March Light

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8" x 10" Oil on canvas, Sold.     Our daylight is getting longer and the low evening sunlight is a welcome change.  I really do enjoy painting this kind of lighting on the snow.  

 

Frigid Coastline

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8"x 10" Oil on canvas,  $250.00    Again, we see the drive to Anchorage along Turnagain Arm.  This was a cold and grayish day just a few weeks ago.  The paint is not quit dry on this one.  

Approaching Sunset

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6"x 12"  Oil on wood,  $250.00.    This as the end of 5th Avenue in downtown Anchorage.  It leads down a hill with a view of Cook Inlet.  We usually park right here when we eat a Simon and Seafort's ,  one of the best restaurants in Anchorage.

Steller Jay

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6"x 8" Oil on board,  $275.      Steller Jay is the Alaskan variety of blue bird.  Named after the Alaskan explorer George Steller who discovered 6 species of  birds and mammals on his voyage to Alaska in 1741.   This bird is seen pretty much everyday out at our cabins in Humpy Cove.  It is so pretty with velvety blue feathers.  This is actually a painting I did last year ... I am working on new paintings but they are not quite ready yet so I thought I would share an older one.

Lowell Canyon - View From the Water

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12"x 18" Oil on board, $425.00.    I'm on a trip right now visiting my Mom and sister in Santa Fe, New Mexico so I missed posting at the end of last week.         

Saturday I spent the morning going through wonderful galleries on Canyon Road looking at fantastic paintings.   I loved it so much.    Today's painting also has the word "canyon" in it by coincidence.  This is a painting I did in the spring of last year and it is of Lowell Canyon which is the canyon in my home town of Seward.   I often go hiking myself up this canyon because I can leave from my house and walk there and hike as far as time allows.   Campers park along the water front all summer long. 

Below is a photo I took today while on a hike with my sister in the hills above Santa Fe.  Fresh snow fell this morning and then the clouds began to part and by late afternoon it was clear with a orange sunset at night fall.

Driving Pleasure

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11"x 14" Oil on canvas, SOLD      Heading south to the Kenai along Turnagain Arm!  I have made this drive hundreds of times in my over 40 years of living in Alaska and I can honestly say it never gets dull!  The mountains in the distance here are actually the Alyeska ski resort mountains.  I grew up skiing here most winter weekends through my high school years.   These days we stop at the Bake Shop for their homemade soup or one of their fabulous sweet rolls.... my personal favorite!