All Posts from October, 2006

Today I lifted the big mural off the wall and carried it outside so I could take a better look at it. Still lots to do, but it holds together well. I am pleased.

Here’s a photo of yours truly at work on the library mural. As you can see it is getting close. I completed two of the buildings today. By the way, the brush I’m using is Gerald [...]

My wife Nellie has been gone for the past two weeks and I’ve missed her a lot. She went to stay at our other home in Highland Utah to tend our grandkids while Jim and Barb vacationed in [...]

A good friend and artist, Gerald Olson passed away this week after a short battle with cancer. He and his wife Sally recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Since his passing a couple [...]

Friday was perfectly gorgeous with clear skies and warm sun for the Dixie Arts Foundation’s annual Art in the Park Event. They had set up two large pavilion tents for the artists’ [...]

I made a little more progress on the mural today. Here’s a few update photos from previous posts including the painting as it stands today. The problem is not only getting it finished on [...]

After a great workshop at Lake Powell I’m back in the studio again working on the large oil painting for the Washington County Library. It seems to be taking me a long time to do this [...]

We wrapped up our watercolor paintings today by working on water reflections. This is an area that David Drummond excells at. His techniques are without equal. Having a Doctorate in Physics, and [...]

Today dawned bright and sunny so we took advantage of it by taking an early morning cruise on David Drummond’s pontoon boat. I managed a few quick drawings in my sketchbook and shot a [...]

It has rained like crazy for two days here in Page Arizona on the shore of Lake Powell. You’d think we were in Seattle instead of the desert. Some people here say they can’t remember [...]

On the way over to Lake Powell, I took a little side trip to Pipe Spring National Monument and the paiute Museum on the Arizona Strip. It’s a wonderful old historic site with people in [...]

I rubbed in a thin underglaze of burnt sienna on the buildings using thinner to establish an even value. Then I set everything aside and headed out to Page Arizona for a workshop with David [...]

I finally got started painting the 4′ x 8′ library mural this week. Actually it’s not technically a mural, but a very large painting. It will be mounted on the wall permanently [...]

While Vermont excells in grand displays of reds, Utah puts on a show of yellows and golds in Autumn. Over the weekend I took a little drive over the Alpine Loop up American Fork Canyon and even [...]