"Hunter's Moon" Barn Owl
18"x 14" acrylic on board

This painting was inspired by being buzzed by a
Barn Owl that was chasing bugs around a street
lamp in Beaumont, California.  The setting,
however, is a more familiar rural one for me
since I had to paint the background and lighting
out of my head. The owl was being flown by a
falconer and I photographed it in full daylight.
We get Barn Owls in Vermont, but they aren't
common and restricted mostly to the Champlain
Valley.
"Nunavik Gold"
Golden Eagle above La Colline Misurtuq
and the George River

I had the idea for this painting on our Recon
expedition on the George River in September
2005 but we didn't have time to run to the
top of the hill (1,300 ft vertical).  On the
2006 Main Expedition we camped here and I
got the scene in the late light as I wanted,
however, despite seeing several Golden
Eagles, I couldn't get any usable shots of one.
Three months later and 3,000 miles away,
while paddling the Rio Grande through the
famed "Lower Canyons" below Big Bend
National Park in Texas, I was investigated by
this magnificent Golden who came in low
and circled.
"Nunavik" is the Arctic region of Quebec
above 55 degrees North Latitude.
"Beachcomber" Marbled Godwit
9"x 12" acrylic on board (Private collection)
This was one of a flock of Godwits that
were on the beach in Oceanside, CA at dawn.
"Top of the Tundra"
George River Caribou Bull
12"x 24" acrylic on canvas
$2,600.00
"Caribou Moon"(IP)
Kamestastin Labrador
16"x 6.5" acrylic study

Photographing this herd passing
under the rising moon was a
wonder. It was a bit of a frustration  
not being able to fit them into the
frame as they moved into the
sunlight. Fortunately painters
aren't totally hamstrung by precise
reality. About 150 caribou passed
over this ridge in about a half an
hour in two large groups.
This piece will be in "Masterworks
in Miniature" at Gallery One in
Ohio, February 2009
Caribou Bull pencil study from
Kamestastin, Labrador
5"x 7"
$250.00
"Down to the River" detail, pencil
study (painting starting soon),
Kamestastin, Labrador
about 6"x 8"
$280.00