a spectacular sight.....

They are old, sturdy, withstanding the wind and rain.....and the fog gives everything a mysterious and moody atmosphere.  These cypress have great character, reaching to the sky the way they do.   They are a beautiful, wonderful part of creation.

Very few people were on the beach.  It was peaceful, moody, thought provoking.  In other words, to put it rather prosaically, it was beautiful.  I love this beach.   I want to go back and paint it again and again.   Maybe next year.  

Walking on the dunes, on Carmel City Beach, is an experience to be repeated.  On this afternoon, people were everywhere.....and why not?  The beach is there, in all its' beauty, for all to enjoy.

I painted this for the quick draw at the Carmel Art Festival 2016.  It was an energizing time, painting outdoors in one of the most beautiful areas in the world.  

The light changed rapidly.  I had previously painted  fog creeping over the mountains.   During this painting,  the fog was gone and the sunlight was warming up the landscape.  I liked the contrast of the old barn amidst all the different greens.  I have always loved the cypress.  Those dark shadows provided a lovely contrast.   

It had been a foggy, misty morning.     Early in the afternoon the clouds suddenly cleared and there was a miracle of light and color.  The day was shining.  The wonderful scent of the eucalyptus behind me and before me filled the air as I painted.  

I painted this from Whaler's Cove, located in Pt. Lobos St. Reserve.  The evening had set in, fog was rolling in and the mood was set, for me, anyway.  The ocean was to my left and before me.  The sea breezes were telling me sweet secrets........lovely.  This was awarded Honorable Mention in the Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Show.  It was an honor to receive an award in this beautiful show.  The building is the Carmelite Monastery.

It was a morning in Pt. Lobos....we were hiking in the hush of the cypress groves, watching the fog leave as the sun heated up the day.  Beyond words beautiful.

http://www.carmelartfestivalcalifornia.com/         I am thrilled to be one of the Carmel Art Festival 60 artists this year.  It is a wonderfully inspiring place to paint.

How do I express the joy of a sunset?  In paint......words aren't adequate.

We were on an asphalt road, a back road, really....almost only one lane, and came upon this lovely sycamore grove with a dirt road leading right into it.    We got out of our vehicle and stayed awhile.  We heard cows, bees, birds and nothing else.   It was a haven, a place for quiet and contemplation.    Available for auction at Daily Paint Works.... 

Oh, the wind was strong, the waves and fog were rolling in......it was a lovely, stormy day.

The Carmel area is one of the loveliest places in the world.  Eucalyptus trees have a special magic, their scents waft through the land.

I  am honored to be included in the 23rd. Carmel Art Festival list of artists.  

And so it goes, another day gone by......

Those clouds on the coastal areas are soft, dreamy.......beautiful.  This painting is a companion to "Carmel Valley Morning."  

I was entranced with the color of a California spring, having only seen California in its' dry seasons.  The greens are intense, especially in the latter part of the day.......It is a captivating landscape, to be sure.  

We were out and about, wandering the wine and cattle country surrounding Paso Robles.  The color was intense.  It was a beautiful, beautiful day.  So, up ahead was a fork in the road.....which one were we to take?!  We made our choice........Although it was the slow route, almost a cattle trail, we were taken with the quiet, the tall trees and a stream.  Wish we could have wandered all day.  Once again, the symbolism in this landscape can be allegorical.....life's forks in the road.   Sometimes, these decisions can be the most important ones we make.   On this day we chose the slow, quiet way.  Nice.

It seems to be a local past time.  There were all kinds of folks arriving for the sunset, sitting on benches or in their cars.  A very beautiful place.

The day sparkled.  The wind blew sweet messages to the trees and cliffs.  

Cambria is a lovely, small town on the California coast.  It is a wonderful place to watch the sunset.  The ocean was to my back.  I was standing on a cliff, overlooking a beach.  There was a heron walking around.  I think he was panhandling.  Lots of folks came and took photos of the trees.....they are a wonderment, to be sure.

Wind, surf and birds created a "Sunrise Song."  It is difficult to process such beauty in one day, even one trip.  I will have to go back over and over.  The light shining through the fog in this early morning was other worldly, soft, lovely.