Logan River Winter

"Logan River Winter" 20x24 oil on panel.  I did this painting last winter.  I really painted it more as a study but it came out better than I had originally planned.  This one is currently for sale at Logan Fine Art in Logan, UT.

Patchwork Roof

"Patchwork Roof"  16x20 oil on panel.  I did this painting for Logan Summerfest for their plein air competition in June.  I was happy with how this painting turned out.  I tried to stay a little more basic with this one and focus more on the composition than anything else.  It's simple, but I kinda like it.

Towering Clouds

"Towering Clouds" I did this painting last fall and kept forgetting to put it up.  This one was more of a play on cloud shapes and mimicking trees and clouds to create composition.  This one is currently at Logan Fine Art in Logan, UT.

Mckenna

This is the 1st of many portrait studies I'm going to do to try and get a better handle on portrait painting.  My awesome sisters Mckenna and Chloe modeled for me to give me a bunch of different poses to work from.  This one is of my sister Mckenna and it's 16x20 oil on canvas.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I've been studying Jeremy Lipkings paintings and trying to incorporate some of what he does so well in my own work.  Also studying my friend Zachary Proctor's work as well (as always).  More to come!

Snowed In

This is another painting for the gallery in Logan.  I really enjoy "snowscapes".  I wanted to focus on the texture of the snow and it was fun trying to capture that.  This one is 20x24 oil on panel.

Autumn's End

This painting is one of the paintings I will hopefully be showing at the Logan Fine Art Gallery.  They asked to represent my work for me which was a surprise and asked me to get 20 framed and ready paintings together to take to them as soon as possible.  This is one of the paintings I will be taking to them.  It's 16x20 oil on panel.  This painting is a mostly made up landscape with the exception of the shape of the barn and the trees.  The rest I changed to make it a more early winter/late fall kind of scene.

"Grandpa"

This painting is 24x24 oil on canvas.  It's a painting of my grandpa who passed away about 2 weeks ago.  It was pretty unexpected and I've had  a hard time dealing with it.  My grandpa and I were very, very close.  He is the greatest man I've ever known aside from my own father, who is the man he is because of my grandpa.  I decided to do this painting for my family and for myself to have at the viewing and funeral.  My grandpa passed away on a Saturday and the viewing was Wednesday so I really only had Monday and Tuesday to finish the painting.  I don't know why but it helped me cope to be sitting in the studio painting.  I wanted to give this to my family and have it depict my grandpa as we all remember him.  My grandpa loved life and was an active and hard working man who loved to play.  I wanted to paint him with a smile on his face and capture the life that he lived in one painting.  I feel like I succeeded and the response I received from family and friends at the viewing who saw the painting was pretty awesome.  My grandma immediately claimed the painting and I think it will help us all to get through things each time we go to her house and see it on the wall.  I love and miss ya grandpa!