If you are in Spearfish in the next couple of weeks, stop in to see the 7th Annual Exhibition of the Artists of the Black Hills! Held in the Spearfish Arts Center, right underneath Matthews Opera House in downtown Spearfish. Representing 45 + professional artists and 5 regional galleries from the Black Hills Region, this is an outstanding exhibit and …
“Painted Desert” 12 x 24” Oil on Wood Panel A profusion of pattern and texture: that is at the very essence of what I consider my art to be about, no matter what the subject matter. Get with the color!!!
“Dude Gear” 12 x 24” Oil on Wood Panel I love the cowboy hat: and the embroidered shirt… and the idea of gearing up to try on a different way of life. Don’t we all like to step into another world at times? Novels, movies, music: they let us try on another “hat” in this experience of being human. This …
“Altar to the West ” 11 x 18” Watercolor on Paper Knowledge and love of the west is kept alive in the American culture through larger than life representations. This collection of western attire represents homage paid to the old west as an offering to the present as well as the past. I have recently completed a series of watercolor …
This is a watercolor on stretched watercolor canvas, of Devils Tower in Wyoming. Famed for it’s legend and lore, it rises from the prairie, this now National Monuement was also known as Bears Lodge. It remains a sacred site for many Native American Indians. This painting is rendered from a distant photo I took, approaching Devils Tower from Hulett, Wyoming. …
I explored a new painting support: a stretched watercolor canvas for this painting. Last fall, I enjoyed a month of weekends at beautiful Hill City, South Dakota. This quaint hill town is host to many art and cultural events. I was the featured artist of the month of October at Prairie Berry Winery, and loved to look at this mountain …
This is another favorite local landmark. It is an early ranch house and large barn, made of local rock. It is a beautiful reminder of early days in the beautiful Spearfish valley. This painting will be available for purchase at the Deadwood Gaming and Resort Sip and Shoppe event on May 7th 🙂
This is a Spearfish area landmark in my eyes. This dairy farm now is host to llamas and always worth a glance as I drive by. It glows with freshly painted white and red grandeur and echoes days gone by for me. In watercolor, I strive to leave a lot of white in my compositions. The freshness of the watercolor …
This is a favorite painting, entitled “Dakota Dawn”. It is 11 x 14 inches, and I particularly love the colors. This is the first painting which I have had reproduced on canvas. Giclee canvas prints of this image will first be available at an event I am participating in at the Deadwood Gulch Gaming Resort ‘s Sip and Shoppe. It …
This watercolor is painted from a photo I took on my husband’s family ranch, bordering the Moreau River in western South Dakota. Miles from anywhere and in the middle of everything: a beautiful region. The Moreau River fluctuates from a shallow moving stream to a raging over the banks river, depending on the season and amount of precipitation. I truly …