"Sandstone Soldier"

This image is from garden of the gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This 7.5" x 7 .5" watercolor with acrylic will be for sale at Mountain Living Studio in Manitou Springs. This piece and "Granite Guardians" are the same size and framed identically and would make a nice pair for your art collection.

"Granite Guardians"

This new 7.5" x 7.5" watercolor with acrylic painting will be for sale at Mountain Living Studio in Manitou Springs, Colorado when I do a changeover there February 29. These rocks are part of Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. I see characters within the rocks.

Lake View

This is my design "Lake View" which will be painted on a 5' fiberglass heart this spring. This is one of Engaging Loveland's heart sculptures to be displayed throughout Loveland (Colorado) beginning July 2008. My design was chosen and is sponsored by Columbine Health Systems.

From Composition to Color

Come and join a fun group for a class I'll be teaching at the Loveland museum on March 13, 20 & 27 from 6:30- 8:30 for adults. We'll cover a broad variety, working on composition, transposing & drawing your image then some basic watercolor techniques. This is a great way to go over some basics and/or try something new. The museum will supply all materials. Here is the newsletter online. My class description is on page 4.

http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/Cultural_Services/images/LMG%20newsletter%202008%20Winter.pdf

Champagne & Chocolate...

On Saturday, February 16, Engaging Loveland is putting an an "unveiling" of designs of the 11 heart sculptures that will be painted and/or sculpted with by this May. The event is from 6:30-8:30pm at the Ranch Thomas McKee 4H Community Building in Loveland, Colorado. The event is free, however if you wish to sample desserts & champagne the cost is $10 per person. My design was chosen by a sponsor and I am anxious to start the big project and excited to have my heart sculpture on permanent display in Loveland. More details to follow...

"Quilted Love"

This colored pencil & ink painting is at the Lincoln Gallery's annual SweetArt Show for the month of February. The opening on February 8th will be part of 2nd Friday art walk in Loveland.

miniature painting

"Loch Vale" is a 8" X 4" pastel I painted that will be in the miniature show at the Western Spirit Art Show in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The opening is March 1, 2008 in the evening and is one of the best openings I have attended. I have 3 other paintings that were juried into this show which runs through the month of March at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne.
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Portrait Drawing

I've been attending various portrait and figure drawing sessions to work on my drawing skills. I painted this portrait on suede board in a session last week at Wilds Art Center in Loveland, Colorado.