The artist with “The Last Burning of Bentiu, Sudan” Oil/Linen 2′ X 10′ Triptych.

Hello, and welcome to my painting gallery where you will see works that are the result of more than 50 years of painting passion. Happily now, thousands of my images are scattered all over the world. My style is abstract realism as taught to me by David Leffell and Sherrie McGraw. Here are a just a few for sale. Please contact me for additional pieces.

Gallery

Black-chinned Hummingbird

40″ X 30″; Oil on Linen: $14,500. This old moose antler has been hanging around the place since 1979 when we picked it up in British Columbia. I broke my collar bone on a fishing trip in Mexico and with nothing better to do, painted this with one arm. The contrast in animals’ size fascinated me and I wanted strong graphics to emphasize it.

 

 

 

Venus

30″ X 40″; Oil on Linen; $14,500. Near Lagoon Camp, Botswana we came upon this big male Leopard finishing an Impala in the safety of his roost. On the ground. a pack of Painted Dogs and a Hyena were fighting over the droppings–a surreal cacophony of growls, hoots and barks punctuated by cracking bones.

 

 

 

 Sunrise Concert at Bryce

24” X 48″; Oil on Linen; $22,000. There is nothing quite like a sunrise at Bryce Canyon. This morning the frigid wind was howling–challenging our perches on the rim, but what a sunrise!

 

 

 

 Kalahari Fire

28″ X 50″; Oil on Linen; $24,500. Elephants are my favorite! In this Botswana piece the calves are fascinated by the Leopard Tortoise who was modeled by my pet, Jumbo. I don’t think anyone has ever painted tusk growth rings seen here on many of these “eles.” In the Kalahari Dry season the wild fires made a surreal setting of indistinct, hazy horizons and intense sunsets.

 

 

 

Lonesome in the Valley

36″ X 48″; Oil on Linen; $24,000. In Yellowstone it would be difficult now to see a moose near Old Faithful, but thanks to artistic license, I have done it!

 

 

 

Denali

30″ X 40″; Oil on Linen; $14,500. On a recent trip we saw Denali only once, late in the evening our last night in Camp Denali. I added the Trumpeter Swans over Nugget Lake creating a magnificent contrast between the tranquility of the foreground and the raging wind on “The Great One.”

 

 

 

Company’s Coming

34″ X 60″; Oil on Linen; $29,500. My family and I spent a large part of a lovely morning with these Lion brothers at Kwara, Botswana. They had recently fed although not on the Zebra pictured, and were quite content, at least, for the moment. Please note the Porcupine quill detail.