Landscape Paintings of the Month
"An Aspen Woodland Where I Wandered"
"An Aspen Woodland Where I Wandered", Oil on Linen, 24x48
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"Purgatoire River, Southeast Colorado"
"Purgatoire River, Oil on Linen, 30x36
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"Legend has it that the name of the Purgatoire River recalls the unfortunate deaths of Spanish fortune seekers who ventured into this river's canyon and died before receiving last rites. The Spanish religious faithful named the river "El Rio de Las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio",
which translated means the River of Lost Souls in Purgatory. French trappers later renamed the river Purgatoire."
"Yellowstone Waters, Yellowstone National Park"
Selected for the 2010 Oil Painters of America Western Region Show
at Mountain Trails Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming.
"Yellowstone Waters", Oil on Linen, 24x30
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"Autumn colors add a subtle shading to the grassy banks of Yellowstone National Park's Firehole River where it broadens out into a gently flowing stream."
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