I inherited a love of all things western from my father. Dad was a fan of the west and of horses, so I guess it was only natural that I would grow up loving all things western and horses in particular. I was born in Denver, Colorado. But when I was 16 we moved to a small 5-acre place in the country just east of Castle Rock, Co. One of the first things my father did was, buy a horse. And I've been enthralled by their beauty and grace ever since. It was here in Castle Rock, that I first started to paint. I did not let my lack of formal art training stop me from learning how to draw and paint. I tried everything artistic, even leather tooling.
But it wasn't until I moved to Aspen in 1973, that I developed my interest in wildlife art. I would drive the mountain roads, with my border collie, studying and photographing the wildlife I saw there. That experience fostered the preference for painting the animals that I had photographed. I have been painting western scenery, wildlife and horses ever since.
Pastel became my predominant medium. I began to develop a market for my painting by attending arts and craft festivals in and around the western slope area of Colorado winning many "Best of Show" awards along the way. I also won awards at the Glenwood Springs nationally juried fine art festival, which I consider one of the biggest highlights of my career in art. I was represented by the Artist's Mercantile & Gallery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and displayed art in many businesses in the area.
I started out painting in the oil and pastel mediums and continue to do some oil painting today, but I now prefer to paint with acrylics, appreciating the finer detail I can achieve with things like animal fur. I also like the quick drying aspect of using acrylics.
I paint on both canvas and Masonite hardboard. My painting style is Realism. My inspirations are artists such as, John Seerey Lester, Jerry Yarnell, Tom Browning and Tim Cox, to name a few. I have studied their styles extensively and I have learned different techniques from them that have improved my painting abilities.
I now live in Deming, New Mexico and the desert landscapes here have given me a whole new inspiration for my paintings. I have shown my work at the Hurst Church in Pinos Altos, New Mexico and the Sun Bowl exhibit in El Paso, Texas and won awards in both venues.
But it wasn't until I moved to Aspen in 1973, that I developed my interest in wildlife art. I would drive the mountain roads, with my border collie, studying and photographing the wildlife I saw there. That experience fostered the preference for painting the animals that I had photographed. I have been painting western scenery, wildlife and horses ever since.
Pastel became my predominant medium. I began to develop a market for my painting by attending arts and craft festivals in and around the western slope area of Colorado winning many "Best of Show" awards along the way. I also won awards at the Glenwood Springs nationally juried fine art festival, which I consider one of the biggest highlights of my career in art. I was represented by the Artist's Mercantile & Gallery in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and displayed art in many businesses in the area.
I started out painting in the oil and pastel mediums and continue to do some oil painting today, but I now prefer to paint with acrylics, appreciating the finer detail I can achieve with things like animal fur. I also like the quick drying aspect of using acrylics.
I paint on both canvas and Masonite hardboard. My painting style is Realism. My inspirations are artists such as, John Seerey Lester, Jerry Yarnell, Tom Browning and Tim Cox, to name a few. I have studied their styles extensively and I have learned different techniques from them that have improved my painting abilities.
I now live in Deming, New Mexico and the desert landscapes here have given me a whole new inspiration for my paintings. I have shown my work at the Hurst Church in Pinos Altos, New Mexico and the Sun Bowl exhibit in El Paso, Texas and won awards in both venues.