Spearfish Creek I
Painting with watercolor on the clayboard, I am able to layer color in the same manner as applying glazes in an oil painting.
Lookout Mountain Sunrise
From my home in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Spearfish Canyon Colors
I am bracing to embrace winter, as it is closely nipping at fall’s heels today!!
Spearfish Canyon I
The fun of being an artist is in discovering that special thing each time I pick up a paintbrush.
Spearfish Creek II
I am exploring the unique effects I get from painting with watercolor on a specially prepared board, called clayboard.
Spearfish Creek III
Fall colors are prime in Spearfish Canyon right now.
Rimrock I
“Rimrock I” 6×6 Watercolor on Clayboard I’ve always associated this cabin at Rimrock Lodge in Spearfish Canyon as a iconic site of old Spearfish. This wood cabin perches precariously over the canyon wall, and can be seen from the road as it twists by the entrance to Rimrock Lodge. Although closed for the season, the Lodge is still in operation, …
Bear Butte from Mt. Roosevelt
Bear Butte rises up off the plains as a marker signaling the North Eastern edge of the Black Hills
Bear Butte Spring
What is right before our own eyes is a magic we often do not see: watch for the next patch of open sky, and the majesty of the next sunset.
Crow Peak at Sunset
This is Crow Peak, outside of Spearfish, SD on the South Dakota and Wyoming border.