"Desert Tree" is a
watercolor painting of a tree at the Grand Canyon. The lines
and movement in the old branches were really incredible and
seem to travel along it's contours. The separation in the
tree also seemed interesting to me as if it were reaching
into two directions. "Buffalo
in the Canyon" is a painting of one of my photographs of a
slot canyon in Arizona. This painting is based on a certain
place in the canyon where there appears to be an image of a
buffalo looking down through the undulating walls. The
colors achieved from the sunlight that peaks through from
above is spectacular. It bounces throughout the space
leaving behind an incredible vibrance that I have never seen
before. I had to paint this
incredible canyon! It is an immense area of very close
undulating walls that illuminate brilliant colors as the sun
moves overhead. The light filters in from a small 2 to 3
foot crevass in the earth's crust. The intensity of the
light slowly fades as it dances off the canyon walls. The
warm, rich colors that result are magnificent. I tried to
capture its abstract beauty.
