Buttes

Spring Buttes, oil 12" x 24"

Haystack Butte, Summer, oil 9" x 12"

Summer Storm, acrylic 8" x 10"

I don't have to go far from home to find dramatic scenery!  Looking South there are a series of buttes:  Gray, Haystack, Juniper.  Sometimes I sketch, or take photos for studio paintings, or even set up my easel outside for plein air as in "Haystack Butte".  (When weather allows).  Most summer days are clear and hot, but occasionally a storm rolls through.  I went for a walk during a clear break on a day with rain, thunder and lightning to get photos of the dramatic clouds, and the storm caught up with me on the way back!

 

Favorite Trees

Sketches

Enjoying sketching in the high desert sagebrush and juniper country near where I live. Winter to Spring not much difference, snow melts, grass grows greener, tiny wildflowers bloom. I bring pens and a sketchbook on my walks, splash on watercolor later.