“Mount Evans Winter” Colored Pencil It’s a cold, windy day on Upper Bear Creek. Mount Evans is buried under a blanket of fresh snow. The sturdy evergreens are built to withstand winter storms like this. Heavy snow clings to the blue spruce creating an interesting pattern of dark and light. The landscape is expressed with […]
“Teton Wildflowers” Watercolor During the dead of winter, I start yearning for the sound of birds and the scent of wildflowers. What better way to spend some down time than daydreaming about warmer weather while sketching with brushes and watercolor. The Tetons are an impenetrable domain of jagged alps straddling Wyoming’s western frontier. Filled with […]
“Laguna Beach” Colored Pencil It’s a warm, summer evening in southern California. The vast, Pacific Ocean is counterbalanced by steep, yellow cliffs that are decorated with a bouquet of complicated foliage. Rolling green waves are washed ashore in a white foam that laps against the rocky beach. The endless sea stretches into infinity, creating an […]
“Mount Evans Winter” Colored Pencil It’s a cold, windy day on Upper Bear Creek. Mount Evans is buried under a blanket of fresh snow. The sturdy evergreens are built to withstand winter storms like this. Heavy snow clings to the blue spruce creating an interesting pattern of dark and light. The landscape is expressed with […]
Soldier Summit, Utah Up out of Price, Utah as you head into the high country, there’s an expansive meadow that’s funneled into a natural passageway through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. Extreme weather shaped this beautiful landscape and provoked its tragic history. In 1776, an expedition led by two Franciscan Priests stumbled upon this remarkable place […]
“Sneffels Range Spring” Acrylic Tucked discretely below the Dallas Divide, the Sneffels is a scenic sub-range of the San Juan Mountains. The confusion of untidy crags is a rugged remnant of an ancient volcano. It’s late spring but bare rock is beginning to emerge from a shroud of heavy, winter snow. A row of crooked […]
Soldier Summit, Utah Up out of Price, Utah as you head into the high country, there’s an expansive meadow that’s funneled into a natural passageway through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. Extreme weather shaped this beautiful landscape and provoked its tragic history. In 1776, an expedition led by two Franciscan Priests stumbled upon this remarkable place […]
Cub Creek Park Drifting down out of Brook Forest, Cub Creek is a docile stream graced with a friendly disposition. Cut through a quaint woodland, the usually lively stream has been constrained to a trickle this time of year. Sitting still in the crook of a wide s-curve, the shallow ravine is more like a […]
“Gore Range Sketch” Colored Pencil It’s summer in the high country and a blanket of wildflowers covers the steep slopes below Ute Pass. Looming over a slender valley, the Gore Range is composed from an array of incredibly jagged peaks. Heaped on top of the purple mountains, deep snow still persists even until the end […]
“Laguna Beach” Colored Pencil It’s a warm, summer evening in southern California. The vast, Pacific Ocean is counterbalanced by steep, yellow cliffs that are decorated with a bouquet of complicated foliage. Rolling green waves are washed ashore in a white foam that laps against the rocky beach. The endless sea stretches into infinity, creating an […]
It’s been frightfully cold in Evergreen The wind won’t stop howling, the forest is cloaked in a mysterious light. Somber foothills are set against, majestic mountains of a ghostly white. The weather in Evergeen can be scary, that’s what makes the seasons such a treat. Especially the summers, they’re oh-so-sweet. This December, it’s been frightfully […]
“Bald Eagles” Colored Pencil High above a big, blue reservoir, snow-covered peaks form an impressive backdrop as a pair of bald eagles secure their lofty roost. The fish-filled lake will provide the birds of prey with plenty of food for an entire winter. Always around water, the white-headed raptor is an opportunistic angler. Though an […]
Soldier Summit, Utah Up out of Price, Utah as you head into the high country, there’s an expansive meadow that’s funneled into a natural passageway through the rugged Wasatch Mountains. Extreme weather shaped this beautiful landscape and provoked its tragic history. In 1776, an expedition led by two Franciscan Priests stumbled upon this remarkable place […]
Ostrich Yesterday we learned about a tiny, hyperactive movie star from Colorado. Today features a massive, flightless nomad from Africa. Ostriches are world famous for their “buried-head” hiding strategy. When an ostrich senses imminent danger and can’t run away, it flops to the ground and remains frozen with its head and neck pressed against the […]