ISLAND PARK #3

 
Having just returned from China, I find myself very interested in combining words and images. I do this by re-using cardboard boxes as painting supports. As I paint in a very expressive manner, I am trying to incorporate the printed words on the box. mystery or confusion. House paint of pre-used cardboard. 22 x 28 inches.

ISLAND PARK #2

 
I reserve the right to be expressive with paint, and mindful of the "history" of the support I am painting on.

ISLAND PARK #1

 
Back to my roots, house paint on used cardboard, 22 x 28 inches. Island Park is all rocks and trees, I love the trees.

FLY FISHING MONTANA #1

 
Early spring, fine days got me thinking of fly fishing. A small series resulted, maybe more later. This image is of a creel, no one used them any more as no one keeps trout to eat any more. I do, from high mountain lakes an afternoon of fishing and I will keep 2 for my wife and I for dinner, in the creel, full of meadow grass and cool air and the fly box. Acylic latex on illustration board.

FLY FISHING MONTANA #4

 
If you do it right, the fly will float in the air and land gently on the water, and FLOAT! If not, it will hit the water with a smack, and drive the trout away. Acrylic latex on illustration board about 18" x 24"

FLY FISHING MONTANA #5

 
acrylic latex on illustration board. What does a cast fly look like as it travels through the air? This?

ABOUT TOWN #10

 

So far I have 16 new paintings "About Town", studio created from photos I took "about town". Like most small Montana towns, ours is informed by the press of the natural world on all our borders. A small clip of civilization surrounded by wilderness. This is a view of the street and bridge leading out onto the Rock Island in the middle of the Clark's Fork River and the original Thompson Falls. Acrylic latex on illustration board, all about 16" x 24".