Newest Commission

Mountain Landscape with Cabin and Mule
Original 24" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My patron requested this commission from a photo of her Dad's property, and requested that I include his cabin and mule.

The holiday season was crazy busy for me--lots of commission work that my patrons gave as gifts. I hope that all of my readers and patrons have a safe, happy, and prosperous new year!

Quote of the Day
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

Lao Tzu

New Commissions - 12.12.09

Fauve Farm
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Asparagus
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These paintings are commissions I recently completed for my patrons. Many of my commission orders are selected from compositions from my web site portfolio.

Quote of the Day
"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."

Thich Nhat Hanh

New Commission

Family Portrait
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My patron requested a commission of her, her partner, and their two Cocker Spaniels - Bailey and Aiko.

Quote of the Day

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

Frederick Keonig

New Paintings 12.01.09

Apple Still Life
Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Lemons
Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pear Still Life
Original 4" x 6" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Peach Still Life
Original 4" x 5" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Moonrise XII
Original 24" x 10" x 0.75" painting
Three 8" x 10" paintings
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Sunrise X
Original 8" x 10" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes several small paintings that are perfect for gift-giving during the holiday season.

Quote of the Day
"Peace is its own reward."

Mahatma Gandhi

New Paintings 11.24.09

Autumn Moonrise XI
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Tall Red Trees X
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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View of the Hudson River from Olana at Sunset (Commission)
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes new editions of my popular Autumn Moonrise and Tall Red Trees compositions, and a commission of my composition View of the Hudson River from Olana at Sunset for my friends at The Croff House Bed and Breakfast in Hudson, New York.

Quote of the Day
"You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are ...transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment."

Thich Nhat Hanh

New Paintings 11.19.09

Red Grass and Prairie Sky
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Abstract Cattails III
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Abstract Poppies on Yellow III
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These are my newest editions from the Prairie Sky, Abstract Cattails, and Abstract Poppies series. These paintings have been very popular with my patrons.

Quote of the Day
"It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe."

Robert Service

New Commissions

Western Slope Canyon, Colorado
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Moonrise
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Cottage with Cattails
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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The Gathering
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These pieces are all recent commissions I've done for my patrons.

Quote of the Day
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."

Eckhart Tolle

New Paintings 11.11.09

Autumn Path Near the St. Lawrence
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Small Town in Fauve IX with Cows
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work includes two paintings based on previous editions of my Autumn Path and Small Town in Fauve series. I have commissions that I will share with my readers in the next day or so.

Thanks to the men and women in our nation's armed forces for their service on this Veteran's Day.

Quote of the Day
"According to the Buddha's teachings, the most basic condition for happiness is freedom. Here we do not mean political freedom, but freedom from the mental formations of anger, despair, jealousy and delusion. These mental formations are described by the Buddha as poisons. As long as these poisons are still in our heart, happiness can not be possible."

Thich Nhat Hanh

New Paintings 11.9.09

Autumn Sunrise VIII
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Purple Poppies on Red
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My newest work features new editions of some of my popular and best-selling compositions. I've also recently picked up a lot of new commission work, and had a burst in sales over the past 10 days or so. Are we really in an economic recovery? Check back in a few weeks and I'll let you know what I think.

Quote of the Day
"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves."

Mason Cooley

Flowers on Blue Sky

Flowers on Blue Sky
Original 66" x 28" x 0.75" painting
Three 22" x 28" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This painting is the newest in my abstract floral series of paintings. My abstract floral triptychs are a pleasure to paint and are popular among my patrons.

Quote of the Day
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."

Denis Waitley

New Paintings 11.3.09

Autumn Yellow Forest
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Sunset on the Hudson River, Looking from Olana
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Mountains Beyond the Quaking Aspens
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Moonrise X
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvases

Busy week completing some commissions, getting new commission orders, and painting for my sales venues. These paintings are variations on and new editions of some of my signature compositions and reflect the beauty of the autumn season as the leaves start to dwindle on the trees.

Quote of the Day
"Waking up this morning I smile.
Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks II

Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks II
Original 72" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This is the newest edition of the Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks composition. This painting sold fairly quickly on one of my sales venues, and was fun to paint, so I decided to paint another. Autumn is my favorite season of the year, and my favorite to paint as well.

Quote of the Day

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." --Buddha

New Paintings 10.25.09

Abstract Spring Floral IV
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Springtime Daisies II
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Tall Red Trees IX
Original 66" x 28" x 0.75" painting
Three 22" x 28" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My recent work includes new editions of three of my popular, signature compositions.

Quote of the Day
"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." --Joan Baez

Springtime Daisies Commission

Springtime Daisies (Commission)
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My patron requested a large edition of my Springtime Daisies composition. She has bought several of my paintings, and I was quite happy to add another one to her collection.

Quote of the Day
"When you say, I enjoy doing this or that, it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you. The misperception that joy comes from what you do is normal, and it is also dangerous, because it creates the belief that joy is something that can be derived from something else, such as an activity or thing. You then look to the world to bring you joy, happiness. But it cannot do that. This is why many people live in constant frustration. The world is not giving them what they think they need." --Eckhart Tolle

Autumn Path XXV

Autumn Path XXV
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's painting is the latest in my popular Autumn Path series. This line is one of my signature compositions, and has a big following among my patrons.

I spent part of my morning on Monday rounding up a little of feral kittens that live under the house next door for spay and neuter. Ferals often have a short and brutal life in the elements and trying to find adequate food. A reminder to all: please spay and neuter your pets!

Quote of the Day
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." --Leo Buscaglia

Family Portrait

Family Portrait (Commission)
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My patron contacted me to paint a commission of her, her husband, and their three Borzoi from photos she provided. This was a fun and challenging portrait to paint! I'm pleased to report that she was very happy with the composition.

Quote of the Day
"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it." --J. Krishnamurti

New Paintings 10.16.09

Autumn Path XXIV
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Grove and Snowy Peaks
Original 48" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Three 16" x 20" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Path Through Autumn Birch Grove
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Tall Red Trees VIII
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Daisy Bouquet VI
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Doing a little catch-up on the FAB. I've painted several autumn compositions this week--new compositions as well as new editions of some of my signature compositions. Daisy Bouquet as well as some of my giclees are attracting a lot of attention, and have been featured in several Etsy Treasuries this week.

Quote of the Day
"If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and opportunity. Being sick is then not a condemnation or a moral judgement, but a movement in a larger process of healing and restoration. When sickness is viewed positively and in supportive terms, then illness has a much better chance to heal, with the concomitant result that the entire person may grow and be enriched in the process." --Ken Wilber

New Commissions

Winter on Sawkill Creek
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Reflections
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These paintings are recent commissions from some of my signature compositions. Winter on Sawkill Creek is a composition I created fairly early in my full-time painting career. Autumn Reflections is a composition that I've recently painted as a new edition.

Quote of the Day
"Assertiveness is the ability to express your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and desires in direct, honest, appropriate ways that do not violate the rights, needs, and self-esteem of another person." --Dr. Henry A. Virkler

Cat Portrait Commission

Persian Cat Portrait
Original 16 " x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

A patron who's bought several of my paintings asked me to paint a portrait of her three Persian cats. This piece was a lot of fun to paint, and the original photos of the kitties were darling! What characters they must be!

A kind reminder to all: please spay and neuter your pets.

Quote of the Day
"Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama

New Paintings 10.8.09

Grazing Cows
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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The Gathering III
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Utah Sunrise - Manti La Sal National Forest X
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Looking North Across the St. Lawrence River
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Springtime Poppies
Original 24" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My recent work includes three new compositions, and new editions of two of my signature compositions. Grazing Cows, Springtime Poppies and Looking North Across the St. Lawrence River are new compositions. Cows is my latest autumn landscape. Poppies is the newest edition in the Springtime series of paintings. Looking North captures the stunning view across the river to Canada from my new home in Northern New York.

Utah Sunrise captures the beauty of early morning in Eastern Utah's Manti La Sal National Forest. The Gathering is technically a new composition in the series depicting rich landscapes and our avian friends who inhabit them.

Quote of the Day
"...Death is part of life; there is nothing strange about it; sooner or later we all have to pass through that gate. At that time, whether or not there is a after life, it is very valuable to have peace of mind. How can we achieve peace of mind at such a moment? It is possible only if we have some experience of ourselves that will provide inner strength, because no one can provide this for us--no deities, no gurus, and no friends. This is why the Buddha says you must be your own master." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama

New Paintings 10.3.09

Family Portrait (Commission)
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Checkered Cloth XI
Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Autumn Reflections III
Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Still Life with Roses and Fruit
Original 12" x 16" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes two new still life paintings, one from my popular Still Life with Checkered Cloth series, and a new edition of Autumn Reflections. These are on smaller canvases, attractively priced for gifts or for your own personal indulgence.

In addition, I just finished a commission for a patron who wanted a portrait of her husband, her dogs, and herself. This painting was created using photos of the subjects, painted in a setting of my creation.