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This is the first set of paintings in my June Show.  This one image across four 24×36 canvases.  The color variation is of course a tribute to my fabulous photo skills not the exact replica of the original work which does match.  I am doing all four at once to make sure the colors are [...]

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This series is a 5 canvas set of a scene.  One painting divided by five if you will.  I will paint them all at once in an effort to work up to a larger set coming soon.  And then eventually someday my installation pieces. You get the idea. A pre-drawing. The clouds took 5 layers [...]

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First ever Spearfish Canyon piece.  I think these must be as difficult as the Badlands.  Who knows if I will do another one of these.  It was fun to play with the rock colors though, and it was popular at the Gala. This is a view on Hwy 385 somewhere.  I love these clouds.

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The road from Rapid City to Hot Springs has so many wonderful scenes.  This is the only painting I have with any sort of human influence, if you look close there is a tiny winding road.  I like to erase the human impact on my landscapes and really show the naked land, perhaps as it [...]

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I love this dramatic shape because it really captures the feeling of the wind on the prairie.  It literally knocks you over.  The clouds move so fast sometimes it’s difficult to tell what time of day it is.  Contrary to popular belief the prairie isn’t always flat.  These dipping hills are the epitome of the [...]

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This is three pieces of paper collaged together.  It started as three separate lengths of paper stapled one above the other.  I started on the clouds and then the land below and so on.  I worked on them simultaneously which explains the drips.  I loved how the drips captured the rainy landscape here in the [...]

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This is a painting I did in college in the summer of 2005.  I really love these torn paintings.  The Long View is at my brother and sister’s house in Minneapolis, so I get to see it when I am there!

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This painting is 30×40 and holds the Southern Hills sky the best so far. The first part of the painting is two layers of light blue afternoon sky.

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