Masters of Drawing show at Medicine Man Gallery

   "Rabbit Hunter" (15x10) SOLD

Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, AZ is hosting the Masters of Drawing show opening February 15th, 2025.  I will have 4 new black and white drawings and one full colour oil painting in the show...

                                                         "Let's Go Home" (14x10) SOLD
 

Three of the black and white drawings are acrylic ink on aged parchment tissue (about 25-35 years old).  I found a pad of the tissue in a set of old flat files I bought many years ago; The tissues texture lends itself well to dry brush effects with the black acrylic...

                                                               "Allegory" (15x12) SOLD
 

The smallest drawing done in acrylic ink on bristol board is a companion piece to the oil painting below, "Grandfather's Rifle".  All of the drawings are double-matted and framed under glass...

                                             "Grandfather's Rifle" (24x20) oil on linen SOLD
 

The show opens to the public at the gallery at 4:30pm with a banquet to follow at the Lodge at Ventana Canyon for the artists and their guests...hope to see you there!

                                                              "Taos Hunter" (7x5) SOLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show at Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson~

"Lost" (16x20) o/l SOLD

Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, AZ is hosting a group show surrounding the release of Mark Sublette's new book; "Maynard Dixon’s American West: Along the Distant Mesa".

This volume is an homage to Maynard Dixon through the eyes of  artists working today. Works by 40 nationally and internationally recognized artists influenced by Dixon will be exhibited March 7 through April 30th, 2019.  

This show is very unique as the contemporary artwork will be hung next to Maynard Dixon original drawings, illustrations and oil paintings, 40 Dixon's will also be for sale. “Maynard Dixon’s American West: Along the Distant Mesa” the show’s accompanying hardback book, is now available for purchase thru the gallery.

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Commission:

 (Untitled) Final Drawing 6x8"

I was recently commissioned to do a 36x48" southwest desert scene painting for a public space in Oklahoma city... Not exactly mid-western fare landscape-wise, but the client's vision for the space required some "western" atmosphere, and of course this is a subject I can really get into~

I first did about 10 thumbnail sketches based on my plein air paintings and sketchbook doodles from a trip to southern Utah and Maynard Dixon's homestead/studio last year...

  
After reviewing the pencils and using examples from previous paintings on my website and social media, we agreed upon an amalgamation of several of my thumbnail roughs into the final design (at the top of the page)...

 

Here are the final canvas stained and ready to paint (background) and a 16x20 "test" painting (with altered composition) under way to make sure I've got my colour palette working...

 

So far I've done about a dozen drawings and 4 colour studies in various sizes...you never can do too much homework before undertaking an important commission!