Thursday, September 25, 2014

Bling for sale

Ha ha, that's right, I have some bling for sale. Marwari horse, photo reference by Manu Sharma, all framed up and ready to hang on your wall straight from the box:


SOLD

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Rocks

I love Utah's canyon country. I could spend the rest of my days exploring the canyons and rims and never get over the beauty of it, the peace, the vastness. I have big L love for the seas of slick rock, the ravens casting their shadows on the cliffs, the breeze through the junipers. Any time I get to spend time there I am taking photos, and have a large collection now of potential painting references :) This one is from a Lake Powell trip:



I love the glow of the late afternoon sun on the red rock, and how it casts the orange light onto surrounding surfaces. Magical!

"Powell Rocks"


SOLD

Monday, September 22, 2014

Towards Telluride


An 8X8 pastel from a ride into the Lizardhead Wilderness last summer. Looking east from the Kilpacker trail to the Yellow Mountains:


SOLD

Monday, September 8, 2014

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Speed Goat

Thanks to fellow artist Michelle Grant for a great pronghorn nickname: "speed goat", somehow I had never heard it before. Although the pronghorn is not a goat, it's a unique animal that is closely related to antelope, they sorta have a goaty look about them. And talk about fast! I have tried to chase them on horseback and it was laughable. Pronghorns are the fastest animal on hooves. The reference for this is a crop from a larger photo available for artist use by the USFWS Mountain Prairie division, which has tons of gorgeous photos on their Flickr album.