Heading North

Chief

"Old Bear"

Well it is time to pack up and leave the Southwest and head North to Alaska for the summer, but before I leave I will rearrange my studio space at Blue Raven and replace "Two Bear" woman with "Chief" since "Two Bear" is heading for her new home in Las Vegas.  I know the new owner will love her.  I will also teach one more class this evening then clean my brushes and say adios until we return in the fall. Here is "Chief"  and "Old Bear"
I'm looking forward to attempting some quality art this summer in Alaska at the Judi Betts workshop and the Great Alaska Plein Air Retreat http://pleinairalaska.com/

My Latest Art

Court of the Patriarchs at Zion NP

With lots of company and travel since February I was surprised to see I still had a little time to complete a few pieces of art.  I just completed this painting of Zion National Park in the Court of the Patriarchs (also Oil 14" x 18").   I also completed these paintings of a Rooster and Hens ( Oil 14" x 18").  They were lots of fun to paint and the added humor of the hens provided me with a good laugh.  Let me know if they give you a chuckle as well.

Henrietta, Scarlett, and Marilyn

Rufus

Native American Portraits, Dexter, and Tuscany

I've spent the last few weeks painting Native Americans from historic photos. When I paint these faces I become very involved emotionally with the painting and what these peoples lives must have been like, their status in the tribe, how they lived and their daily routine. It seems each time I paint a face there is also something familiar. After painting Uwat, the second painting here I had two family members comment that she reminded them of Molly Head. I find these resemblances so interesting. It seems to show the commonality of mankind. Dog Woman, the first painting here must have had a lot of prestige in the tribe as indicated by all of the elk teeth sewn on her dress and Luqaiot has such a proud look about him. The dog is Dexter, the studio dog belonging to the owner of Blue Raven Studio and the last two paintings are tiny little paintings of Tuscany that I painted from photos I took when we were there several years ago. The rest of my time has been spent teaching Canvas a la Carte classes and teaching a one day Color Pencil Workshop.