Silent Night

I fell in love with this painting even before I finished it. A church, bathed in moon light, alone but comforting, warm and welcoming.

Lighthouse

Besides Indians and the west I also love watching the sea. Waves breaking on a rocky shore, the sun fighting through thick overcast and a lighthouse announcing a warning to advancing ships.

Mountain Bison

Prints of this painting have been used on business cards, greeting and Christmas cards, and a matted and framed print now hangs in the First People's Ulm Piskin. A Piskin is a method the ancient Indians used to herd large numbers of bison toward and over a high cliff. Ulm is the name of the town just south of here and near the jump,

Mount Rainier

This is Mount Rainier, I painted this from a photograph taken from the Empire Builder AMTRAC observation window. Kim and I took the train from Great Falls Montana to Portland Oregon to visit our daughter and her family.

Thanksgiving 1825

This title relays a history lesson. "THANKSGIVING 1825" was selected as a title because of the color scheme on Long Beard's Capote. Prior to 1825 the colors were solid with a black stripe. The three bands (Yellow/red/green) of the Hudson Bay "POINT" blanket was introduced after 1825.

The Day After Hunting Season - Closed

This is one I did some time ago. I have used this for the background of my business cards.

The Hanging Tree

A tree, once strong tall and the center of life, now stands deformed old and ugly.

Evening Calm

Can ya hear it? The total quiet and deep peace? A slight slapping of miniature waves against the sailing craft's wooden hull. Faint calls from several seagulls in the distance coming in to roost for the night. So quiet - so peaceful . . .

Lakota Winter Camp

The Plains Indians moved from camp to camp, one for hunting and another for "wintering." This was typical for the Sioux, Blackfeet, Crow and so on, but the Assiniboine tribe were nomadic, on the move through the four seasons.