LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTINGS
I paint the prairies, farmland, open spaces, and forests of my adopted mid-western home, because they are quickly disappearing under asphalt and roof tops.
A tall grass prairie, a golden field of ripening soy beans, two hundred acres of field corn, tasseled out and blowing in the wind were the recent past’s breath-taking sights.
The bulldozer will level some of the gently rolling hills, dig man-made lakes, and permanently alter the land, so that familiar landmarks are wiped out, gone forever.
My paintings give these beautiful spaces a second life. Collectors of my work tell me they are not just purchasing a painting, but acquiring a window into a vanishing world.
Many people who love landscape art look for this quality in the paintings they buy; a view to the outdoors, where fields of grasses wave in a breeze, a small hidden pond quietly reflects the color of the trees that grow on its shores, the cool shade of an oak-hickory woods beckons you to rest a while, or a winding lane invites you to take a stroll and discover a secret destination.
My landscape work also includes “sky” paintings; images of sunrises and sunsets, or cerulean blue skies filled with those huge white cumulus clouds. I paint yellow skies, lavender skies, pink skies, and red skies. I’ve seen them all in this glorious heartland where I live.
My greatest thrill is knowing an art collector shares my view and wishes to own one of my landscapes. Then I know one of my creations has found a new home.
Suzanne
Last Light
36" x 24"
$2,600
Morning Has Broken
50" x 28"
$2,800
The Sheltering Sky
32" x 22"
$2,100
Blue Skies Smiling
36" x 24"
$2,500
Sunrise Song
54" x 30"
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Prairie Crossing
40" x
30"
$2,400
All That Remains
12" x 8"
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Evergreen Trail
20" x 16"
$925
Sumac Meadow
48" x 36"
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October Savannah
24" x 20"
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Heartland
32" x 22"
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Prairie Remnant
36" x 24"
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Yellow Bush Trail
8" x 6"
$250
Pond at Shoefactory Woods
36" x 24"
$2,000
Goldenrod Morning
36" x
24"
$1,500
Habitat
32" x 22"
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Sunset Song
54" x 30"
$3,500
Bluff Springs Fen
28" x 20"
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Rooted In Sand
16" x 12"
$400
Blowout Valley
16" x 12"
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Break Away Cliffs
16" x 12"
$400
Storm Over
the Back Nine
16" x 12"
$400
Willow Lake
36" x 24"
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Sand and Pines
16" x 12"
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Raceway Woods #2
24" x 18"
$1,100
Day's End
8" x 6"
$225
Red Oak Trail
32" x 22"
$1,900
Frozen Sanctuary
24" x 18"
$1,200
Blackhawk Winter
40" x 30"
$2,200
Sunset Hour
8" x 6"
$225
Volunteer Pines
36" x 24"
$1,900
River Park Terraces
8" x
6"
$225
Scarlet Oak High Noon
22" x
12"
$800
Small Prairie
8" x 6"
$225
Prairie and Oaks
6" x 8"
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Prairie Dusk
8" x 6"
$225
Blackhawk Evergreens
8" x 6"
$225
River Park Overlook #2
8" x 6"
$225
Mulberry Grove
6" x 8"
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Snow Line
8" x 6"
$250
Briar Ridge Sunset
8" x 6"
$225
Cold Creek Lane
8" x 6"
$250
Breaking Through
14" x 11"
$425
Island Park Still Waters
Geneva #5
8" x 6"
$250
Sugar Maple Tree Line
8" x 6"
$250
Red Oak Copse
30" x
24"
$2,500
Burr Oak Ridge
54" x
30"
Sold!
Walking The Hedgerow
30" x
22"
$1,300
Walking River Park
24" x
16"
$485
Bend of the River #2
36" x 24"
$1,900
Beach Grass and Low Tide
10" x
7"
Sold!
Solitary Shrub
8" x
6"
$225
Sugar Maple Gold
26" x
16"
$1,200
Casting Shadows - River
Park
8" x
6"
$225
Tall Grass Sunset
8" x
6"
$225
Lucky Old Sun
24" x 18"
$525
Sunset Ridge
8" x
6"
$225
Twilight of the Wolf Moon
28" x
20"
$1,260
Guarding River Park
18" x
12"
$400
River Park Overlook
18" x
12"
$400