Coyote ~ "Sizing Things Up"

It's been a while since I've updated all on what is new in paintings and prints. There are a lot of new images to add too!

This month I'll be adding lots of new prints to my main site encluding,

This coyote painting called "Sizing Things Up". Other images to look forward to is a new Cougar original (you know I can't get away from painting those!), the Cougar image is an oil on canvas 11 x14".

I am particularly proud of a large Moose piece, oil on canvas measuring 28 x 30". I have not commited to printing this one as yet but it's so tempting! I would reproduce it on canvas as well should I decide.

There is a nice new collection of Mini Prints on canvas in the works. i.e. Squirrel, Coyote, 2 wolf pieces, and a new Snow Leopard. That's a good start!

For those in the Tulsa area at the end of the month, I'll be attending "Nature Works". I'm looking forward to the show once more this year visiting with old friends and making new ones.

If you are planning on attending, please stop by and say "Hello".

Look for all the new originals and prints to be displayed in Tulsa in a few weeks! I hope to

see you there!

Barn Owl ~ New Canvas Print

"New Canvas Print Release" 12" x 24" Due out this
month. Call or email for details and pricing.


The Original Painting titled: "Who's Who" has returned
from The Art of the Animal X l l l at the Bennington
Center for the Arts in Vermont. It was an honor to be
juried into the prestigious show.

I have had a great response from those who have seen it.
A new print release is expected to fulfill the requests for
same. The new print will be a canvas giclee sized at
12" x 24". If you'd like to order a print of this very Limited
Edition, please contract me to be put on the list.

It's been a very busy summer and zipped by faster than
a tornado! I hope everyone has had a great summer and
hope to hear many exciting tales soon.

My next show is in San Dimas in October. (Check the website
for dates) If you'd like to receive an invitation to my open
studio in November, please email or call the studio with your
request.

Many new works are in progress, including birds of various
types (raptors too!) Fox kits, Bear and some kitties of course !

I'm looking forward to those stories of summer adventure!

Many are planning ahead for the holidays. If there is something
special you'd like painted for a love one or a treat for yourself, I'm
available for appointments at the studio to discuss your ideas.
(check website for contact information.)

Kestrel original ~ "Table For One"

American Kestrel, smallest of the falcon family.

This is the second painting done in acrylic on canvas. She is coming in for a landing on this weathered branch and dine on her catch.

June and it seems more like spring here on the mountain. Yesterday it was foggy with drizzle. Perfect day

to paint.

This fishing bear is in the works. I still have areas left and right to work on. The splashes will be more defined upon completion. The foreground water has some detailing to work on as well.

I've set this piece aside and will continue work on an American Kestral .............

I am often asked by artists how I prefer to work. I've shown my drafting table set up with all reference material ready to work. For larger paintings an easel is necessary of course. However a flat surface makes for more stability for the intense detail.

The sun has come out this morning which makes it difficult to sit still for all the painting

detail ahead. It's such a nice day for a hike!

Cougar Creek Gallery

Cougar Creek Gallery ~ Sky Forest, CA

This 1926 Log Cabin is now the new location of my Gallery. It was originally built as the Post Office for the Village of Sky Forest. It is indeed a challenge hanging art on the walls, however.... if there is a will, there of course is a way....

Besides a main room, there is a small one Antelope Kitchen, and a half bath adjoining my framing room and office. There are two decks front and back offering not only an excellent spot for the Musicians during Events, but.......also to paint outdoors.

The season here on the mountain has just started to gear up. The flowers are beginning to bloom. I look forward to old friends popping in and making new ones this year. Until then,

Sunshine and smiles to you, B

Coyote Painting ~"The Clever Opportunist"

This new 9 x 12" original painting (also available in print)

was inspired by the clan of Coyotes living in my area.

This clan is so well fed, the fur on them is thick and shiny.

Sadly this good health has been gained by neighbors who leave their kitties and small dogs out. Coyotes are not the

only danger to small pets living in the wooded Mountains.

I certainly cannot blame the clever coyote. His needs are

simple and honest.

"The Art of Contentment" - The beautiful and amazing Snow Leopard. This new oil on board painting is sized at 6" x 13.5". It is available in canvas print as well as the original. This new work will (as well as other cats) be presented at the upcoming Nature Works Show and Sale in Tulsa, OK on the 22nd of February.

I am so looking forward to this show again this year. It's great joining old friends and making new ones who share the same passions. If you find yourself in this neck of the woods, please stop in my booth and introduce yourself! B

"Down Time" ~ wolf. A new small works original available

now at the gallery.

The gallery (Cougar Creek) will be having a special holiday

gathering on December 15, 2007. Besides new works and products to consider for your friends and family gift giving,

there will be special treats throughout the Willow Woods

Art Colony.

Be sure to stop by and say "Hello".

Bobcat Painting

"Mouse Games" - Original Oil on Canvas.

This is from photo references taken of a wild

Bobcat in the High Desert in Southern

California. There have been as many as

six cats in this location at one time.

Rocky Mountain Landscape

This recently completed landscape measures

8" x 18", oil on canvas. There are some places

that just inspire some type of artist expression.

Being a wildlife artist, it was difficult not putting in at least some elk, deer or bear. I think the location of this scene needed the silence.

I named this painting "Rocky Mountain Serenity". There are few visitors to the park in October. The weather is generally unpredictable. There was a snow storm on it's way during this visit. I loved having few

people around. I felt a sense of wilderness without them.

August is a great month to paint water images!

At least if we can't actually be in the water we

can imagine it while painting.

Still working on the grizzly on the left. More

work on the splashing and water movements....

But................should present this next weekend

at "Art on the Lake" in Big Bear, California.

I am looking forward to seeing some familiar

faces and meeting new ones.

Please stop by and say "Hello".......................

Wild Cats - Two paintings juried into Paint the Parks

I received great news today from

"Paint the Parks". "Mountain Heir"

was judged "Top 100". And the

painting called "Trails and Tails" judged

"Top 50" in the miniature division. Both

will be shipped off this month for that

show. I am truly honored! The tour

dates and locations will be posted on my

main site on the schedule page.

Raccoons, squirrels..............

Visitors abound.......

Last week, my dog Bids and I frightened a
visiting raccoon right up this Cedar tree which
stands beside our outside deck. There he
stayed until well after dark.

They generally like finding a safe place to
nap during the day. Often, it's a nice chair
with cushion three stories up on our deck.
(AND..........generally no predators bothering
them at this height) Tooooo cute not to share!

Cougars and Cubs

For those whom I have missed this month,

may I wish each and all a Happy New Year.

The drawing here depicts a Mountain Lion

and her new cubs high on a ridge. Huge

overhanging boulders serve to give some

protection to the little ones.

The painting is 24" x 30", oil on canvas.

It has been in the works for some time and

cubs have been added along with some

rearranging of rocks to create balance.

This painting should be complete by the

third week in Feb.

I was so engrossed in the work I did not take

photos of it's progress............. I will post the

finished painting once complete.

"The Legendary Jewel"

This is the third of a series of paintings done wherein a portion of the profits benefit the Snow Leopard Trust. www.snowleopard.org

The second painting titled "The Majesty of Legends" was

reproduced into Ltd. Ed. Giclee prints. 25 Artist's Proofs

and 150 Ltd. Ed. prints. The Artist's Proofs offered only

through the Snow Leopard Trust are "Sold Out". 100%

of the profits went to help save this endangered cat.

I will be producing a companion Ltd. Ed. of this painting

as well. For more information about this print or more info about the Trust either

contact me or The Snow Leopard Trust. Please email me directly if you would like to

receive a notice on this new release.