“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 …
This painting was created specifically for a local micro brewery, Crow Peak Brewery. They have been open a very short time, yet are going like “gang busters”. I hang my artwork there, and had long envisioned this piece to hang next to the lovely stone fireplace there. Many local musicians perform here, and it is a popular gathering spot. The …
Our group went two different directions for awhile today, before meeting up in Deadwood for a wonderful meal at The Deadwood Social Club, above the famous Saloon Number 10. Mariethe’ Salort and I painted in Deadwood, SD today. Mariethe was interested in painting an old house, and liked the idea of a row of houses, so I showed her the …
This is a detail of a painting I did of Lookout Mountain, in Spearfish, South Dakota. This local landmark is symbolic of home to me. The painting is titled: Beneath the Surface. To the west of this beautiful valley, headed to Wyoming, is an intriguing site. It was discovered when Interstate 90 was being built. It is an ancient buffalo …
Symbols have been borrowed and exchanged forever. I am drawn to the petroglyphs and symbol studies I have been painting, by that very thing: how symbols are a visual language, which seemingly jumps across time and continents. Many of the same type of imagery in yesterday’s petroglyphs is found the world over. Those same images are prevalent in society today. …