Sticks and Steel

The gallery owner for Sticks and Steel in Sioux Falls invited me to drop off a few paintings after the Custer Show. Went down there last week with all of my paintings to allow her to choose which ones she wanted. She ended up displaying all of them! They look great in her shop, and we went back down for the Friday Art Walk last week. Good turnout. Here's how the Blue Buffalo look.

Big Buffalo Painting

I decided to paint a large painting of a group of buffalo. It ended up as a triptych of three 30 x 48 canvases so that the final size is 48 x 90. This was great fun to work on. I really do prefer to paint on a big canvas, its liberating somehow...

I was finishing it up at the Custer show - people like to see how you paint...one lady asked "Why blue?" and I replied "Why not?"

Badlands Painting

Camped at the primitive Sage Creek Campground on the western edge of the Badlands Park. Although it wasn't the dramatic Badlands view like the previous photo, it was beautiful country with softer hills and buttes. A couple large buffalo would lumber past each morning, and coyotes yipped in the night. I got a couple paintings done there - here's one of the view from the campsite. Its 20" x 40" acrylics.

Badlands

I've been painting in the Badlands the last few days on the way to Custer. Its beautiful country - will post some photos of the works in progress... but here's the view from one of the overlooks.

Stormy weather

This beautiful storm passed through a couple days ago. Gorgeous! Today I'm heading out to the Badlands to paint for a few days before the Custer show next week-end. Weather's supposed to be beautiful....can't wait!

Woo hoo!

Had a great show at the Sidewalk Arts Festival last week-end in Sioux Falls. Sold a couple landscapes during the show, and then took a painting on approval at the end of the show to a couple who lived nearby. They ended up buying four paintings! Lots of fun. The paintings really looked good in their house... also got a couple commissions from the show and the interest of a local gallery owner, at Sticks and Steel. I will take some landscapes for her to display at the October 1st artwalk.

Sioux Falls Show

Setting up in the early dawn for the Sioux Falls show last week-end...