Countryscapes

Springtime on Natoma Road

This tankhouse is most exposed in the winter months before the old apricot orchard leafs out in the spring. It was necessary to get permission to enter the Convent that owns the property. I noted that stretched artist canvasses leaned against the wall in the second story of this tankhouse. One of the Nuns must use that lovely area as an art studio.

Buckeye Tree in Winter

This oil painting was the result of an early autumn trip into the nearby hills with some other painters. The buckeye tree always seems to be in such a big hurry. By late July, it's leaves are falling, and in the spring it is the first to grow leaves. It has a graceful winter form in rich earth tones.

Our Old Dakota Farm

Ten Children were raised on this Dakota farm during the drought and the depression. There were three bedrooms. The two upstairs were the "boys" and the "girls" rooms, somewhat like a dormitory. An artesian well, forming the small blue puddle of water midway along the right margin, ran 24 hours a day. This autumn scene shows the house prepared for winter. The foundation is wrapped with pink tarpaper held in place by 3' lath. Barn manure is piled about two feet deep at the base of the tarpaper to keep the uninsulated house warmer and prevent potatoes and home-canned goods from freezing in the basement. The faded red buildings are the machine shed, granary and barn. Ma's triangular chicken coop in the foreground was one of several that she moved about the farm, either using the nearby wheeled iron cart or by tumbling them end over end to their destination.

Herding the Geese

The geese need to be put to bed in the evening and this barefoot boy always stepped carefully.

Villa de Fleur Tankhouse

Tank Tower Beresford Ave

Stanford Stables

Old Farm Truck

Eucalyptus Grove

Duncan Tankhouse

Bubb the Farrier

The Eight Gabled Outhouse

Holbrook Palmer Tankhouse

Wisconsin Harvest

Green Trees

This was the second painting using a sketch done of a window view from my dentist's chair. The first sketch was painted in blues. I wanted to work in greens and use transparent varnishes. This was the result.

Wonderlicht Barn

Saddle Duvenick Ranch

The Duvenick Ranch is located in the hills near Los Altos, California. When I painted this in the 1960's there was a youth hostel on the property and the ranch also hosted a summer camp for city children. The Duvenicks, an older couple who owned and lived on the property were generous to share it with so many, and that included artist's groups. An older man, who spoke with a German accent, was the ranch manager. At that time, there were two acres of open field that we drove by to get back to the barn area. Each year this old gentleman would plant this field with oats, hand-broadcasting the seeds from a burlap bag.
I found the saddle in the barn just waiting for the next rider and me.

Flax Field

Pumpkin Patch

Blossom Valley

test and another

Summit Ranch

Gold Glaze Landscape

Emerald Landscape