A beautiful bright fall day on the Methow River near Winthrop, Washington, provided a very simple but interesting scene for this painting.  The river channel is filled with well-rounded granite cobbles and boulders which make a startling contrast with the clear bluish green water of the river.  This is a 22 x 28-inch watercolor.  A larger version is in the Gallery. 

This weekend I finally got back to painting after several months layoff.  We recently went to Green Valley, Arizona, and purchased a townhouse in which to escape the wet Seattle winters.  The back yard of the townhouse is a desert wash filled with native plants including many varieties of cactus, and lots of Gambel's quail.  The quail are particularly cute to watch as they are very family oriented.  My latest painting is from a scene in the back yard where the male quail is watching out while the family feeds upon seeds in the wash.  I titled this The Sentinel.  This is a 22 x 28-inch acrylic on canvas board. A larger version is in the Gallery.