South Dakota and Minnesota Portrait and Landscape Painter
Next Tuesday, November 6th, a small series of small expressive fall paintings on paper will be available at the South Dakota Art Museum from 9:30am-noon only, and they’ll be priced well for gifting. Come on by – I’d love to show you my new works! Thank you South Dakota Art Museum for putting one of my …
The life drawing group in Brookings, SD has an opening tonight at the Brookings Arts Council – right across from the Children’s Museum – starting at 4:30. It’s a great group of talented artists, and I am excited to have drawings in the show. If you are in the area, I hope to see you …
Good morning! I received some great news – the gallery representing me in Minneapolis has sold almost all of my large paintings! So I’ve changed my schedule and started working on a new series for them, before continuing work for next year’s solo shows and my small works project that will be available here, in …
Read moreSunrise, and a portrait sketch-in, and multi-tasking
I’m working on this large painting of cows next to the water for an upcoming show (part of the Herd series), and I’m so excited about how it’s coming together. These cows live on the NE edge of town in a pasture with a beautiful river running through. I’d love to hear from anyone who …
Read morePainting distance, and meeting Gov. Dennis Daugaard
This week I spoke at 1 Million Cups about my art and business. Thanks so much to the organizers and audience! Speaking was miles from my comfort zone, which I loved. I had been avoiding public speaking like the plague. Until this year, that is, when I changed my business plan to include public speaking …
(Sassy) Cows in Light, 11×14″, oil on canvas, $450, available. Last year while we were on a family trip, driving through the farmland around Pierre, SD, on our way to Seattle, we came across all these sassy cows lunching on the outside of their fence. They seemed really happy. Cowboys came out and herded them back in, …
Read moreSassy Cows in Light, and an exciting upcoming event
Wilder Farm Cows, 11×14″, oil on canvas, $450, available. I started this painting en plein air at the Laura Engles Wilder paint out, but finished it in my studio this week. The way the cows made a pattern across the field really drew me in. They made an ever-changing pattern, which was very nice to watch and …
Thank you so much, John Andrews, for writing such a lovely article, and thank you South Dakota Magazine for the publication! For anyone who has an interest in the region but hasn’t seen South Dakota Magazine, it is an extremely lovely publication. You can find out more about it here. I am so proud to have had …
For some time now I’ve been thinking about experimenting to see if some of the visual ideas I’m exploring with oil paint would be expressed well with acrylics. So this week I’ve been working on this large acrylic painting. Color, texture, and melding are the main things I’m experimenting with here. Hope you like it …
Last night was the opening ceremony for the Brookings Art Council’s Annual Open Fine Art Exhibition. There is so much beautiful artwork at the show – if you are in the area, I recommend stopping in to see all the beautiful work. Thank you so much, BAC, for the 3rd place award for Breakfast in a …
