House on the Hill

House on the Hill

Oil on black canvas, 10x10

It takes a little while - at least for me - to start to see and appreciate some of the softer colors of the high plains. There are muted yellows, blue-greens, green-blues, and often, a tinge of reddish-pink that I only really see when I start to look for it. And in patterns throughout the landscape, a pinkish-gray of leafless bushes, low and high, that set off all the other colors. 

The land here is dotted with abandoned houses, dilapidated and empty trailers, buildings that once had roofs and windowpanes and families. I guess people just walked away from these places, these buildings that once were home. It's lovely here, but these empty places add an edge of winsome loneliness to this often thriving, often robust land.

I think I captured some of the beauty and solitude of this quiet, sere landscape in this painting.  

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Scenes from the Road

Happy Halloween! Saw this skeleton taking it easy in Indiana 

The awning of this RV is home to a flexible solar panel. 

I never knew such a thing existed - but what a great idea! 

  Above and below, some scenes from Wyoming. If you click on the photo above, you can see a happy-looking cow that's just about the same color as the tree. Watch for this scene in an upcoming cowscape!

I like the way the peak of this building echoes the peak of the mountain in the background. This scene was near Spotted Horse, Wyoming. You can see more of Spotted Horse by clicking here. 

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Dog of the Day

This guy was probably not the only one misbehaving in downtown Deadwood.