Augusta Bottoms Consort 16x24" painting

Depicting a wonderful October day in Treloar, Missouri, friends Michael,Gloria, Rebecca and Paul making up Augusta Bottoms Consort, play their original music to benefit the Katy Land Trust. The KLT hosted an unveiling of the Treloar grain elevator murals kicking off their purpose; to promote the idea of land preservation along the Katy Trail. There, under the shade of a huge cottonwood tree, the breeze blew softly and the music flowed rhythmically while friends and admirers chatted. Couldn't have been any better.

Taos Powwow, "Women Record Their Men" 24x36" painting

The 24x36" painting depicts a scene my daughter and I witnessed on a trip to Taos, New Mexico where Native American women recorded their men in a sacred drum circle. It will be included in a show of southwest subjects at American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City for the month of November.

"Legends of St Albans" mural series - painting 2

"German Settlement (The Murder of John Ridenhaur)" 50x34" - is the second in a series of paintings/murals for the historic Studio of St Albans, the original castle-like 1920's residence of the Johnson family. The current owner has commissioned the series to tell stories of the area gleaned from the book, "St Albans, the History of a Missouri River Town" by the late Lucie F. Huger. The painting depicts John Ridenhaur, the last "white man" killed by Indians in Franklin County in 1813. He repeatedly declined to sell his magnificent horse to the Osage, some of the braves wanting to give the horse as a gift to their chief.

Danforth Plant Science Center - Discover

The final of four 32x60" paintings to hang in the permanent collection of the Danforth Plant Science Center, "Discover" depicts the Greek goddess of the harvest Demeter: "She bids summon joyful torches of new discoveries come forth and scatter the shades of gloom in radiant light, and strews garlands before her," symbolizing photosynthesis and biofuels research. Her daughter Persephone, wife of Hades; “traveled down into darkness and gloom, but because all things fall back into the earth and also arise from the earth, Persephone represents the seed of Mankind that was hidden away, but also being of a bounteous mind, it is for Man’s health she sends a rich increase of various fruits from Earth," symbolizing plant research which could lead to new sources of medications for use against conditions such as chronic pain and cancer.

Installation of the Arch mural

Here is an in-progress shot of the mural being installed. It will greet visitors at the ticketing area below the Arch.

Resolution Copper Mine - trade show mural artwork

This 18x60" painting was commissioned by Parks&Co in Phoenix, AZ for Resolution Copper Mine's trade show mural project. It came through my rep in NY, Bernstein&Andriulli and is an 18x60" painting on canvas. It will be digitally enlarged to a 21 foot width for their use. From the first contact e-mail, to the finished product delivery was 10 days.

"Above the Beyond" 30x40" painting

To be installed at the Missouri Botanical Garden's - Best of Missouri Painters Show October 1st