AUTUMN DILEMMA
Original acrylic painting is 22 X 30.
Original Painting : $2000.00
The original sketch I had made some years ago featured a colonial eastern hunter and his son with turkeys coming in behind. However, once I decided to paint the concept in my mind quickly went to doing some Pennsylvania Elk. The longhunter, being right-handed, was in a dilemma. The elk had come up from behind and his left without his knowledge. Now he is faced as to how to get turned around and get a shot without spooking the herd. Will he succeed?
Original acrylic painting is 8 3/4 by 12
Original painting: $175.00
The LOST ARROW- BLACK BEAR
Original acrylic is 13 X 18
Original painting is $450.00
The Lenni-Lenape had shot an arrow in recent times and had failed to
retrieve it for whatever reason. This Black Bear while ambling on glanced over at the arrow wondering what it was.
Autumn Gold- Bald Eagle (Painted in 2019) Original Acrylic 16 X 24 Original painting has been sold. Flying Through-Mourning Doves (Painted in 2008) Original acrylic 16.5 by 22.5 Original painting $300.00
Canada Geese (Painted in 1989) Original Acrylic 18" by 13" Original painting has been sold.
Field's Edge-Gobbler (Painted in 2001) Original Acrylic 12" by 9" Original Painting $150.00
Great-Horned Owl Family Original Acrylic 18" by 24" Original Painting Sold
Chipmunks In May Original Acrylic 15" by 22.5" Original Painting $450.00
Moving Through Original Acrylic 8" by 10" Original Painting $250.00 This painting was selected as the Maryland Black Bear Conservation Stamp earlier in 2016.
Nesting Time
Original Acrylic 12″ by 18″.
This painting has been sold.
Eagles nest early. I visited a known nest in February and the eagle was already setting on the eggs. The next day the snow was falling. That inspiration is what lead to this painting concept.
Woodland Spring
Original Acrylic 18″ by 24″.
Original Painting has been sold.
I enjoyed this painting for I incorporated a number of species of wildlife within the art. Also, my love of spring season was felt with each brush stoke since this painted in late winter.
Black Bear
Original Acrylic 9″ by 12″
Original Painting $250.00
This painting was entered in a contest featuring black bear. I didn’t win.
Clearwater Brookie
Original Acrylic 9″ by 12″
Original painting $300.00
The Brook trout is a most beautiful specie. The native ones are adorned with brilliant colors.
Heavy Snow-Three Deer
Original Acrylic 16″ by 20″.
Original Painting $450.00
One of my favorite time to hunt deer with my flintlock is during snowstorms. The beauty is absolutely breathtaking. The challenges of keeping the flintlock dry is well with the experience. This painting depicts three deer much as they would appear in such conditions.
Summertime Buffett
Original Acrylic 18″ by 24″
This painting has been sold.
The often- hated Woodchuck, or Groundhog, can be a nuisance in around buildings and fields. However, I still kind of like them.
Corn Pheasants
Original Acrylic 10″ by 14″
Original painting $200.00
This painting was done a long time ago. I was surprised to find it recently.
Harvest Time
Original Acrylic painting 18″ by 24″.
Original Painting $450.00
This painting features the glorious time of harvest with some nice gobblers enjoying their time of feast as well.
Not Sleepy-Black Bear
Original Acrylic Painting
Original Painting Sold
I started this painting a long time ago. At first, I didn’t like how the art was going. I rediscovered the panel and completed the art.
Elk In Snow
Original Acrylic painting 13″ by 18″.
Original painting $350.00
What a nice contrast of the orange-brown colors against the shadowed snow of winter.
Great Blue Heron
Original Acrylic 18″ by 24″
Original painting $ 350.00
The Great Blue Heron has always captivated my interests. I can identify their flights in a second because of the way they pull their head, and neck in and extend their legs. I know of a local rookery that averages 15 to 18 nests each year.
The Pines
Original Acrylic 18″ by 24″
Original Painting has been sold.
The painting “The Pines” was inspired while hunting for “bucks” with my flintlock, “Old Jacob.” A big-racked buck was about 25 yards from me among many pine limbs. I wasn’t sure enough of the points, so I didn’t take a shot. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, had a “four-point to one side” regulation.
Laurel Flush
Original Acrylic 18″ by 24″
Original Painting $850.00
The painting titled “Laurel Flush” shows a flock of turkeys flushing from among the mountain laurel blossoms: Pennsylvania’s state flower. I wonder what startled them? The original concept featured another six inches of length and a coyote well-hid among the laurels.
Coldwater Brookie
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18″
Original Painting has been sold
Colors explode from the old tree roots. The brook trout is hungry. “Coldwater Brookie” shows a trophy chasing a fly fisherman’s creation. Will the fish take the fly?
Along the Stream-Red Fox
Original Oil 16″ x 20″
Original Painting $650.00
Many times, I have tramped the creek bottoms to find the tracks of a fox. “Along the Stream-Red Fox” shows this creature of beauty staring the viewer down while following this snowy bottomland in search of food.
Back to Moraine-Osprey
Original Acrylic 16″ x 20 “
Original Painting $750.00
“Back to Moraine – Osprey” was painted in regard to the reintroduction of the osprey to the Moraine State Park area of Butler County PA. I have been fortunate to see ospreys a number of times along the Allegheny River and Crooked Creek. Seeing this “fish hawk” is always a thrill.
Coldwater Rainbow
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18 “
Original painting has been sold
Cold, clear trout streams, loaded with minnows makes for a trout fisherman’s dream. “Coldwater Rainbow” shows such a stream…Minnows and rainbow trout dappled with filtered
sunlight.
Wood Duck in Gold
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18″
Original Painting $550.00
“Wood Duck in Gold” depicts a male wood duck lazily setting on the water while the morning hues of sunrise reflect on the waters. This specie of waterfowl is one of the most beautiful!
“Bode”
This Painting is sold!
Allegheny Ridge Whitetails
Original Acrylic 30″ by 20″
Original painting $1000.00
“Allegheny Ridge Whitetails” was inspired while searching local ridges for any bear sign. The Allegheny River flows down through the valleys making for a very scenic adventure.
Screech Owl and Chickadees
Original Acrylic 16″ x 20″
Original Painting Sold
“Screech Owl and Chickadees” is a sight that I often witness in my backyard. The little owls use a nesting box that I erected. Everything from chickadees, robins, blue jays, and cardinals scold and torment them daily.
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Old Farm Turkeys
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting $750.00
“Old Farm Turkeys” shows a rapidly-vanishing scene of American heritage: old traditional barns and farmland. The advertising, once painted on barns, is soon to be only part of our past. The turkeys, oblivious to the ad, enjoy some springtime activities.
Frosty Morning Whitetail
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24 “
Original Painting $750.00
One of my favorite places to hunt deer is in pine thickets. “Frosty Morning Whitetails” shows one such area…pines, snow and deer: a deer lover’s paradise.
Rock Ledge Falcons
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24 “
Original Painting $750.00
“Rock Ledge Falcons” shows the peregrine falcons enjoying a late-spring day. This bird is slowly making a comeback.
Brown Trout
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18″
Original Painting $250.00
“Brown Trout” is a painting of a trout sulking around an old snag. The trout’s size will continue to increase as fishermen try and lose their flies and lures in the shadowy depths…
Springtime Blackies
Original Acrylic 16″ x 20″
Original painting has been sold
I always enjoy viewing black bears in the wild. The beauty of glistening fur and the elusive nature truly amazes me. “Springtime Blackies” shows a mother bear with her cubs amidst a typical forest scene. Also, within the painting a box turtle and jack-in-the-pulpit can be discovered. This painting appeared on a cover of the Mountain Journal magazine.
Trillium Ridge Showdown
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24 “
Original Painting $650.00
There are a few areas near me when, for a short period each spring, the forest floor looks like snow. The time of trillium blossoms! “Trillium Ridge Showdown” allows for two longbeard gobblers to meet and possibly find out just who does own the ridge.
Peace on Earth
Original Acrylic 12″ x 18″
Original Painting $300.00
All we long for is a time when all are at peace. Two deer captivated by the warm glow of Christmas candles and all is well…”Peace on Earth.”
Snowshoe Hare and Chickadees
Original Acrylic 15 ” x 22 1/2 “
Original Painting $250.00
I wish this species of hare was more common in Pennsylvania. They are located in some of the more mountainous areas of the state. Their ability to change to white in winter is a survival trait known to only a small number of animals and birds. “Snowshoe Hare and Chickadee” depicts a friendly encounter during a snow.
In the Aspens – Woodcock Family
Original painting $ 400.00
“In the Aspens – Woodcock Family” shows a favorite springtime bird of mine. I remember my father teaching me about this bird’s mating antics in the abandoned fields by my home. Recently, I had the opportunity to see a mother woodcock and her three young.
Smokey and the Snowman
Original Acrylic 12″ x 18″
Original Painting $250.00
“Smokey and the Snowman” is a whimsical painting showing an uncertain meeting between a black bear and a snowman.
Ruffed Grouse
Original Acrylic 16″ x 22″
Original Painting $550.00
Grouse hunters know well the startled seconds when a “Ruffed Grouse” erupts from among the vines. This painting shows a grouse perched on a downed tree, ready for anything.
Flying Through
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting $750.00
Seeing turkeys “Flying Through” is a sight of awe. How birds of this size get into the air and go from one hill to the other with grace amaze me.
Christmas Fruit
Original Acrylic 12″ x 18″
Original Painting $250.00
A painting to put a smile on a turkey hunter. Ornaments are placed on the limbs of the spruce to decorate for the holidays. A lone gobbler, thinking apples, begins to peck at the “Christmas Fruit!”
Bottom Land Whitetails
Original Acrylic 17″ x 24″
Original Painting $750.00
As the fall day begins to wind down, the “Bottom Land Whitetails” slowly edge towards the field. The two deer pause briefly to watch the distant farmer before proceeding across the field.
Boy’s First Trout
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18″
Original Painting has been sold.
Some of my fondest memories stem from my boyhood days along the trout streams. “Boy’s First Trout“, shows such a seen as a young boy reaches for his first catch, a native brook trout.
Grasslands Splendor
Original Acrylic 12″ x 18″
Original Painting $200.00
One of the most beautiful game birds is the male pheasant. The bird is covered in variable colors and patterns making for a most striking sight. In the painting, “Grasslands Splendor“, the male in all his mating splendor is viewed walking about the grassy home.
Golden Meadow
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting $850.00
Morning rays permeate the forest’s canopy. The turkeys cautiously approach the “Golden Meadow“, as the deer pause to enjoy the early sun’s warmth.
Cool Autumn Elk
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting has been Sold
Cool autumn days, colored leaves and echoing bugles of the bull from across the hollow spell one thing for the elk…the mating season! “Cool Autumn Elk” depicts one such morning with the “King of the Ridge” bugling for his harem to gather.
Morning Gold – Greater Scaup
Original Acrylic 13″ x 18″
Original Painting $400.00
The early morning sun gently warms the waters of the lake. “Morning Gold – Greater Scaup” depicts a few of these birds flying in the golds of the morning.
Garden Variety
Original Acrylic 15″ x 22″
Original Painting $450.00
A beautiful summer day with birds and butterflies. “Garden Variety” shows a house wren, hummingbird, robin and a monarch butterfly enjoying the day.
Field Birds
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting Is Sold.
“Field Birds” shows a flock of gobblers and some bluebirds during the spring courtship rituals. Both species of birds use fields for food, nesting and various other activities. This painting received an honorable mention award at a National Wild Turkey Federation art contest.
Autumn Whitetails
Original Acrylic 18″ x 24″
Original Painting $325.00
The autumn season means one thing to the whitetail deer…the mating season. Here a mature “buck” is trusting his instincts while he chases a couple of does. “Autumn Whitetails” depicts a typical autumn day during the deer’s mating season.
Autumn Majesty
Original Acrylic 16″ x 24″
Original Painting Is $550.00.
Obviously, one of my favorite “critters” are the white-tailed deer. “Autumn Majesty” depicts a handsome buck and doe emerging from the shelter of the woods. The big buck, however, has sensed something looking at him.
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You are Amazing!!!! This is a great site. Thank you
Love your paintings! Beautiful!
Thanks so much Marcy. I really appreciate your kind words.
How would I choose? You are truly gifted. I would like to take a closer look if possible. Would like to get a painting of a nice buck and a turkey painting with gobblers in it. When could we meet?
Most evenings can work. Number is 724-548-2042 Thanks for your interest Dave.
Your paintings are absolute joy to peruse. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
You are welcome!
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