My artwork was recently accepted into a wonderful gallery in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Deselm’s Gallery is located in the old downtown area of Cheyenne, and will be a good new market for my artwork. This beautiful building houses an impressively large collection of fine art, and is worth a visit when in Cheyenne. I have been asked to be the …
Before development of the land East of Spearfish, one could see vast open land, with the view of two local landmarks, Lookout Mountain and Crow Peak. Ironically, Lookout Mountain is really more of a peak, and Crow Peak is really more of a mountain! Lookout was originally called Lookout Peak, as it truly was used as a lookout point for …
Broad open landscapes are something one grows almost used to living in South Dakota. This watercolor painting of a South Dakota landscape shows the subtle color and beautiful variety of the landscape where I live. Every once in awhile I remind myself of how much I missed seeing the sky, and most especially sunsets, while living in Pennsylvania. This is …
Another favorite regional site. What I know about this quaint old building is largely lore, so I would appreciate any input on this information! From what I have heard, this old house/barn is an earlier (Swedish?) homestead house, built in the European style: barn below, living quarters above. Near the early settlement of Saint Onge, I have heard it also …
This painting is an oil on Masonite of the Medicine Wheel in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. This amazing site is high atop a mountain, and surely holds many secrets. I am in the process of making prints of this painting, as it is one that continues to call to me in my studio, and one I wish to share with more …
My father owns property on Mount Roosevelt, outside of Deadwood. This mountain named after Teddy Roosevelt, and has a monument to him, dedicated by Roosevelt’s good friend, Seth Bullock. It is a quaint little castle tower, reminiscent of a European trip the two friends took together. Who says South Dakota doesn’t have castles! Read more about this monument, called Friendship …
Still reveling in the extreme cold of a South Dakota Winter! This is a watercolor painting, which captures the sense of the frigid climate some of us are living with right now! I really do love watercolor, and intend to venture up into Spearfish Canyon to paint on site again soon… providing it warms up a LITTLE!
We are back to winter scenes! This is the white we are again seeing, but it is not out of the ordinary for February in South Dakota. Those of us living here are getting plenty tired of it, however! This watercolor painting sold this fall, and to my pleasure, it sold to a woman who had commuted in this area, …
This is a piece, recently completed as a commission. This oil painting shows the gentle colors of the region, with wildflowers in the foreground and late summer ocher tones in the background. It is showing the amazing view of Bear Butte, with the moon rising. You can see the gentle slope of the land as it rises from the prairie …
A beautiful drive on a snowy winter day: winding slowly along Spearfish Canyon… it is all good.