Landscapes

I love doing landscapes and studies. They are great way to keep my work loose and painterly, with thick paint and fast results. Oil is the ideal vehicle because its so correctable, which means if I paint opaquely from the start then the majority of the final strokes are those that I first put down in each area. This direct painting method is the same approach I am using more and more for everything I paint, even faces and figures- the theory being that if I can refine and correct as I finish each area I can do each painting in one pass. It doesn't always work, but it certainly forces me to refine my drawing and seeing skills and leaves me enough room to be inventive since the entire paint surface is wet and receptive to refinements.

River falls, South West 24x30" oil on canvas

Directional strokes help create texture and realism

Full size close up showing effect of color glaze over impasto brushwork

Leaning Tree 24x36" oil

Detail of image above

Mount Baker- After the rain

Detail from After the Rains, above

Sedona Stillife

Detail from the image above

Landscape sketch, 2hrs

Sedona Creek in shadow oil canvas 34x50"

Sedona Creek in shadows_ detail

NorthWest Still Life oil canvas 36x50"

NorthWest Still Life _ Detail

NorthWest Still Life - detail 2

Zion Stairs oil canvas 28x36"

Zion Stairs _detail

Big Tree oil canvas 30x40" Private Collection

Big Tree - detail

Zion Boulder

Plant In Sunlight 24x36" oil canvas

Plant in Sunlight - detail

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