Paintings

 

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"Dobbins Church -- Fall" watercolpr  9" x 12" Recently restored, gem of the northern gold country Dobbins Church

"Dobbins Church -- Fall" watercolr 9" x 12"
Recently restored, gem of the northern gold country

Eel River watercolor 9" x 12"  near Fortuna, CA Eel River

Eel River watercolor 9" x 12" near Fortuna, CA

"Black crowned Night Heron" {Lights from the Spinnaker Restaurant in Sausalito, CA attract fish for a18" x 24" heron's supper. Egret

"Black -crowned night heron" 6" x 10" watercolor. Lights from the Spinnaker restaurant in Sausalito, CA attracted fish for the heron's dinner.

"Ontario Barn" [1997 Watercolor 14" x  18" S. Ontario builds huge traditional barns like those in US midwest.] Barn

"Ontario Barn" Watercolor 14" x 18" Ontario barns are
built huge for cold weather, like US Midwest.

"Hog Island Oyster Co." 2006  18" x 24" oil on canvas. Sold. Prints available. Our kids treated us to fresh raw oysters and champagne at their rocky bayside near Marshall, CA. Hog Island

"Hog Island Oyster Co." 18" x 24" oil on canvas. Prints available.
We ate oysters on the half shell with champagne in a breeze you could lean on.

"Low Water--Middle Yuba River" 2006. 18" x 24"  watercolor Six years earlier this was a frothing torrent. Sold. Prints available. Low Water

"Low Water Middle Yuba River" Watercolor 18" x 24" Sold, prints.
A drought year between frothing torrents.

:New Elgin Mine" 1996 watercolor 9" x 12" Nothing remains of this old mercury mine in Lake County, CA. New Elgin Mine

 "New Elgin Mine", Water color 9" x 12" Mercury plant,
since abandoned in Lake County, CA

England for  fall colors and surpasses it for beautiful  bodies of water. Donated to Downieville School, cards available. Road Lake

"Fall Road and Lake" watercolor 9" x 12" Donated to Downieville School. Ontario can match New England for fall color and surpasses it for beautiful bodies of water.

"Winter Solstice" 1988 Watercolor 8 1/2" x 14"  A rare December snow dusts a meadow at Clipper Mills,CA, in the northern gold country. Winter Solstice

"Winter Solstice" Watercolor 81/2" x 14" A rare December snow dusts the meadow
at Clipper Mills in the northern California gold country. Sold, prints available.

Drawings

 

"Early Engine" 1990 Pen and ink 8 1/2" x 11". The original engine is the C.P. Huntington ink the California State Railroad Museum at Sacramento, CA. Engine

"Early Engine" 8 1/2" x 11" Pen and ink The C.P. Huntington engine in the
California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA. prints available.

"California Quail" pen and ink 4" x 6". California state bird shown in the northern Sierra. Card available. California Quail

 

"Tall Barn" 2008 Graphite 8 1/2" x 11" My old friend's century-old barn built with square nails, serves a working cattle ranch. Prints available. Tall Barn

"Tall Barn" Graphite 8 1/2"X 11" My old friend's barn, still serving
a working cattle ranch over a century, built with square nails.

 

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