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Autumn Aspen – aka Quaking Aspen

Autumn Aspen – aka Quaking Aspen

Aspen or White Birch? These are Aspen – it’s all about the bark. White Birch are identified by the presence of a paper-like peeling bark and Aspen contains multiple black bumpy patches. Aspen bark is smooth and a gray-white on the immature trees,...

A Show Opening Close to Home

  Did you know there’s a lovely museum of art in Garrett, Indiana? Garrett is just a few miles west of Auburn. I am taking two paintings to the Garrett Museum of Art later today for a show opening the 17th of June.  The museum is open Fridays, Saturdays,...
Our Biosphere

Our Biosphere

Next week I’ll be taking this painting to the Indiana University Downtown Art Gallery in Kokomo.  The exhibit is entitled Biosphere. Our biosphere is where all life exists on Earth… land, sky and water. Artists were invited to share how they are inspired...

Golden Aspen

I think of Colorado (and northern Michigan) when I see Aspen trees, their beautiful bark is a treat to behold, their heart-shaped leaves tell my story. In my past life, I went to the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado in Boulder.  It was a...

Luke 1:80

Occasionally I paint commissions, meaning someone contracts with me for a specific painting. This commission was for a collector I’ve worked with for more than a decade and was a gift for her grandchild.  The specifics were relative to size: 15×30″,...