A painting a day in January: B is for Bluebird

B is for Bluebird: 7.5x11 watercolor - $295.00

Growing up in Idaho, I remember seeing these birds most often when I was out hunting for grouse or rabbits in the sagebrush deserts of southern Idaho. I think Idaho did okay when they picked this littler feller as their state bird!

31 paintings in January 2015: A bird every day - A is for American Avocet

A is for Avocet - watercolor 7x10 - $295.00

I first saw these birds when I was camping in Idaho's awesome sawtooth mountains. I was kayaking around at Stanley lake early one morning, when a whole flock of these awesome birds came out of nowhere and would land, prance around a bit, then take off. I got many great shots of them and have been waiting for a reason to paint one. Well here it is. See more photos below. unframed painting is $295.00. Email if interested in the framed option for $395.00. I will be painting every day in January following the alphabet. All the paintings will be birds, corresponding to the alphabet. Keep a look out. for purchase information, click here and visit my daily paintworks page.

Patience on the Joe

"Patience on the Joe" watercolor 12.5x3.5 - $95.0

 A little watercolor of a fishing friend on the St. Joe River in Idaho. It was a great day with the beauty all around, and the weather was pleasant, but the fish outsmarted us that day. Send me a photo of you or a friend fly-fishing, Maybe I will make you into a work of art! See the demo Here below as well. Price listed is unframed, Email me if interested in seeing and purchasing this work framed or a print (print price - $29.00). Click Here to purchase via Paypal

Here is a step by step demo of the progression of how this little work came to be. After the drawing, I pretty much worked from dark to light, saving the whites. No masking fluid on this one, quick loose strokes wherever I could. Colors were mainly Azo yellow, sap green, paynes gray and ultramarine blue. a bit of cad yellow, and winsor green, and whatever brown was dried up in my pallette, probably burnt umber.

Road-Trip Ready

"Roadtrip Ready" - Watercolor, 11x7 - $295.00 unframed, $395 framed  (SOLD)

When I was in my 20's, I dreamed of getting one of these, and taking a road-trip across the USA. To get a good firsthand look at America, and meet the hard working folks. I think it would be so fun. I would take my honey, fly-rod, painting supplies, Bible, guitar, and camera. Maybe I'll still do it. God knows.

Unframed - $295.00. Framed $395.00. Email me if your interested in the framed option. SOLD, prints available, and the mugs are too cool.

Get your Trophy Catch Painted

"My Trophy Chinook" 8x12 oil on canvas - commission

Sometimes fisherman want to save the memory of a big catch, but can't always get it stuffed. The next best option is to just save the memory in a photo (even a bad photo) and get it painted. I have done this several times for fisherman, and I can do it for you to. I can paint in an oil or watercolor. figure roughly about $4.00/square inch for the size of painting you want.
Just email me the photo, put down a deposit, and I will create for you a lasting memory of your trophy catch! See other examples on the blog below.

"Colors of the River" 30" wide watercolor - sold (Release Example)

Example of photo used for above painting.

My Son helped add a few spots!

My Fish, My Sons Hand! - 11x14 Watercolor

Prints are available of any of the fish paintings

Tulips a Bloomin'

"Tulips a Bloom" watercolor 7"x11" $295.00

The Tulips in the Skagit Valley  are Blooming. If you have never been there and seen the tulips a bloomin' you need to make a trip there and see the incredible beauty that they are!

Framed or Unframed Watercolor

unframed 7x11 $295.00 USD framed 11x14 $395.00 USD

Capturing Alaska

"Alaska's Mountains and Meadows" Watercolor 30x18, Prints Available

This is a painting of a view of Alaska I photographed  from a trip I was blessed to get to take with my son Last Summer (2013) It was great. I was hosted by my old college roomie. It was a great time seeing all of God's beauty and catching and eating Salmon. I hope to go again someday. See below some of the photos of the trip, and a map of where we were when we captured this view of some of Alaska's Mountains and Meadows. I may make some prints of this image, email or message me if interested. The original is for Martin and Robin. Below is the Map of where we were. See the green locator.

"A" Marks the spot about where we were for the painted view.

some other photos of the spot and our trip...

This is one of the photos I worked from.

Fireweed all over Alaksa

My son Josh with a nice catch!

Me with the fish I broke my flyrod on.

Another view we saw on the road home. I may need to paint!

Thanks for reading about my Alaska trip!