Summer 2022

We started out with a very hot summer for our region of Alaska, this year, but by July it started raining. The good news is that we are back to wonderful warm weather again. Below is a commission I completed last October. It measures 15" x 22". The subject is Pioneer Peak the predominant mountain where I live. The client wanted a winter scene with a bit of alpenglow.

The next watercolor I painted in my back yard in August. The alaskan summer sun is intensely shining through the birch trees and forest. A peaceful feeling.

Below is a small watercolor I did as a watercolor lesson for younger artist. It is about Del Mar, California at sunset.

Watercolor portrait made from photo. I want to keep it only two colors. Dominate Ultramarine Blue with subordinate Burnt Sienna.

Watercolor I did for a notecard I created of the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. I took the photo this Summer on location, painted it at home in my studio.

From my sketchbook. A watercolor sketch made on location of Alaska timber. I finished a few details like the white gouache branches in my studio.

 

Alaskan Spring 2022

Below is a view of the iconic mountain near my house called Pioneer Peak. This also was started in April but finished at the end of May, 2022. The watercolor measures 15" x 20". Like the painting below, the mountain and the Matanuska Valley still have a lot of Snow as well as ice. This is Alaska. That is how it is in April.

Started focusing my paintings on a local mountain Called Pioneer Peak. The winter snow has melted for us in the valley, but it will linger on another month or two on the mountains around us. Painted this version in the late afternoon of April. This painting has already sold and measures 11" x 15".

Winter 2022

 This I painted in my sketchbook from a photo. The weather warmed up a bit in February and the snow started to melt and created  large mud puddles. I liked the lighting in the photo. It had a moody feeling. I used a limited palette of mostly Ultra Marine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Cerulean Blue and Pthalo Green.

Below is a little watercolor sketch I did this winter for fun. It is titled, La Parisien. I used two colors Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna.

Watercolor I did of 1930s Actress Ann Harding from a Pathé Pictures lithographic movie poster. Fun to do the portrait in watercolor.