Don's Most Recent Paintings in All Genres
Desert Sentinel 12 x 24 inches Alkyd on Canvas
I based this abstracted painting on photographs Karen and I took of a lone mountain south of Death Valley Junction, California. It's myriad of shapes begs for more paintings.
Borderlands Encounter 18 x 24 inches Alkyd on Canvas
Hopefully this one tells the story. A desert cottontail rabbit (based on a photograph by Karen), a made up child's bunny abandoned along a desert trail, and think of all the tragedies we read about in the news almost daily.
Endangered Attraction 12 x 16 inches Alkyd on Panel Property of Clausen Museum
I based this abstracted view of Mendenhall Glacier on photos I took of the glacier combined with other online images for reference. Upon recommendation of friends I submitted the painting for for acquisition by Clausen Museum under a grant by the Rasmusson Foundation . Much to my delight, it was chosen.
Adoration 18 x 24 inches Alkyd on Canvas
Private Collection
My niece asked me to paint a portrait of her daughter. What could I say? So she sent me some images of June and one of June with her daddy. There wasn't any question which one most attracted me. Here it is.
Alert 12 x 16 inches Alkyd on Canvas
Another painting based on a photo Karen took of a desert cottontail rabbit in Morongo Valley, California.
Layers 12 x 16 inches
Alkyd on Canvas
The title of a show was "Layers" Need I say more?
Caught in the Act
12 x 16 inches
Alkyd on Canvas
A gnome with bears painting about a disrupted picnic/fishing trip.
A Beary Big Problem Approximately 10 3/4 X 15 inches Alkyd on Watercolor Paper
WAVE, Working Against Violence for Everyone, a Petersburg, Alaska non-profit has an "art by the inch" fundraiser every two years -- at least this year they had the third one. The concept: Each willing artist is given a 22 x 30 inch sheet of watercolor paper with the idea they will create a painting on it. Then patrons who attend the gala event are selected at random to come forth, given cut out pieces of mat board and decide what portion of which painting they would like to purchase for $1.00 per square inch. That part is delineated and marked as sold and the next wave of art patrons choses from what remains. It is brutal for the artists, but fun for everyone else. Last time I was aghast at what happened to my creation -- how it was (in my eyes) destroyed. So this year I took Karen's cue and divided my sheet into four sections to create four separate paintings. Once again it wasn't pretty.
Gnome Fishing Strategies
Approximately 10 3/4 X 15 inches
Alkyd on Watercolor Paper
Waiting for Some Action
Approximately 10 3/4 X 15 inches
Alkyd on Watercolor Paper
A Gnome Family Outing on the River Approximately 10 3/4 X 15 inches
Alkyd on Watercolor Paper
If you could see it up close you might notice all their bobbers are jiggling yet all the gnomes are asleep Their fishing lines are all crossed. I guess you can see the goofy deer but one baby gnome is fishing while the other is cooking a burning marshmallow.
Curious and Preening. Need I tell you which title applies to which painting.
Both 9 X 12 on canvas $400 each unframed
I painted both for possible inclusion in Wild Spruce's annual Raven Calendar. Hopefully one may appear in their 2025 edition.
Approaching Storm Alkyd on Canvas 9 X 12 inches NFS
Approaching Storm is half a request by a former Petersburg Lutheran Church interim Pastor to paint the two mountains he saw when he looked down the street in front of the parsonage. One would be done by me and one by Karen. I took my favorite of the two, Bear Paw. We're still waiting for Petersburg Mountain to show up.