The Camp Wrangler

Watercolor - 10.5" x 14.5" on Arches 140lb paper.

I went into the Rockies on horseback many times. This was an exceptionally cold day. Rain, fog and everything was wet. I mean everything. Most of us had our boots and socks drying on sticks on the other side of this fire. This was our camp wrangler. He had earned a break by the fire with some good old camp coffee. Strong but welcome. He had just finished seeing to our horses, all was well, and we were beginning to tell some lies around the fire.

A Fistful of Trouble

Watercolor - 11" x 15" on 140lb Arches paper.
#6 in a series of paintings for the Cattle Baron's Ball of Dallas, 2009.
Prints will be available soon.

Boat in the Gulf of Mexico

I did this little watercolor back in mid seventies. Boat in the Gulf of Mexico.10.5" x 14.5" on watercolor board.

Another detail

Detail from a very recent watercolor. Arches paper.

Fistful of Dynamite

This is my initial rough sketch for an upcoming watercolor.

Watercolor detail

For you watercolor students/enthusiasts/patrons, here is a detail study (from the same painting) showing some brush-work and the beautiful texture achieved with the paper. The transparency of the paint is evident here. I have said it before ~ the quality of materials used is worth the extra cost. I am using Winsor & Newton tube pigments, Kolinsky red sable brushes (from England) and fine French Arches paper. I have use a limited amount of opaque pigment for some details, but very sparingly.

Outside my studio in Carrollton 2009

Rainy day.

Liquid Assets

This painting was published on the cover of the American Quarter Horse Journal - annual tack issue. This cowboy is carrying or wearing everything he owns...except for his horse.

Bauer Saddle-made in Texas

Watercolor approx 15"x22". This painting was published on the cover of the American Quarter Horse Journal.

Mission at Taos

Oil on canvas - approx 16"x20"

The Horse Trader

This is a stone lithograph. Drawn backwards on flat stone and then a hand-pulled edition of 20 prints on Arches rag paper. Published by Naravisa Press, Santa Fe, NM. Edition-Sold out.

Lori and Pete Shookin' the barrel

Opaque Watercolor - on Strathmore W/C Board - approx 16"x20"

The Blue Scarf

Watercolor.

Man From Taos

Acrylic on Canvas. Lots of juicy brushwork going on here.

Work in Progress2 Feb 2009

Work in Progress Feb 2009

Saddle studies

Just a few of the saddles I have painted in my day. These are watercolors on canvas approx 9x12" each. The saddles used for models were in the collection of H. C. Lewis, Lubbock, TX. These images were scanned from some bad slides, so I apologize for the quality.

The Tiny Dancer

Watercolor - approx 15" x 20" - on Strathmore board

A blast from the past!

Another of some discovered old slides. Yup, that is me and Lamar Osborne...pickin' and grinnin'! Lamar was my friend, chili cooking partner and above all...my banker! He made it way to easy to borrow on a signature. ha. I remember when he loaned me $600 to buy a Martin D18 guitar from a musician on hard times. As a side note: You think times are tough now....they were REALLY tough back then. I had a 21% mortgage loan on my studio and house. We waited in line to buy gas at times. Inflation was rampant and Jimmy Carter was sent back to his Georgia peanut farm!

my Rocky Mountain deck.

This is the same time period as previous post. Mary and I built this entire deck by hand, one board, and one six-pack at a time! This was my getaway from the grind of cranking out the art.

Some 'found' slides of my New Mexico Studio.

Another blast from the past here. I found some great old 35mm slides of my studio, etc out in the Southern Rockies of New Mexico. And, I just bought a new Epson scanner specifically to scan slides, so thought I would test it. As for the studio pics: My friend, Albert Richardson, Ruidoso, built this studio from my designs. I must say, I probably drove as many nails as anybody. We had some help from a couple of Albert's kids and Carlie Bochardt. (and I cannot forget my good wife and kids.) As you can see, I was totally immersed in the Western life-style and collected lots of artifacts, many of which, wound up being depicted in my paintings.

My new book.

I recently published this little picture-book as Christmas gifts for my family. You can flip through a few pages by going to:
http://www.blurb.com/books/440771