"Elk and Calf"

oil on canvas board

12x16

sold

I just finished this painting of an elk and her calf.  I had taken tha photo in the Rocky Mountain National Park a few years ago, but I didn't like the background in the photo.  So I looked through my photos to find a good background and found this scene taken in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.  Since there are elk in the refuge, I combined the two photos.  We don't very often see elk in the refuge and if we do glimpse them it is usually in the evening or morning when it's hard to get good photos.  I've only seen calves this size in the refuge one time and they were too far away to get a good photo.  We are going back to the Rocky Mountain National Park this summer so I'm hoping to take more photos of elk.

"Cliffs at Mesa Verde"

20x10

oil on canva board
$175

I just finished this painting of a scene in Mesa Verde, Colorado.  This is the first painting I have ever done in this long vertical format.  It was certainly a challenge to paint, as the cliff was worn by time and rain into unusual shapes.  I loved the colors in the rocks, however, and had fun painting them.  I'm considering painting in an eagle or hawk, but I'll have to think about that for awhile.

"Lake Altus"

12x16

Oil on canvas
$150

Yesterday, I repainted an old canvas that I'd painted years ago, a painting of a lake in our area. My painting stye has improved so much since then, I was ashamed to display it any longer, so I decided to repaint it.  It's not exactly one of my best, but I am certainly more pleased with the second one.  As you can tell, the lake is low, but if I were to paint the lake as it is right now, you might not see any water at all in this view.  I don't like to look at Lake Altus these days--its too discouraging!  We really need rain!