One of the last things that happens at summer end is the pasture outside my studio gets cut and baled for hay. Some lucky cows this winter are going to enjoy all the rich nutrients that grew in the stalks of grass. Right on cue, a cold front is now passing over the studio dropping […]
Fossils and Old Bones
About 80 million years ago western Kansas was hell’s aquarium because of the ferocious marine life prowling its warm inland sea. You wouldn’t expect it, but some of the world’s most amazing sea life fossils are found in the grasslands of Kansas. I picked up this great 1952 textbook on invertebrate fossils at Keystone Gallery, […]
Hedge Apples
Went and collected my hedge apples today. They are the fruit of the Osage orange tree. You can’t eat hedge apples, and animals will leave them alone too, but I think they are mighty fine to look at. […]
September at Fossil Lake
Days of glorious tall grass and blue skies inspires me to take paintings outside to soak it all up. […]
Gumweed now fades in the pasture
Gumweed (grindelia) is one of the last plants to bloom on the summer Prairie and I think it’s because the land requires the full growing season to perfect the scent of sunshine. Gumweed is like holding a bit of the sun in your hand. It is a glorious distillation of wild greening things, wind, and […]
Snow Geese Joins the Hadley Foundation Collection
Thank you, Hadley Foundation for purchasing Arrival of the Snow Geese for your collection. And thank you also to the Hays Arts Council for inviting me to be a part of your summer show. This piece is about migrations, which are beginnings and endings. It has natural elements including earth pigment and rust. […]
Switchgrass Gallery
If your travels take you to beautiful Post Rock Country, please stop by the Switchgrass Gallery in Lucas. You will find some amazing regional art to inspire you. Here are a few of my new offerings, including a collection of baby moons inspired by spring. […]
To Benefit the Symphony in the Flint Hills
Stones in a Flint Hills Creek was selected for the 2024 Symphony in the Flint Hills Art Auction to bring awareness to conservation of the tallgrass prairie. It has rust, prairie plant ash, country river silt, wheat kernels and very thick texture with layers of paints and inks. The online auction opens April 27 at […]
To Benefit New Territory Magazine
This piece is to benefit the mission of New Territory Magazine (bid now until October 21, 2023), a sublime publication that lifts up the lower Midwest. It started with love. In 2016, The New Territory launched as a longform print magazine for Lower Midwesterners who are hungry to understand the Great Plains and Ozarks. Their […]
Visit the Courtyard Gallery
I’m excited to partner with the beautiful Courtyard Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas. This is a delightful town just off the main road that offers small time hospitality served up with a Swedish flare. The gallery promotes Kansas artists and our interpretation of the plains. I hope you will visit them at 125 N. Main Street. […]
