Arizona Landscape Paintings
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I traveled to the western United States to paint in the warmer months in the 1980s and 1990s.
Since I moved to Fort Collins, Colorado in 2003, there have been many opportunities for local painting trips
to Horsetooth Reservoir, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Utah and beyond.
There is an endless variety of rock formations, mountains, streams and lakes to explore.
My landscape paintings attempt a soft realism using bright colors and dramatic shadows.
I mostly use pastel, watercolor and oil and prefer to paint on location,
though I sometimes paint from photographs.

Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1995, watercolor 26"x19"

Canyon View, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1984, mixed media 31"x19.5"

Grand Canyon Shadows, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2018, pastel 21.5"x27"

Spires, Monument Valley, Arizona, 2017, pastel 28"x20.5"

• Cliff at Monument Valley, Arizona, 2017, pastel 25"x19"

• Towers at Dusk, Monument Valley, Arizona, 2011, oil 40"x30"

• Monument Valley, Arizona, 2011, oil 28"x22"

• Towers at Monument Valley, Arizona, 2018, pastel 28"x21.5"

Oak Creek Canyon Wall, Sedona, Arizona, 2012, pastel 24"x18"

Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Arizona, 2017, pastel 25"x19"

Reflections, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Arizona, 2013, pastel 19"x25"

• Sedona Peak, Sedona, Arizona, 2019, pastel 29"x21.5"

Bell Rock, Sedona, Arizona, 2017, pastel 27.5"x21.5"

Back and Beyond, Sedona, Arizona, 2016, pastel 27"x21.5"

Dry Creek Road, Sedona, Arizona, 2015, pastel 25"x19"

Back Road, Sedona, Arizona, 2018, pastel 25"x19"

Cathedral Rock, Arizona, 2017, pastel 25"x19.5"

• Cathedral Rock, Arizona, 1992, watercolor 32"x20"

• Spire Dome, Sedona, Arizona, 1999, pastel 25"x19"

Saguaro and Ocotillo, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, 2019, pastel 26"x22.5"

Lake Powell, Arizona, 2016, oil 24"x18"

Casa Grande Ruins, Casa Grande, Arizona, 2015, pastel 25"x19"

Papago Park, Phoenix, Arizona, 2014, pastel 25"x19"

Superstition Mountain, Arizona, 1996, pastel 24"x18"

• Diaz Peak, Ajo Mountains, Diaz Peak, Arizona, 2011, oil 40"x30"

• Marble Canyon, Arizona, 1997, pastel 26"x18"

Blue Canyon, Arizona, 2012, pastel 22"x30"

Spider Woman, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1995, watercolor and pastel 22"x29.5"

• Lion in Summer, Arizona, 2007, pastel 19"x26"