Stone People as record keepers of earth history. My rendition depicts an ancient stone person in the body of prairie sandstone, witness to millennia of time as the ancient ocean slowly receded to grassland. Imagine sagas of buffalo herds, antelope and wanderers traversing the Great Plains. Acrylic with limestone, sandstone and iron oxidized to rust. […]
Desert Ravens
I’m on my way to the American Southwest and stopped at the Petrified Forest in Arizona to admire this handsome raven. […]
Plains Tornado
Tornados reset the balance of nature. This piece is inspired by the tremendous power of a plains thunderstorm to affect change. It contains natural elements to balance earth and sky, including pigments, soil, plains limestone and rainwater. Sold to a collector in Kansas. […]
Ad Astra Per Aspera at Deines Cultural Center, Russell
Ad Astra Per Aspera Art, Deines Cultural Center, Opening Reception June 16, 2017 Please join me for the opening on Friday, June 16 from 5-7 pm at the Deines Cultural Center, Russell, Kansas. The show celebrates the beauty of the Great American Prairie. Paintings examine earth’s history and are inspired by the land, sky, wind […]
Behold, Spring has Come
This painting celebrates the spring prairie, a lovely season where plants, long dormant, now grow with color, vigor and joy. At such times, nature reminds us of hopeful tomorrows. The title is drawn from a passage by Sitting Bull, a Lakota Sioux, “Behold, my brothers, spring has come; the Earth has received the embraces of […]
Beltane Fire
It is a custom in the old world to light bonfires around May 1 (half way between the spring equinox and summer solstice) to protect cattle and crops. This rural practice marked the beginning of pastoral summer. The celebration is called Beltane, and the smoke and ashes were thought to hold protective powers and encourage […]
Plains Limestone
The American prairie is home to spectacular limestone outcroppings weathered by eons of time. These historical tablets reveal stories of ancient days and fossilized marine life entombed in stone. Here, nature reminds us that life is always transforming. I painted this piece to resemble a dark slab of weathered stone teeming with fossil life. The […]
Alluvial Plain
Prairie thunderstorms bring rainy torrents to the muddy deeps of Kansas rivers. This painting is inspired by the deposition of sediment from the periodic flooding of the Smoky Hill. At such times, nature reminds us that all things are constantly evolving into a new state of being. This high texturized painting contains limestone, rust and rainwater […]
Cold Front
When seasons change on the prairie, cold fronts clash with humid, warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, sparking powerful thunderstorms. This painting pays homage to that point where seasons collide, reminding us the power for significant change. Contains prairie limestone. […]
Grow Deep
The root system of prairie plants are deep. Often with more biomass below than above, they preserve the soil, and in doing so, nature reminds us the importance of inner strength. Lovingly made with prairie soil and limestone to inspire self reliance. 18×24 […]
