Water tower display at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Wild turkeys were just outside the windows taking advantage of the many bird feeders nearby.

Watercolor and ink in sketchbook.

From the Holidays

 Our small Gnome ornaments on the tree. 

Ink and watercolor, sketchbook 

Focus

 A few items from the old darkroom days, grain magnifier and a small easel.  They don’t get much use these days.

Ink and watercolor in sketchbook.

Apples

 A couple of apples my daughter gave to me, we collected the crab apple on a walk and it tasted great, the larger apple she saw while out with a friend and brought it home for me.❤️

Watercolor and ink in the sketchbook.

Standing

 Just standing around sketches.

Emergency Room

 A sketch from a late night trip to the Emergency Room, everything was fine in the end so that was a relief! Thankfully it was not super busy so we were only there for a couple hours. I never figured out why there were strips of red tape on the chairs though.

Joey the pug

 A small sketch of Joey, our pug with a lot of attitude and love!

Oregon Coast

Oregon coast, Lincoln City 6x8 oil on panel

Practice

 Practice, practice, practice! Small works on gessoed paper from the summer.

Black Eyed Susans

 Black Eyed Susan’s 6x8 Oil on Canvas Panel

Studio Scissors

 Scissors Study 4.5x7 Oil on Paper

Zucchini

 Homegrown Zucchini 5x7 Oil on Panel

1972 Ford

 1972 Ford Truck 6x8 Watercolor and Ink

A birthday card for my daughter!

Lego Knight

 Lego Knight 4x6 oil on canvas panel.

Swamp Milkweed and Monarch

When we moved to our current house the backyard was mostly grass and a few trees and bushes, no flowers to speak of really. For the past 3 years I’ve been planting native shrubs, grasses and forbs and the amount of insects and birds has increased dramatically. In the summer my wife and I like to walk through the back yard and look at the flowers and bugs so I painted this 8”x8” oil painting as a Christmas present for her to hang in her office. Hopefully it brings a sense of warmth and calm.

Another Trip to the Mall of America

 Another trip to the Mall before Christmas, this time both of my daughters were wandering throughout.

Mall of America

 A sketch of Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America while my teen daughter and her friend hang out.