"Golden Days of Summer"

"Golden Days of Summer" 

2013 Watercolor 

11" x 14" 

Here is another watercolor painting featuring one of my wrangler friends from Philmont.

Last summer was her last summer working in the New Mexico wilderness with horses and this sorrel, Twitch, is one of her favorites.

Summers are precious. 

Summers are magical. 

Especially when you have the opportunity to work with horses as your summer job! 

You can see the painting in progress on my Facebook Page under "In Progress" and make sure you scroll to the bottom of all the photos to see this one!

"Where Memories Are Made - The Inn at Diamond Woods"

Tonight I had mat board cut to size for my giant commissioned watercolor painting, a whopping 26" x 34"! Tomorrow I will be cleaning the glass of a 30" x 40" frame that was an awesome find at Goodwill and put everything together. It will be ready for delivery and to hang in its new home at The Inn at Diamond Woods on Saturday. 

So here is the beast … er … beauty.

"Where Memories Are Made - The Inn at Diamond Woods"

2013 Commissioned Watercolor

26" x 34"

"Pinstripes"

"Pinstripes" 

2013 Watercolor 

5" x 7" 

Another one for my kiger mustangs series show "Kiger Mustangs: Wild Hearts of the West." I'm having the show in February at Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce in Newberg, OR.

"Kiger Mustangs: Wild Hearts of the West" Art Show

I'm having an art show in February in Newberg, Oregon!

The opening reception is Friday, February 1 from 5 pm - 9 pm at Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce. Come and check out my series "Kiger Mustangs: Wild Hearts of the West" and if you can't make the opening reception, the show will be up Feb. 1 - 22, Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.

"Girlfriend Time"

"Girlfriend Time" 

2013 Watercolor 

11" x 14" 

Isn't this is what girlfriend time should be? Hanging out, enjoying an adventure together and something that you will remember for always? 

This watercolor painting is of two young women that I met at Philmont while working as a wrangler. When you work at a Boy Scout summer camp you do it because you love what you do and for us it was working with the horses and passing tidbits of knowledge and adventures to the scouts. But mostly because you will have memories that will last for a lifetime.

Supporting UNBRANDED film

There are about 20 days left to help support UNBRANDED, a documentary about 4 men, 17 mustangs, 1 mule, 3,000 miles, and 5 states during 6 months. Check out their website.

And have you heard of kickstarter? Well, UNBRANDED has one and that's how you can support this adventure. There are different levels of donations and each one has specific gifts you will receive. And if they don't make their goal, then they don't receive any of the donations … so let's make sure they can fund and share their trip! Here's their kickstarter.

Spread the word! I'm making a donation … will you?

"Breakfast on the Road"

"Breakfast on the Road"

2013 Watercolor

5" x 7"

This is my first watercolor of 2013! This is Colfax, a Philmont horse, munching his breakfast of grain in a feed sack before hitting the trail on Cavalcade. Sometime I want to visit Philmont again and just take photos of all the awesome sights! But for now I get to stalk all the photos wranglers take and then have permission to use them as art references….

The Last of 2012

here are the last of the paintings I did in 2012 …

"Motherhood"

Watercolor, 2012

13" x 18"

"A Bad Hair Day"

Watercolor, 2012

5" x 7"

"Beauty Sleep"

Watercolor, 2012

8" x 10"

 "Tails"
Watercolor, 2012
8" x 10"

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Hello 2013! Guess what I did to ring in the New Year on the right foot?

I went hiking up in the Columbia River Gorge at Catherine Creek which is just up river of Hood River in Washington. And past the trailhead, there was snow up there! What a beautiful day!

Did you do anything fun today?