The original Arizona Sunset Saguaros was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. I painted this at the same time I painted the "Arizona Moonlight Saguaros" If you look at them both you'll...
The original Arizona Moonlight Saguaros was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. If you look closely you can see the fold lines in the painting. I painted this one at the same...
The original Arizona Minimalist Sunset was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. It was the one of the first two Arizona map paintings. I painted it using thinned down acrylic paints to allow the map to show through....
Arizona Flag map is a photographic print of the Arizona flag painted over a road map. On the original I traced out the flag over a road map and used acrylic paints...
The original Arizona Milky Way was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. The Milky Way was painted directly over the Grand Canyon just like it looked on my visits to this incredible natural wonder and national...
The original Arizona Full Moon was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. This is one of the first two Arizona map paintings I painted and still one of the most...
The original Colorado Singing Aspens Map was painted over a Colorado map emphasizing the "Rocky Mountains". This collaborative piece brought together two of our most popular series: my map paintings and Michele's sheet music...
The original Colorado Autumn Map was painted on a folding road map of Colorado. It was one of the first two Colorado maps that I painted with the intention of having it professionally photographed for reproductions. The other one...
The original Colorado Flag Map was painted using thinned down acrylic paints over a Colorado road map. You can see some of the fold lines highlighted by the paint. The...
The original Colorado Spring Map was painted on a folding Colorado road map. You can see the fold lines in the painting. The was one of the first of two maps I painted with...
The original Colorado Slate Map is one of my newer Colorado map paintings utilizing a different, less detailed map than previous ones. I liked the emphasis on the "Rocky Mountains" cutting diagonally through the piece. I...
The original Florida Fair Winds and Following Seas was painted on a nautical chart of the Straits of Florida showing the southern tip of Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba. The three sailboats racing was a...
The original Florida Old World Mariner's Star was painted over a nautical chart of the Straits of Florida. It includes south Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba and the surrounding islands. * Brian Prints ship rolled...
I painted the original Florida Full Moon to illustrate the strong relationship the sea has with the moon. Just like the effect it has on us, it's strongest with the full moon. Thinned acrylic...
The Original Florida New World Mariner's Star was painted over a Florida road map using acrylic paints thinned with water to make washes that were applied in thin layers over the...
The original Florida Twilight on Teal Waters was painted on the road map of Florida. I used water thinned washes of acrylic paints to allow the map to show through. I also painted it...
The original Florida Make a Wish was painted on the nautical chart of the Straits of Florida. It includes South Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas and surrounding islands. The full moon over the water...
I painted the original Florida Still Waters Run Deep over the nautical chart of the Straits of Florida using thin washes of acrylic paints to allow the place names to show through...
The original of Florida Sunrise/Sunset on the Sunshine State was painted on a road map of Florida. I used translucent washes of acrylic paints to allow the map to show through. * Brian Prints ship rolled...
The original Kansas Crescent Moon is painted on a road map of Kansas. The shape and orientation of the Kansas map lent itself perfectly to a landscape painting. Trying to decide what...
I painted the original Minnesota Starlight Reflections on a road map of Minnesota using thin washes of acrylic paints. It wasn't hard to pick a subject for the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I...
The original Sunset Reflections was painted on a road map of Minnesota using thinned acrylic paints to allow the map to show through. I choose a distant passage through the trees of this lake scene...
The original Nebraska Full Moon was painted on a road map of the state of Nebraska. l used acrylic paints thinned with water to allow the map to show through. With each new map...
The original New Mexico Flag Map was painted on a road map of New Mexico. I painted it using thin washes of acrylic paints that allow the map to show through. I painted the background first, ...
The original New Mexico Zia Sun Landscape was painted on a road map of New Mexico using thinned washes of acrylic paints to allow the map to show through the paint. This is...
The original New Mexico gray Mountains was painted on a road map of New Mexico. I painted it from the view of the back side of the Sandia Mountains. The original was done with transparent...
The original New Mexico Moon, Mountains, Shooting Star was painted on a road map of New Mexico. I love using this scene and color scheme with the mountain maps. It is...
The original New Mexico Red Mountains was painted on a road map of New Mexico. The original of this one was painted by Michele. She painted it for the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque a...
Sunset Reflections - I choose a distant passage through the trees of this lake scene to lead the viewer deeper into the painting. The muted colors and blurred images remind...
The original Texas Windmill, Moon, Shooting Star was painted on a road map of Texas. I painted this one at the same time I painted Texas Twilight, using the same palette of colors....
The original version of Texas Flag Map was painted on a road map of Texas. Like my Colorado Flag, I didn't want to paint the flag like the original image, but wanted it to...
The original version of Texas Twilight was painted on a road map of Texas using translucent acrylic paints to allow the map to show through. I painted both this one and the "Texas...
Utah Outline map For the original map painting I wanted a very contemporary version of the Utah red rock landscape using the shape of the state as the face of...
Utah Red Rock is a photographic print of the original mixed media art painted over a Utah road map. The map is hidden under the red rocks, but shows through...
The original version of Wisconsin Blue Reflecting Trees was painted on a state road map of Wisconsin using translucent acrylic paints over a paper map allows the map to show through. The scene is dreamlike...
Wisconsin Barn was painted on a road map of Wisconsin. I got this map as well as the other Wisconsin maps from Wisconsin travel and tourism. It says "Welcome to Wisconsin" on...
The original version of Wisconsin Purple Reflecting Trees was painted on the state road map of Wisconsin. Michele and I did the Madison Art Show a couple of times and visited their families lake cottage near Eau Claire so that...
The inspiration for Triangle Tree came from those lonely single trees that seem to carve out a space for themselves separated from their peers. I always wonder how they got there. Did...
The original Graphite Trees was created on an unusual foggy early Colorado morning. Because gray skies in Colorado are so unusual, I find them quite welcoming and peaceful. Using acrylic paints and a graphite pencil, all in...
The original Aspen Grove was a collaborative piece Michele and I created. I did all the heavy lifting and painted the background (ha, ha) and she came in and put finishing touches on...
The original Fall Aspens is one of a very successful series Michele and I collaborated on. I created the background sky, mountains and earth using acrylic paints and acid oxidized paints. Michele finished the piece...
Reflecting Trees (Vertical) The original piece came from requests from customers who loved the horizontal version of Reflecting Trees but needed a vertical orientation. I kept the same peaceful colors of the horizontal piece...
Reflecting Trees (Horizontal) The original for this piece was created using acrylic paints for the sky and moon. The clouds and trees were rendered with acid oxidized copper and iron paints for a patina and rust effect....
The idea for the original Blue/Green Windy Tree came to me on one of those beautifully clear, but windy Colorado fall days. The changing aspen leaves were a sharp contrast against that piercing...
The original Nine Trees was inspired by seeing the super moon illuminating the trees against the night sky. Acrylic washes were used for the background of the sky and the moon. On the original, the...
The original Three Earthy Aspens was a collaborative piece. I painted the background using acrylic paints as well as acid oxidized paints. Michele added the aspens with acrylic paints to complete this...
Rusted Earth Mountains has been my most popular series in the past couple of years. On the original the sky was created using imitation silver leaf for the background. The clouds were then...
The original Silver Mountains was created with a background entirely made with imitation silver leaf. The ground below the mountains was textured first and the sky has the texture of the canvas...
The original Desert Sky Mountains was inspired by the time I've spent doing shows and exploring the southwestern desert landscape. I love being outside camping there in the winter. Like many snowbirds...
Five Aspen Notes At Midnight is part of a series where Michele used sheet music to create tree trunks. It all started with a stack of 1940's sheet music from an estate sale. She...
California Coast Map - California Coast Map is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but...
California Mountain Map California Mountain Map is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but...
