The last few weeks have been a whirlwind in the art studio – so there’s exciting stuff coming up! I am so grateful to those little animals that spread pollen and keep our world alive. So It’s great to be involved in celebrating these creatures! I have three new pollinator paintings (as well as about …

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Grooming Time, 11×14 inches, oil on panel, available here. Sorry about the formatting in last week’s email. You can see how it was supposed to look here. Here is another celebration of Spring. These are the cows that live in the field in our neighborhood, and I just love painting them. Don’t they look happy? …

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I have never looked forward to Spring as much as I am right now. And I’m feeling a little homesick for Seattle. This winter has been long. Right now we have 3′ of snow across our property – 7 feet deep in one area. And last week we had another blizzard, and a rain storm, …

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Horse and Tree, 11×14 inches, oil on cradleboard I wanted to capture the beautiful warmth of a snow dusting over amber grasses. Does this remind you of warmer days? I just love how the colors in this one came out! I hope you enjoy.    I’ve got a new page for farm paintings. If you …

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New Romantic Tonalist Paintings I love to experiment. Here’s a small series of tonalist paintings I just finished using a very limited pallet of 2 or 3 colors, and really reigning in the brush strokes. I’d  love to hear what you think of these. Exciting Adventures I drove over to Minneapolis on Tuesday morning, stopping …

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I can’t believe this is coming up just next week. If you know people in the cities, please share this info with them. And let me know if you are thinking about seeing the show and would like a card, and I’ll put one in the mail for you (as supplies last). And check out …

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Sioux Falls – You are invited to Rehfeld’s Art Gallery this Friday (Feb. 1st) for the opening celebration for Dakota Landscapes from 6-9pm! If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll stop in for great art and conversation. You’ll see brand new art from three Dakota Landscape painters, and we’ll be there to talk art …

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I’m writing to you from a hotel in Minneapolis. This weekend I’m dropping off artwork for a solo-exhibition! It will include both water paintings like the one above as well farm landscape paintings like the one below. I can’t even express how excited I am about the show! If you’re in the Minneapolis area, you are …

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