Clouds VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL This week we had beautiful clouds float over Truckee. No thunderstorms or fires. Perfect day to paint off the porch. September Clouds 10×10 in.

Truckee Shack 2014 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Every year when Summer begins I paint the shack again. Someday it will be gone. I compared  photos from 2011 when we had a wet spring. What a  huge difference in the Yampah flower spread. Here is a few weeks later in 2011  So I went back … More Different Years

Cows VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I continue to go back to my favorite subjects which include the cows in Perazzo Meadows. In this case after I photographed them I zoomed in on their heads. I painted them side by side. Outside 12x12inch HCH Inside 12 inches HCH

This is a wonderful trail that starts just above West End Donner Lake. It runs parallel to Donner Creek and you can hike all the way up to Rainbow Bridge and the Summit. This week there is still water running, although with the drought not much. I didn’t see any fish, guessing they have moved … More Donner Creek Summit Canyon Trail

Ripples VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Ripples 42×52 inches with the new custom framed made by Dave Conger in Sacramento High Camp Home Threads of light VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I continue to go back and paint my favorite view of Lake Tahoe,which is looking straight down into the lake from rocks along the … More Lake Tahoe

Goats VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Three’s Company 20x24in. High Camp Home These goats were in Los Barriles. In the photo and initial sketch I had all four of them. I almost put the truck into the painting.

Here is the collection of small work that is now in HCH. In following blogs, are the background stories to a few of the paintings. I am also excited to show some of my work in new frames custom made by Dave Conger of Sacramento. The painting of the golden mantle squirrel in above right … More July paintings at High Camp Home

Mouse at Beach VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL I painted this at Sand Harbor on a Tuesday.. Wonderful day to be at the boat dock as only kayaks and SUPS are allowed. If you look closely at the painting above you will see the prints of a mouse. I left the painting in my car, … More Sand Harbor

Trimmer VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL This rabbit I see early in the morning, trimming my lawn and unfortunately everything else. I liked the backlighted ears and decided to paint it. Sold

PCT VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL California is in a drought, and here in the Sierra, the flowers are quickly showing a flash of color before the few streams will be running dry up. Hiking along the Pacific Crest Trail  towards Summit Lake and wandering in the meadow of Lake Norden last week I found … More Donner Summit