Nature in Oils | Gary Binder

• Chasing Sunrise

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Painted during 6th Perkins Cove Plein Air Event in Ogunquit, ME. Scene is at Footbridge Beach #9 at 6-8AM.

• Marginal Sublime

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 16 x 20 x .25. Painted Plein Air at the beginning of Marginal Way (next to former Oarweed site). Painted between 9:30-noon for the Perkins Cove Plein Air event.

• Cove Reflections

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25

• Dory Afternoon

  Oil, Linen, 10 x 20 x .25. Iconic dory at the Footbridge in Ogunquit, Maine

• The Blue Boat

  Oil, Paper, 14 x 11 x .25. This sailboat was docked at the Univ of WA esplanades while we were viewing a Crew Regatta there. I thought it had a great perspective line, and would make a great nautical subject for practic…

• Lake Sunrise Study

  Oil, Paper, 14 x 11 x .25. Another study to use for testing palettes and to capture the shimmer at sunrise (Goss Lake on Whidbey Island).

• Sunrise Rainier

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 x .25. A view of early morning sunrise on Mt Rainier from the Sunrise Trailhead area.

• Puddle Jump

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. After monsoon rains many of the dirt roadways fill with water, which is a rare sight these days. This was another practice pallette.

• Hollyhock’s on View

  Oil, Paper, 14 x 11 x .25. Hollyhocks are on display outside a shop window.

• Saguaro Launch

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25

• Around the Bend

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25

• First Water Trail

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25

• Reflecting Serenity

  Oil, Linen, 36 x 24 x 1

• Bright Angel Sunrise

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24 x 1.5. Sunrise over Bright Angel Point on the North rim of the Grand Canyon. I painted here before the fire devastated the area, and wanted to paint this larger format in tribute to the majesty of th…

• Up the Wash

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Plein air from the box canyon on the Quartz trail in the McDowells.

• Gateway to Thumb

  Oil, Oil on Gesso Board, 14 x 11 x .25. Plein air from GW TH showing McDowells, Tom Thumb and result of last summer’s heat and drought, a decaying saguaro.

• Marcus Morning Colors

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24 x 1.5. Morning display of desert colors across the east looking at Four Peaks from Marcus Landslide Trail in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

• House Mountain

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 18 x 1.5. Sycamores and maples hold residual color against grey skies and House Mountain in Page Springs.

• Road to Red Mountain

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25

• Bulldog Daybreak

  Oil, Oil on Gesso Board, 12 x 16 x .25

• Prickly Bouquet

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 x 1.5. Gallery wrapped linen. Prickly pear in full bloom from my patio. Creosote bush in the background.

• Radiance

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 20 x .25. Nature often amazes us with wonderful scenery. This was one of those times early morning as the sun rose over Ogunquit Beach.

• The Crooked Pine

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. The Crooked Pine House is a Marginal Way Icon. This was one of two paintings done during the 1-day Ogunquit Pleain Air Event.

• Dark Hollow Falls

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 20 x 16 x .25. Dark Hollow Falls is on a Shenandoah NP day hike. The falls are formed by the Rose River, and occur in several spots along the deep descent into to Forest.

• Spruce House

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 18 x 14 x .25. Spruce House is a Marginal Way Icon. One of the last original houses surrounded by newly updated , much larger McMansions. The view is from the main beach in OGT at dead low tide…

• Iconic Dory

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 9 x 12 x .25. I’ve painted this Dory from different angles, and at many times of day. It’s a great tuneup subject to start the ocean odyssey.

• Beachmere View

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 12 x 9 x …25. There are many great locations to paint along Marginal Way in OGT. I parked my bike at the Beachmere, walked to the rocks and painted this scene while the waves crashed against ro…

• Wave Study

  Oil, Linen, 4 x 12 x .25. The impact on waves from Hurricane Erin was evident, so a quick study of the rollers from the beach was in order.

• Lavender Bouquet

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. A walla Walla lavender farm is the perfect place to find the right mix of homeopathic sight, sound and smell.

• Radiance

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 18 x 24 x .25. Setting sun over the Pacific radiates all the colors of the day.

• Seven Falls

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 12 x .25. East Tucson has 2 canyons, Bear and Sabino. Sabino is the more popular, but if you like to hike, Bear Canyon trail winds along to a nice waterfall spot at Seven Falls. I wanted to…

• Family Stroll

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 18 x .25. A family of quail is always fun to watch. These are seen strutting in front of prickly pair. Generally, the hatch is more like a dozen chicks, but there is a large attrition due t…

• Road to Gold

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25

• Moonlit McDowells

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. A plein air nocturne. My goal was to work on learning the challenge of painting a nocturne with some desaturated colors. The scene is just after sunset so the vibrant colors are f…

• Hint of Fall

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 24 x .25. At the Racheal Carson Preserve there are many vistas along the trail. Tidal flows along the salt marsh expose or fill the cut banks. This view at high tide covers the banks to the grass line.…

• Sea Colors

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. The second of two paintings completed at the 4th annual Ogunquit Plein Air event. Prior few days experienced wind and storm impacts. This painting done midday depicts the change o…

• The Boathouse

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. One of two paintings completed in the 4th annual Ogunquit Plein Air Festival. This under appreciated shack holds the workhorse winch that pulls the boats out of Perkins Cove. At t…

• Castle In the Clouds

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25

• The Dory

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25

• Over the Top

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25

• Marginal Splendor

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25

• Rainy day, High Tide

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 4 x 8 x .25. A small plein air marsh study done in the rain. Despite the grayness of the day, the marsh hues included vibrant colors.

• Sunset AlFresco Dining

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25

• Sun Mountain Cascade

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 18 x 14 x .25

• Olympic Wind

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25

• Welcome Dining

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 24 x 18 x .25. As saguaros bloom the white-winged doves follow them up through the Sonoran Desert.

• Cove Parking

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Neal Crimmins Jr

• Rustling Gold

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 20 x 16 x .25

• Rush Hour on the Salt

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 12 x .25

• Lone Saguaro

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Pallete Knife Painting at Gateway Trailhead

• Rolling Splendor

  Oil, Linen, 16 x 20 x .25. March rains fill clouds with moisture, encourage poppies and lupines to bloom and bring spring to the hillsides. Cloud shapes and mounds of flowers up and over the gentle rise undulating in th…

• Through the Giants

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Stationed at the Cardon Plaza in DBG for the Devour Culinary Event, this was my view before the crowds wandered by. Painted plein air during the event, discussion with patrons and…

• Blooming Hillside

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 x .25. The poppy blooms sprinkled with purple lupine along the hills near water locations like the Salt River and Bartlett Lake are always a sight to see. This year, the blooms might pro…

• Autumn Daybreak

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 10 x 20 x .25. Morning on Bright Angel Trail on GC North Rim. Mid-October is crisp and cool, and the morning light is amazing.

• Rim Light Flash

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 x .25

• Gold on the Water

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25

• Taunton River

  Oil, Oil on Gesso Board, 11 x 14 x .25. Painted the winter after leaving MA, but on a visit back for the corporate job.

• Perched Together

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Male and female cardinals on a buckhorn cactus.

• Hidden View

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. The third painting done as part of Ogunquit Plein Air. A view normally restricted by private access was available for artists. Done mid afternoon just before judging.

• Out to the Sea

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Another view of Marginal Way. It’s always refreshing to feel the sea air and hear the crashing waves when painting this close to ocean drama.

• Good Morning Ogunquit

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 x .25. At 6AM the sun was rising in a pale misty sky. This was a two part process. One section done on the beach, the other looking up to the crest of the boardwalk over the dune at Foot…

• Footbridge Dory

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Done mid-morning plein air for the Ogunquit Plein Air event. This is an iconic view that beachgoers see as they traverse the Footbridge over the Ogunquit River.

• Receding Tide

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25

• High Tide

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25

• Rising to the Beach

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Footbridge over the Ogunquit River leads to a rising boardwalk over the dunes. It’s a gateway to the beach beyond.

• Morning Dunes

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 12 x .25. The dunes at Footbridge next to OGT River changes colors rapidly through the day. This plein air scene was early morning before crowds meandered over the bridge to the beach.

• The Potting Shed

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. This potting shed next to an apple tree was on Whidbey Island next to Deer Lake. Each day the late light hit the tree and illuminated the apples and backdrop sloping meadow.

• Waiting

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25. This iconic dory next to Footbridge along the OGT River is a favorite photo for passers by. I’ve painted many times in different light and different size panels. For me, it’s a plei…

• Possession View

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25

• Morning on the Lake

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 6 x .25

• Across the Cove

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Mother’s Day tulips bloom next to Barnacle Billy’s and the work boats bob in the back part of the calm cove.>

• Outgoing Tide

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Fall in Perkins Cove seen from Barnacle Billy’s deck. The tide is going out, the bridge is still up after a sailboat left the cove. Can you feel the crisp air?

• Green Gateway

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. This is another Gateway from the Horse Trailer parking area. I go here often and find new scenes each time. This painting done early AM shows some of the residual green populating…

• Superstition Golden Bloom

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Poppies line the hills at the base of the Superstition Mountains. A fun plein air piece

• Beauty in Bloom

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 16 x .5. Poppies and lupine grace the slopes along Bush Highway. An amphitheater of color explosion reaches up to Four Peaks in the distance. Bountiful rain the past few months result in th…

• Rising Shadows

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Afternoon at Salt River looking upstream as the shadows rise on the spires.

• Beginning Blooms

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. The brittle bush is just starting to bloom in a morning at the McDowells.

• Morning Wakes

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25. Another McDowells plein air. This one is early AM with a lot of moisture.

• Camelback Sunset

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 24 x .25. Sunset backlights Camelback and Paradise Valley along the 101. A view from the patio.

• Around the Bend

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 6 x .25. One of several small plein air pieces done in the McDowells.

• Awakening

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25. Another small plein air piece in the McDowells from GW trailhead

• Hazy Morning

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25. Another McDowells plein air piece. These smaller oils are fun to paint.

• Monsoon

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Monsoon season brings dramatic skies, lightning and colorful walls of dust. Humidity is usually three times higher than normal, so the view is always more atmospheric. I tried to…

• Ready For Spring

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Along Oak Creek stand tall Arizona Sycamores. They cling to the creek edge and their arms full of potential growth reach to winter skies beckoning the spring sun. The creek flows…

• It Started Out Cloudy

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. After a few days of welcome rain, a bit of warmth was pushing mist off the McDowells. Not many shadows for the start of the plein air painting, but as the day and effort evolved,…

• Whispers of Fall

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Escudillio Mountain borders New Mexico near Alpine,AZ. It is glorious in the high meadows where elk bugle and the fall breeze waves the grass toward the mountaintop. This plein air…

• Holiday Quilt

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 12 x .25. As a tradition each fall I paint a holiday themed scene, and this year was a still life. The quilt was handmade and often graced a table or sideboard during holidays at our house.…

• Capital Blockade

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 x .25. Along a Capital Reef trail one morning these boulders reminded me of the barriers outside our nation’s capital, but nature made versus for safety reasons. I wanted to capture the…

• Water Blanket

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. One of my last plein air paintings before moving on. After storm surges bombarded the rocks, the seas calmed, and were now pushing slow rollers over the rocks and beach. Fall is in…

• Penn Cove Sunset

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. Looking across Penn Cove, known for its mussel farms in Coupeville, WA, this scene captures the mood of summer warmth supplied to the nutrient rich ocean water. It was a perfect wa…

• Low Tide Marsh

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 x .25

• Cove Dawn

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25

• Thundering Waves

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25

• River View

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. This plein air piece is a view looking along the dunes just at the base of The Footbridge over Ogunquit River. Beachgoers strolled past while I painted and the sun was getting high…

• Sparkling Crests

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 8 x 20 x .25. Summer sunsets across Admiral Strait are often brilliant, peaceful and awe inspiring. Watching at golden hour when the ocean breezes cool the air and waves lap the shore can easil…

• Sunrise at #9

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 20 x .25. For me, one of the best times to head to the beach is when the sun is rising, the waves are crashing and the crowds have yet to arrive. The footbridge at marker #9 on Ogunquit bea…

• Incoming Rush

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Incoming tide swells the waves to flood this shoreline trough along Marginal Way. Sight and sound mesmerize the path goers winding around the ocean magic.

• Daybreak Stroll

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 16 x .25. Just before sunrise the sky is muted but still lights the waves and beach. A lone gull stops to check what bounty the ripples may hold. It’s a peaceful time with the cares of the…

• Fast Food Lines

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Plovers and gulls are really fun to watch as they dip their way to food tumbled in by the wave rivulets. A lone gull stops to check out the beach walkers strolling by.

• Tying Up

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Looking back across Perkins Cove at the end of the workday, the lobstermen unloaded their catch at the pier, and are now tying up. The dory is ready to take them back to their fam…

• Holmes Harbor View

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Late June includes blooming purple vetch and wild dandelions giving the bluff looking over Holmes Harbor a colorful glow. Plein air painting here is always pleasant with lots of sw…

• East Harbor Boatyard

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. After many trips past this working boatyard it made sense to stop and paint it. The parked boats and truck look well used and have tall grasses surrounding them giving an abandone…

• Woodbine Falls

  Oil, 36 x 24 x 1.5. One of three commission paintings featuring scenes from NYE, Montana. This one is a popular place to hike and observe the towering falls, thundering water and moss covered side slope.

• Sunrise Over Nye Valley

  Oil, 36 x 60 x 1.5. Second of three commission paintings featuring scenes from NYE, Montana. This was was the largest (3’x5’) and a challenge on the easel to position and view while painting. This one encompasses a lot…

• Old Swenneker Place

  Oil, 36 x 24 x 1.5. Third of three commission paintings. The Swenneker Place is a time-honed sheepherders barn set at the base of the hillside slope. It’s a late fall scene with some frosted tracks in the roadway at col…

• Towering

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. This is a plein air view of the McDowell Mountains in early AM. We’ve had a lot of saguaros impacted by heat and drought last year. This healthy on seemed proud to be towering in s…

• Getting Warm

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Another plein air of the McDowells. This one looks beyond the nearby saguaros, Palo verde and brittle bush to the distant peaks where Tom Thumb rock resides.

• Start at the Jewel

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. At the Jewel of the Creek trailhead in Cave Creek looking east the morning shadows cast a blue haze over the mountains. This is a plein air painting done before a hike.

• Across the Verde

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 6 x .25. A quick plein air study of the view across the Verde River at Needles Recreation area. The river was high that day due to some welcome rain a few days earlier.

• Through the Pass

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 10 x 8 x .25. A plein air painting done at Gateway Trailhead, a familiar painting location, but with changing views across the seasons.

• Huachuca Sunrise

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 16 x 20 x .75. Beyond the Huachuca Mountains to the south lies Mexico. It is arid land with striking mountain shapes and trees profiled in the distance. The land floor is silent in the early AM…

• Last Light on Bright Angel

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. On the North Rim of the Grand Canyon a trail from the main lodge leads to Bright Angel Point. At sunset and dusk the rocks are bath in soft multi-colored light as the sky transiti…

• Flowing Verde

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 x .25. The Verde flows all year in Arizona. One of the few rare rivers that do. It’s water quality is improving , and a section of its upper reaches have small sections in consideration…

• Oak Creek Serenity

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. This plein air study done along Oak Creek near Page Springs Winery happened on a warm October day. Looking downstream and up to distant volcanic soil is a peaceful way to enjoy an…

• Ocean Rollers

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 10 x 20 x .25. Waves crashing on the Maine coast always present a new and different force of nature. Imagine the power created by an unseen tide change that propels the spray upward.

• Daybreak at Bright Angel

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 18 x 14 x .25. Anyone visiting the Grand Canyon should consider experiencing daybreak and sunset. Vibrant rapidly changing colors open up the distant layers into a brilliant spectrum. This view…

• The 6AM at Wilcox

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 12 x 18 x .25. Growing up near railroads and having relatives that were engineers is a natural magnet when trains pass by. This freight train loaded with containers was passing through Wilcox. A…

• Low Tide on the Cove

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 12 x 16 x .25. In the morning, we wake up to this view for a month. Some days the low tide reaches further into the cove, some less. Each day though teems with life. Seals, otters, birds and ot…

• Rolling on the Slope

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Baled hay fills the slopes on many farms in August on San Juan Island. The bales start out greenish yellow, and turn more golden as the dry breezes remove moisture. Late in the af…

• Rising Rows of Scented Purple

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 12 x 9 x .25. Pelinda Lavender Farm on San Juan Island is one of the many frequent stops visitors make on bikes, scooters and buses. It’s a “You-Pick” place where one can also get ice cream, an…

• Behind False Bay

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 x .25. On the southern end of San Juan Island, False Bay breezes waft across this large farm. The barn had a nice warm glow in late afternoon just waiting to be painted.

• Waiting in Calm Waters

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 6 x 8 x .25. This dinghy sits below the wooden causeway leading to Coupeville Wharf. At almost high tide it floated inches above the sand waiting for its owners to take a short trip to a larger…

• Sherman’s Legacy

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 6 x 8 x .25. Sherman’s Farm includes several barns and fields on the downslope of Ebey’s Landing. This barn sits just below the cemetery thoat includes many of the early settlers to the area. I…

• Winding Ebb to the Sea

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Along the Carson Trail in the Rachel Carson Preserve in Wells, Maine there are several viewpoints. as one travels the serene undulating trail, there are glimpses of cut banks, pi…

• Drama in the Waves

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. The inaugural Ogunquit, Maine Plein Air event held on September 11th coincided with storm surges in the waves. For a few days, waves crashed at high levels into the rocky coastline…

• It Started Out Grey

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. The historic wharf in Coupeville, WA is a subject of many paintings. This one done on the first day of the Whidbey Plein Air Festival, was created on the grey morning on the path t…

• Seaside Treasure

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Looking south from Ebey’s Landing the road travels up along the bluff into the pines secure along the crumbling edges. The erosion into the sea adds nutrients for the ocean food cy…

• Windswept Bounty

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 10 x 20 x .25. This panorama of farmland across Ebey’s Landing includes the hay stacked tightly like a cargo container, the rolling rich hillside and valley serving farmers for many generations…

• The Strut

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 14 x 11 x .25. Traveling around Washington, there are many signs for fresh eggs of all varieties. We stop to get them often, and can’t resist watching the antics of the chickens, duck and geese…

• Opulence

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 11 x 14 x .25. In April, the Skagit Valley in Washington is exploding with color. First daffodils, then a rainbow of tulips like the ones depicted in “Opulence.” The farm community is awakening…

• Not So Dry Beaver Creek

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 16 x 12 x .25. Most of the year Dry Beaver Creek near Sedona is dry and dusty. Spring runoff fills the creek wash with welcome water, and the sound of it rushing over and through the sandstone b…

• Cathedral Grandeur

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. The iconic view of Cathedral Rock in Sedona reflecting in Oak Creek is visited by thousands of visitors each year. To really experience the formation, one should hike up the switch…

• Verde Cascade

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. In February, the Verde River just downstream from Needle Rock takes a bend and cascades to a narrow diversion. The Verde is one of only a few all year, free-flowing rivers in AZ. T…

• Salt Spires

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 9 x 12 x .25. Spires rise across the Salt River, and are hosts to long shadows, bighorn sheep, birds and beautiful reflected light. In the spring, water flow is cold and plentiful. Kayakers and…

• Beckoning Waves

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 16 x 20 x .25. Along the Maine Coast, a view down across a prominent outcrop brings the echoing waves crashing and rolling toward shore. At higher tide the shoreline isn’t visible, but the flat…

• Around the Bend

  Oil, Oil on linen panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Saguaro Lake from the Butcher Jones beach is a popular spot to launch a river craft, fishing option or hike. It’s also a nice cool spot to plein air paint in the shadows of a mesqu…

• Vulture Peak

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 24 x .25. Northwest of Phoenix is an “Old West” town of Wickenburg. Near there during the mining days, the Vulture Peak mine operated. Now this area is still open land and has hiking trails to the notch…

• Morning Light

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14 x .25

• The Source (Spring Flat Falls)

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x .25. Spring Flat Falls is one of many rambling falls in the Tennesse side of Great Smokey Mountain NP. On a hike here it was a warm day in early fall so a dip in the icy water was a treat. From the…

• Through the Mist

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 15 x 1. Late October the area around Phoenix got an unusual downpour. While hiking at Jewel of the Creek, a Desert Foothills Land Trust property, this rainbow appeared with Elephant Butte in the backgr…

• Hedgehog

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6 x .25. Hedgehog cactus comes in a few varieties, but is a welcome site when blooming. It typically has long needles. Maybe that’s why the javelina don’t consider it a favorite food source.

• Morning Shadows

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. This scene is a bicycle ride away from the house, so perfect for plein air and exercise. Morning shadows fill in behind some of the smaller peaks in the McDowell mountains. This was a cool Janu…

• Aspen Glow

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11 x .25. This studio piece was done from plein air studies of the aspens around Flagstaff in the fall. Yellow receding is challenging to paint so this was an exercise in humility and a learning experie…

• After the Rain

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14 x .25. Another scene from Jewel of the Creek. After the monsoon rain, Cave Creek, fills with water. The rock formation normally jutting out of gravel is reflecting well in the calm water pooled next…

• Storm’s Coming

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 20 x .25. Recently we had a few days of rain, some snow on the peaks and colder weather along the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, AZ. Storms add drama, and the late evening light on the mountains high…

• Drake’s Island

  Oil, Panel, 4.5 x 20 x .25. If you walk through the Laudholm Farm property in Wells, Maine to the spit at the end of Drake’s Island this is the view you’ll see. It’s generally less travelled, and is a great place to tak…

• Ogunquit Beach Clouds

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 20 x .25. There is no end to the varying scenes on Ogunquit Beach. Often the clouds roll over the dune from mainland across the river behind it to the ocean. This was from a day that brought rain. The be…

• Friends In Arms

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12 x .25. Saguaros are special. Like clouds, we often imagine them as people. This pair of friends is along the Dragonfly Trail in the Jewel of the Creek property (Part of Desert Foothills Land Trust),…

• Linda Lee

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8 x .25. If you travel to Southport, Maine, and visit Robinson’s Wharf for seafood, you might see the Linda Lee pull up and offload lobster, then leave and dock across the inlet. It sits regal and ready…

• Cama Dreams

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x .25. Cama Beach is the foreground. Whidbey Island is across the straight. We visited during the early summer late in the day, so few people were strolling there. I liked the way the composition natu…

• Marginal View

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x .25. Anyone who’s walked Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine will remember this place where the the walkway bends on itself like a horseshoe giving views in many directions, sounds of the ocean and sea…

• Elephant Butte

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 20 x .25. If you look north of Cave Creek, you will see the mountains shape a resting elephant. Elephant Butte is a great place to hike during poppy and lupine season. Be careful though. Even through th…

• Apache Gold

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 18 x .25. Fall in Apache Sitgreaves NF in NW Arizona is crisp with cool air, and filled with sounds of elk bugling. Aspen colors are striking against the turquoise sky. When the wind blows the leaves qu…

• Canyon Calling

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16 x .25

• Cloud Whispers

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8 x .25

• McDowell Majesty

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8 x .25

• Golden Grove

  Oil, Oil on canvas panel, 12 x 10 x .25. One of the trailheads near Greer, AZ included this scene in October when the aspens had “gold coins.” We hiked the trail, then this painting was created all a prima in plein...

• Cathedral Sunrise

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x .25

• Green and Gold

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 6 x .25