Another Grand Birch

This birch could be anywhere but I captured the image in a forest and on the lake shore below the Grand Tetons. Now that is a place to find painting inspiration! I was looking for a moose but had to settle for this grand birch.

Memories

Long before the smart phones, and and the DS's, the Wii and the Playstations, there were tricycles and capguns to make believe and stir our imaginations. We spent many hours racing around the driveway and hiding behind trees to get the bad guy and we got a little exercise too! When I found these toys at Richard Richardson's Good Time Stove Company, in Goshen, it brought back many good memories.

Red Tailed Hawk

So if you are a mouse or some other unfortunate rodent you may be in trouble with this guy. I love the determination in his eye or is that hunger? It's been a long winter and the snow was deep so I guess he is due a mouse or two. You can't imagine the talking I had to do to get him to hold that pose for even ten minutes!

Yellowstone Young Bull

We found this young bull at Yellowstone Park last summer when we had one of the best vacations! There were hundreds of bison everywhere but especially in the Lamar Valley where we also saw grizzlies, proghorn deer, swans and fox I hope to paint more of these great animals.

Cow/calf pair

I have always loved animals and have been drawn to paint more of them lately. I try to paint what I know such as cattle and goats, but I'm getting closer to trying to capture the essence of other animals as well,with my art. Look for wild animals, such as the buffalo I saw in Yellowstone last summer, or wolves, from a friend's web cam in the woods.

Our Boar Goats

This may sound strange to those of you who aren't familiar with goats but they are some of the sweetest animals. Everyone thinks little lambs and puppies are the best but there is nothing like a baby goat's silky hide and sweet face. Much easier to raise than sheep. Come visit our herd sometime while you stop at my gallery!

Waterfall at the Center of Town

I love to work with water or rather I love what my pastel does with water. I find that I do a few painting then it;s back to water again. This very small falls in the center of Westhampton became quite powerful when increased in size with my paper choice. This painting was in Springfield at the Academic Artist's Association Member's Show for the month of June.