Dry Pumps

 8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

Many little middle America towns are full of classic corner filling stations, but very few have the old pumps like this one. I liked the clean lines and shadows of this one.

Nelson-Atkins Shuttlecocks

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

We visited the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in KC last September and had a great day. The art inside is impressive, but among my favorites were the Claes Oldenburg Shuttlecocks installed throughout the grounds. They're huge sculptures, 18ft tall, 16ft wide and weigh 5500 lbs. They are colorful and throw amazing shadows!

BWCA Portage

 

8" x 10" oil on panel

I have been to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in Northern Minnesota several times, and it is one of my favorite places on earth. This painting is an homage to all 1,090,000 acres!

Redwoods

 

20" x 16" oil on canvas

My son sent me this picture from a recent hike in California. I knew immediately I wanted to paint this scene when I saw the different warm hues of the sunlight and trees next to the cool hues in the sky and shadows existing together. I loved the composition and the way your eye moves from the path up into the trees. 

Neat

 

12" x 9" oil

I love painting glass, and I've always wanted to try painting a cut glass. The different way light reflects on the various planes of the glass always intrigue me.

Midnight Snack

 

12" x 16" oil on panel

We were in KC a few weeks ago and I managed to get some new pictures to paint from. This one is of a famous local burger joint Town Topic. 

Pairs of Pears

 

9" x 12" oil on panel

I'm a sucker for sunlight streaming through windows and what it can do to simple objects. A glass bowl of pears on our kitchen table was irresistible!