"Old Hope Church"

6"x8" oil on panel

available

$100

The Old Hope Church is just down the road from my Idaho painting studio. The church has recently been renovated by a local couple and is being rented for weddings, and other events. They did a beautiful job, as well as mantaining the integrity of the original building. There's a beautfiul garden as well. I painted three versions of it.

Hope Cabin #3

6"x8"

Oil on panel

Available at "Outskirts Gallery"

My painting studio in Hope, ID was next door to this luscious sherbert orange cabin.

The bulbous azaleas were magnificent against the lime green of the adjacent cabin.

Idaho Painting

" Cabin #1 Study"

8"x6" oil on panel

sold

I've been absent from my blog for months, but I'm back now. We're up in Idaho for the summer, I have an art studio to paint in and I'm painting like crazy. Now, I'll start slowing a bit and start showing some of what I'm producing. This cabin is on the site where my studio is located.

Postcards from Idaho #9

"Trees on Lake Pend O'reille"
8"x10" oil on panel
Available

Another painting from Jan's beach on Lake Pend O'reille. What a great place to paint, very peaceful, plenty of shade to stand in and spectacular views all around. Wish I could paint here more, but we're starting to pack up now. I have a couple of paintings that will have to be finished at home. But for now, it's almost adios to Idaho and all our good friends.

Postcards from Idaho #7

"Farm Across the Field #2"
12"x16" oil on panel
Available

Here's another painting of Alvin's Farm in a larger format. The hay fields here are so beautiful with the undulating patterns of line and color. I love the paintings of Gary Ernest Smith from Oregon, and these fields inspire the kind of composition he uses.

Postcards from Idaho #6

"Alvin's Barn"
10"x8" oil on panel

I know...another barn..another red barn, the kind of barn picture that any elementary school child would paint from his concept of "barn". But, this is a special barn. It's Alvin's barn across the road from our cabin property. Alvin died two years ago, he was about 95 years old. Alvin was a legendary farmer in this part of the world and a good friend and mentor to my partner Steve. This farm will be sold soon and with new owner's will come changes. All of my farm paintings from Idaho are of Alvin's farm-a visual memory of Alvin and his place in the world

Postcards from Idaho #4

"Apple Tree in the Lane"
8"x6" oil on panel
$100
Available

This apple tree is from a volunteer seed, planting itself amidst a forest of tall cedars, pines and fir. For years it really struggled to reach the sunlight, but managed to stretch itself up sufficiently to get what it needed, and was still able to produce a load of apples for the deer in our woods. Now we have cleared out some of the trees around it and it has more light, and has been pruned into a more shapely tree, but I don't know that it thrives the better for it. Still it makes a beautiful site reaching it's arms high in the light.