Enjoying the cool in Beaver Creek, Colorado!

I feel sorry for those of you who are sweltering in other parts of the U.S. as I am enjoying beautiful temperatures (in the 70's!) in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Today I'm visiting one of the galleries that carries my work - The Walt Horton Fine Art Gallery.

Edge of Autumn

12" x 9" oil on gessoed panel
Walt Horton Fine Art Gallery 

Bunny Study

A year or two ago, I did a rabbit study that I could have sold ten times over.  I've had a lot of requests for 'more bunnies please'!  This little guy is a 7" x 5" oil study on gessoed board.

296 - Rabbit

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

US $85 plus $7 shipping

SOLD

"Golden Gate"

This painting is at the Walt Horton Gallery in Beaver Creek, Colorado.

Golden Gate

20" x 16" oil on gessoed board

New Zealand Stilts - Today's Study

There's a beach about a mile from my house where these little guys hang out.  New Zealand has the pied stilt and the black stilt - but pied/black hybrids are common, which is what these birds are.  Like the rest of my little studies, this is a quick oil done on gessoed masonite.

292 - New Zealand Stilts

5" x 7" oil study on gessoed board

SOLD

A Chickadee Study

Time for another chickadee.  I've not done one for a while and I do love painting them....though they're not always the easiest bird to paint.  This is one of the reasons I've painted so many chickadee studies - hoping it'll get easier.  This one didn't quite 'jump off the brush' but it came a little easier than some. I had to fight to keep the background simple.

291 - Chickadee

7" x 5" oil study on board, unframed

US$85 plus $7 shipping

SOLD

Back Road

I love painting roads - maybe because I like travelling but I think it might be a compositional thing as a road is a handy tool to lead your eye into a painting.  When painting on location, if there's no road in the foreground, I'll often suggest a path if the composition is a little lacking.  A good example is a 24"' x 36" oil I did a few years ago, Soft Rain Falling.  This is one of the few paintings I've kept.  It hangs in my living in New Zealand to remind me of some happy painting trips in the hills of San Diego County.

Soft Rain Falling

24" x 36" oil on gessoed board

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Today's little study flew off the brush.  It's a broad-tailed hummingbird - very similar to the ruby-throated hummingbird found in the eastern United States.

288 - Broad-tailed Hummingbird

5" x 7" oil study on board, unframed

SOLD