I've got a few pieces showing at Art @ The Hynds Artist Collective Gallery in Cheyenne at 1602 Capitol Ave. There are two landscapes from the western slope in CO as well as a landscape on canvas from the Plein Air in the Parks event this past September. I've also included a botanical piece of a very common plant around these parts called Curlycup Gumweed. If you've never heard of it, you've likely seen it many times. Also known as Grindelia Squarrosa, it is a great source

A local couple asked me to paint a trio of botanicals on an old basement window from their home. Each flower represents a special person in their lives. I love how it turned out. The middle flower, edelweiss is not native to any region in which I have lived, therefore I did not have experience painting it. The rose is a botanical I come back to again and again. In my opinion, the iris is the show stopper. I am amazed how brilliantly the color shifts from shadow to sunli