"Two Sisters in Fall Attire" painting

This is a Fall scene in the Gunnison Country I did of two lone Aspen trees on a bright Fall day. The painting is in oils and 12X9 in size on canvas board. $500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mountain Frames and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Monterey Coast"

This is a seascape oil painting of a scene located on the Monterey coast in California. The painting is 9X12 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Autumn Wall of Gold"

This is an oil painting of a Fall scene I did in plein air in the Carbon Peak area of Gunnison County. The painting is on canvas board and 12X9 in size. $500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mountain Frame and Gallery at 970-641-5033.

"Passing Winter Snow Storm" painting

This is an oil painting I did of an early winter snow storm passing over the Marshall Pass area in the Gunnison Country. This painting is 10X8 in size on canvas board. $400.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Old Root Cellar" painting

This is an oil painting done in plein air of an old root cellar built out of stone on the Old Knowles Dairy property located near the northwest edge of Gunnison, Colorado. This painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. S500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Autumn Mountain Meadow " painting

This is an oil painting quick color study I did of a Fall scene in the high country of the Rocky Mountains. This painting is 8X10 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Early Fall Afternoon" painting

This is an oil painting I did in plein air one afternoon at my hunting camp on Black Sage Pass in Gunnison County during September 2010. This painting is 10X8 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Cabin Creek Road Early Fall" painting

This is an oil painting I did in plein air during the early Fall of an area a few miles up Cabin Creek Road located about five miles east of Gunnison. This painting is 8X10 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Hartman Rocks Weathered Tree" painting

This is an oil painting I did in plein air of and old weathered tree and large granite rock in the Hartman Rocks area south of Gunnison. This area has many of these types of trees and rocks that are indicative of the high mountain desert terrain surrounding Gunnison. The Hartman Rocks area is a popular mountain biking area with numerous mountain biking trails. This painting is 8X10 in size on canvas board. $300.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Old Gunnison Creamery Reflections" painting

This is an oil painting I did of the old Gunnison Creamery building located on WestTomichi Avenue after a summer rain shower had moved through town. This painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Summer Evening On The Gunnison" painting

This is an oil painting I did depicting a summer evening on the Gunnison River near Gunnison, Colorado. The painting is 16X12 on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Windy Afternoon At Iola Point on Blue Mesa Lake" painting

This is an oil plainting done in plein air of Iola Point on Blue Mesa Lake when the summer afternoon winds began to blow on the lake. Blue Mesa Lake is located nine miles west of Gunnison and is the largest lake in Colorado with over ninety miles of shore line. This painting is 8X10 in size on canvas board. $300.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Cooper Ranch Mesa" Painting

This is an oil painting I did in plein air of Cooper Ranch Mesa from the DOW wildlife protected area on Beaver Creek west of the Mesa. The Mesa is located about four miles west of Gunnison. The painting is 8X10 on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Winter Guardian" painting

This is an oil painting done in the Alla Prima technique I did of a large Spruce tree in a high country snow field during late winter when the snow melts a bit during the days and freezes back during the nights. This painting is 10x8 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Historical Dorchester Cabin in Taylor Park" painting

This is an oil painting I did of the only remaining cabin in the abandoned mining town of Dorchester located in Taylor Park which is about 35 miles North of Gunnison. This cabin was built in the 1890s and is currently being used during the summer months by the U.S. Forest Service to house a campground host couple that take care of the nearby Dorchester campground. This painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Whetstone Autumn Aspens" painting

This is an oil painting I did in plein air of aspens during the Fall located at the south base of Whetstone  Mountain Northwest of Gunnison. This painting is 10X8 in size on canvas board. $400.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mountain Frame and Art Gallery at 228 North Main Gunnison, Co 81230. Phone Number (970) 641-5033.

"Fall Cottonwoods East of Never Sink" painting

This is an oil painting done in plein air of Fall cottonwoods east of Never Sink located four miles west of Gunnison. The painting is 8X10 in size on canvas board. $300.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Quakey Mountain Aspen Fall Evening" painting

This is an oil painting I did of an early Fall evening of Quakey Mountain near Black Sage Pass area of the Gunnison Country. The painting is 20X16 in size and on stretched canvas. $1,500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Tomichi Creek Autumn Cottonwoods"

This is an oil painting I did of an autumn scene of cottonwood trees in their autumn colors on Tomichi Creek. Tomichi Creek begins in the White Pine area of Gunnison County east of Gunnison and flows west where it meets the Gunnison River in the Dos Rios area just south of Gunnison. "Tomichi"  is a Ute Indian word that means water that smokes. In the winter when the water in the creek is warmer than the surrounding air the result is condensation that has the appearance of smoke coming off the water. This painting is 10X8 in size on canvas board. $400.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frames and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"High Country Park"

• This an oil  painting I did of a high country meadow in the early part of the summer. In the Gunnison Country an open area surrounded by forest as dipicted in this painting is called a "Park". This painting is 14X11 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)   

"Old Growth Aspen Grove After Summer Rain Shower"

This is an oil painting of an old growth aspen grove just after a summer rain shower has passed over and the sun is beginning to peak through the passing clouds . The summer rain showers in the Gunnison Country usually pass through quickly leaving the trees, wild flowers, grass and bushes cleansed and refreshed. These rain showers at times saturate the ground resulting in water run off as depicted in this painting. This painting is  16X12 in size on canvas board. $850.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Aspen Summer Wild Flower Garden"

This is an 10X8 oil Painting on canvas board of wild flowers growing among the aspens that is typical of the Gunnison country. The trunks of aspen trees are all very individual and the scars on them are a history of their different encounters with the natural world around them. Aspen trees in a group are a family due to their being connected to a parent tree by their root systems. This painting is of a parent tree and it's off spring. (SOLD)

"Aspen Summer Afternoon"

This is an oil painting of a summer afternoon at the edge of a forest area of aspens typical of the Gunnison country. This painting is 10X8 in size on canvas board. $400.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Ragged Mountain"

This is an oil painting I did of a summer scene of Ragged Mountain that is located on Kebler Pass that goes from Crested Butte to the Paonia Reservoir. This painting depicts what the area is like when there is a lot of rain fall and the wild flowers are in abundance. This painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Old Mountain Logging Road"

This is an oil  painting I did of a Fall scene of the depiction of an old abandoned mountain logging road. At one time in the past of the Gunnison Country there were many logging and mining operations back in the wilderness areas. These small narrow roads were constructed to give the loggers and miners access to those remote locations. Once the logging and mining operations ceased the roads were abandoned and Mother Nature began to slowly reclaim them. There are many of these old abandoned mountain roads through out the Gunnison Country being reclaimed by Mother Nature. This painting is 12X9 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Ohio Creek Summer"

This is an oil  painting I did of the Ohio Creek area just northwest of Gunnison. Ohio creek is a ranching area and the painting shows the creek the ranchers get their water from to irrigate the hay fields that surround the creek. The valley is green in the summer with cotton wood trees and willows growing along the bank of the creek. It is surrounded by sage covered hill sides that are indicative of the high mountain desert area of the Gunnison Country. This painting is 16X12 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Moon Rise After Snow Storm"

I did this oil painting of the moon rising after a snow storm in the high country in the "Alla Prima" technique which is essentially a techniue whereby a subject is painted in a direct manner during a single working session. To me the result of using this technique is a painting that has a spontaneous feeling and simpility about it. Most "Alla Prima" paintings tend to be, by necessity, on a small scale. I do these type of paintings mostly for my own enjoyment. This painting is 12X9 in size on canvas board. $500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Slate River Valley" painting

This is an oil painting of a Winter afternoon scene I did of the Slate River Valley just north of Crested Butte, Colorado. The painting was done in the studio from a plein air color study done during the early part of March 2011 and reference photos taken at that time. The painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. $750.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Crested Butte Mountain Fall" painting

This is an oil  painting I did of Crested Butte Mountain in Crested Butte, Colorado done from a quick plein air color study. Crested Butte is a ski town located 32 miles north of Gunnison and I did a quick plein air color study one Fall afternoon of the mountain from a location on Kebler Pass just before a rain storm. This painting is 12X9 in size on canvas board. $500.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Lost Canyon" painting

 

This is an oil painting I did of an early Fall morning scene of the Gunnison River flowing through Lost Canyon located about six miles north of Gunnison. The painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)

"Diane's Fred" painting

I did this oil painting for my wife, Diane, of her paint horse, "Fred". The painting is of "Fred" in the late afternoon just after a rain storm has passed through and he was still wet from the rain. (NOT FOR SALE) 

"Carbon Peak Autumn" painting

This is a Fall oil painting I did plein air of Carbon Peak located about twenty miles northwest of Gunnison. This painting was completed on scene. Carbon Peak looks over an area that produced many coal mines and the coal mining town of Baldwin in the early days of the Gunnison country. Baldwin is now a ghost town with a number of buildings still standing. $400.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Signal Peak" painting

This is a painting I did of Signal Peak located about four miles northeast of Gunnison and a well known landmark. In the foreground is what is called by the locals the old Wilson corral located in a stand of cottonwood trees. The old corral is about one hundred yards from the Holiday Inn Express Hotel on the east edge of Gunnison just off Highway 50. It is said the Indians that once lived in the Gunnison Valley had lookouts posted on the peak and that would send smoke signals to other Indians in the valley if possible danger was approaching the area down the valley from the east. This painting is 11X14 in size and on canvas board. (SOLD) 

"Black Sage Pass Aspen Grove" painting

This is an oil  painting of an aspen grove on Black Sage Pass near where I camp out when hunting. The painting was started in plein air and completed in the studio. When I am out hunting I take my plein air painting equipment with me and do plein air studies when I am back in camp. Some of the paintings are left as they are and some I do more detail on back in my studio. This painting is 11X14 in size on stretched canvas. $550.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Tomichi Dome Royalty" painting

This is an oil  painting of a bull elk in the Black Sage Pass area with Tomichi Dome in the background. I have hunted elk in this area since 1986 after I moved from Oklahoma to Gunnison. Tomichi Dome is still listed as an active volcano and is located about twenty miles east of Gunnison. The historical Waunita Hot Springs Resort is located at the base of Tomichi Dome. The hot springs and the surrounding valley floor were considered sacred ground by the Indian Tribes that once lived in Colorado and traveled to the hot springs to bathe in them for healing. This painting is 16X20 in size on stretched canvas. $1,800.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Mtn Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

"Old Amish Built Barn Historic Knowles Dairy" Painting

This is an oil painting I did of a barn built by the Amish located on the historical Knowles Dairy property located just northwest of Gunnison. The painting is 14X11 in size on canvas board. $550.00 plus H/S contact Rocky Frame and Gallery at (970)641-5033.

Old Miller Ranch Barn Painting

An oil painting I did of the historical Miller Ranch barn located on Ohio Creek in Gunnison County. These old historical ranch barns normally have the family brand painted on them and in this painting the Miller family brand can be seen on the barn. This painting is 11X14 in size on canvas board. (SOLD)