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 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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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 (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 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 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...
