Galveston Seagull, oil on canvas, 16" x 12"

Lots more paintings coming in 2012, I hope! Happy new year!

On Monday, November 14 at 5pm I'll be part of the panel "So you want to be an artist..." at the University of Texas Permian Basin art department in Odessa, Texas.  Marfa artist Gretchen Coles will be the moderator and I'll be speaking along with Mary Baxter and Vilis Inde.

Also, I recently joined the Big Bend Arts Council's Gallery on the Square where you can see my latest paintings. The gallery is located here in Alpine on 115 W. Holland Avenue and is open six days a week from 10am-6pm (the gallery is closed Tuesdays). It will also be open for Art Walk on November 18-19, 10am-10pm.

Marfans Exhbition
This month I will be exhibiting some new paintings in Odessa, Texas at the Nancy Fyfe-Cardozier Gallery. The exhibition runs from August 27 until September 25 and there will be an opening reception on Saturday, August 27, 2011, 7-9 pm. Fifteen artists will be showing - Mary Baxter, Malinda Beeman, Gretchen Lee Coles, Vilis Inde, Char Lundeen, Kate McKenna, Christine Olejniczak, Gary Oliver, Rene Pineda, Mary Lou Saxon, Gail Waterman, Leslie Wilkes, Wendy Lynn Wright, and Sven Zbinden.

Here's the new work I'll be displaying.

Afternoon Cow, acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30"

Ranger #2, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 24"

"Secret Trade", watercolor on paper, 17" x 14"

"Saloon Scene", watercolor on paper, 17" x 14"

History of Fort Leaton Article
There's a nice article in the new Cenizo Journal (Third Quarter 2011) about a number of watercolor paintings I created. Towards the end of 2010, Texas Parks and Wildlife asked me to illustrate scenes from the history of Fort Leaton to be featured in an education video, out later this year.

In the meantime, here's a link to the magazine, where you can read the article. Once the video is released I'll post more of the paintings online.

Matilda Beatrix Wilde 
Matilda Beatrix Wilde was born to us in May of this year. Megan and I are very happy parents.

Two Dogs

Dottie, 11- x 14-inches, acrylic on canvas

Taylor, 10- x 10-inches, acrylic on canvas

Two commissions of two very good dogs. For Dee and Harper, and Tigie.

Recent Paintings

Sunlit Ranger, oil on canvas, 12" x 24"

Turner Mountain, Alpine Texas, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 30"

Modes of Transportation
This set of charcoal drawings was created for the first 2011 issue of the Cenzio Journal. Here is a link to the website and this is a direct link to a PDF of the magazine.

Artwalk 2010
Here's a selection of the new paintings I've created for Artwalk here in Alpine. They're my first oils and I really like how luminous they seem compared to acrylic paint. You can view a PDF pricelist here.


This year I'll be sharing space at Elms Bookkeeping, 108 N 5th Street with Alan Vannoy and Tony Gonzalez.

Bootsy, oil on canvas, 14" x 18"

Bubbs, oil on canvas, 11" x 14"

Bargirl, oil on panel, 12" x 16"

At the Alpine Airport, oil on canvas, 36" x 12"