Brushstrokes Studio

“Being an artist is doing what comes naturally. My subjects choose me-their patterns and shapes, their sense of rhythm and movement, inspire my creative energy. Pastel and acrylic allow me to capture the immediacy of the experience.”

This is a commission for a good friend and talented Architect by the name of Michale Knorr. He has a fantastic firm here in Denver by the name of Michale Knorr and Associates. If you ever are in need of an architect's services you should look him up! He created the design for my new house and it's fantastic!

This is another urban street scene from Denver Colorado. This piece is now in a juried show at the Denver International Airport on the A concourse. So if you are traveling and get to that area of the air port stop by and see the show. It has over 400 pieces of art on display through January of 2009.

This is a commission my two clients, Bill McDonough and Rob Munger. They gave me a wonderful picture to paint from their travels to Spain. I am very pleased with the outcome and hope they are as well.

"I favor a 'painterly' approach in my work, in which a recognizable form is achieved, while at the same time the paint itself is celebrated and brushstrokes are not only visible but intrinsic to the success of the piece."

This new oil painting, "Don Juan" will be featured on a full page in the October 2008 issues of Southwest Art magazine.

Some new oil paintings I have been painting this summer. Mountain Bluebird was the last painting I finished for my two person show at Evergreen Fine Art in July.
Tranquil Path was from a lovely hike I did this summer. I love Colorado summers!
Dalmation Coast Fishing Village is from my European travels this past June.
Next is Tini Time Too! Self explanatory!
Thomas & Grace is a commission.

California wine country studies from the central coast area.

"My paintings are a response to the passion and beauty I feel from and for Nature. As an artist I want to communicate visually and vibrantly the peace and serenity that is found in Nature. I like to describe my dynamic compositions as a unique style of contemporary Impressionism with a bold use of color and texture."

I was immediately drawn to this scene because of the luscious colors created by the sage interspersed with the vibrant red Paintbrush and Penstemon wildflowers. This was found just at the end of the town of Crested Butte, walking distance from the motel where we stayed. Ironic find after doing some amazing 4 wheel driving in search of just such a scene!

I am continually drawn to the warm afternoon light. I was fortunate enough to be out with my camera last summer in Montana to capture this scene as the sun was low in the sky lighting the grasses on the hillside.

I often find scenes from nature walks that I can put into the abstract on canvas. That is how I came to create this image, from a walk along the river at our mountain place here in Colorado. What was originally a concrete reality to my eye is now a place on canvas where the viewer can choose be anywhere he wishes.