Out on Homer Spit, oil on canvas 14x21"Here's another Alaska painting I'm working on in the studio. It's funny, but the initial sketch was a flop really, but I just loved the space and mood of this place, so I thought to go ahead
Midnight on the Nenana oil on canvas 15x20"This one is almost finished, but not quite. It's gone through a few stages and I have as well with fits and spurts of excitement and excited brushwork and then lulls where I got stuck and wasn't sure
For today I just want to post this painting, it's my favorite one and I painted it at midnight on the "beach" along the Nenana river at the education center the night before I was leaving. So even though it has sentimental value to
Here was the view leaving from Anchorage, with the mountains poking through the clouds which sit at 10,000 feet. The power of these mountains takes on a whole new dimension when seen from above. You could see the glaciers and snow with the ridges
I know this has nothing to do with painting, but I just can't resist bragging about the outhouse at the Denali Education Center, it's great! Not only does it not smell due to good ventilation piping, it's homey. Seriously, going to the bathroom out
I painted on the river as the sun was going behind the mountain, finishing up about 10 p.m. This is such a little haven!This morning I was going to walk the river to look for a place to paint, but got sidetracked and ended up
Thanks to Jill and the Denali Education Center I get to stay here in the woods on the Nenana river and the edge of Denali National Park for my remaining days in Alaska. Immediately when I arrived (via 6 hour gorgeous bus ride from
One thing I didn't think about when coming to Alaska was about how much boats are a part of life here. In Seward there is a lot of fishing going on (we got to eat freshly caught halibut on our campfire grill tonight, amazing!)
The last 2 days have really been a lot of driving. We took yesterday morning to see Fairbanks and then started heading south. We stopped along the way to camp in the most gorgeous mosquito infested bog I've ever seen, and then were off early