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The Russons purchased my donated painting at the Dixie State University “Fire and Ice” event. The painting raised about $3000 for student scholarships.

I was fortunate to see the great watercolorist Cindy Baron demonstrate her unique and creative style at the Bella Muse Gallery in Ogden UT over the weekend. Cindy uses a unique style of [...]

I was especially pleased to be invited to be a presenting artist for the 2018 Maynard Dixon Country event presented by the Thunderbird Foundation. This will include several days of presentations, [...]

I was pleased to have two of my watercolors accepted into the 2018 Open exhibition of the Utah Watercolor Society. The show runs May 11 – June 15 at the Visual Arts Institute in Salt Lake [...]

We had a great show on two beautiful spring days at the St. George Art Festival. It was fun to renew acquaintances with old friends and new collectors. I have participated in this show 38 times [...]

Thanks to Leslie Layton and Jill Romney who ended up purchasing three paintings after visiting my studio. Neither is new to my work, having collected my paintings in the past. But its always nice [...]

I was notified that my painting “Coal Creek” received People’s Choice Award at the Dixie Watercolor Society Spring exhibit. It was a tie with my friend Eddi Malloy.

I was grateful to be able to help the Southern Utah Museum of Art raise $2900 at their annual art auction. Thanks to Michelle Jorgenson and ERA Realty for making the winning bid for “Autumn [...]

Thanks to collectors Ralph and Cheri Atkin for purchasing my big painting “Ripples of Gold” at the 31st annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Dixie Invitational Art Show and Sale. I was [...]

I was pleased to win the Best of Show award at the 2018 Spring Dixie Watercolor Society exhibition. My painting “East Zion Aria” received the award. Thanks to Maureen Booth and all [...]

I am happy to participate in the 31st annual Robert N. and Peggy Sears Invitational Art Show to be held Feb 16 – April 1, 2018. I am exhibiting two paintings: “Ripples of Gold” [...]

I enjoyed having my two sons, Jim and Jon, spend a couple of days in my painting studio. I gave them a short “Boot Camp” in watercolor painting. Both are already experienced artists [...]

Janae is an art student at Dixie State University who stopped by my studio. I asked her to pick a favorite painting and she chose this oil called “Virgin River Glow.”

Traveling with a sketchbook through Australia and New Zealand allowed me to come up with about 12 new paintings which will be on display in my gallery through Christmas. We travelled with a group [...]

I have just mounted a completely new show of paintings at LaFave Gallery in Springdale UT. If you are on your way to Zion National Park, stop by and say hello to Kathy, and take a look at my new [...]

When Carolyn Lord and Spike Ress put their heads together, they came up with a grand idea to honor the late great watercolor artist and teacher Milford Zornes. A fall retreat, at his former [...]

About 15 recognized watercolorists will gather at the summer home and studio of the late Milford Zornes in Mt. Carmel, Utah October 11-15, 2017. The purpose is to not only pay tribute to, but [...]

This painting is part of the Dixie Watercolor Society component of the traveling Smithsonian exhibit “The Way We Worked.” It features scenes of people working from pioneer times to [...]

Thanks to Connie Goulding for inviting me to spend a few hours with her art classes at Valley High School in Orderville, UT. They hadn’t been introduced to watercolor yet, so I gave them [...]

Well the only thing to say as the Plein Air Utah Rendezvous comes to an end is WOW! Over 100 artists, instructors, and guest lecturers came together for four days of outdoor painting, [...]

I will be heading to Midway Utah this week for the exciting “Plein Air Utah” event September 13-16, 2017. Headquartered at the town community center at 120 West Main, the event [...]

I was pleased to have Jeff and Susan Walker purchase my big watercolor painting ‘Duck Creek Deadfall” recently. A watercolor of the Duck Creek area of Cedar Mountain, Utah, it [...]

This past summer, in addition to attending a number of plein air events, I have been working on some studio paintings for a new book that will be published next year. The book is tentatively [...]

A group show of plein air landscape paintings featuring Utah National Parks will be on display for a couple of weeks at the Syracuse Community Art Center. The paintings are the result of [...]