Friday, June 30, 2017

Casca and Whitehorse

The two steamers Casca and Whitehorse traveled the Yukon River from around 1901 to 1955.  This drawing was done by Dale Brown a year or so before they were destroyed by fire in 1974 on the banks of the river at the town of Whitehorse in the Yukon.  A fire was started by someone camping out inside one of the boats which quickly spread to the other thus erasing this part of gold rush history.

Sunday, April 16, 2017

The Columbia in Haines

The Columbia in Haines
24x30 Oil
At the crack of dawn in the summer of 1978 Steve Black and I arrived in Haines, Alaska ready for the long drive to Fairbanks.  I shot photos of the Columbia which I later that year used in painting this painting.  While practicing songs on deck on the trip north we met Bill Chace an Air Force officer from Eielson AFB.  It was he that helped line us up with our first paying gig at the officer's club a few months later.
I drew this portrait of us for a promo poster that we used while playing at various music gigs around Fairbanks over the next couple of years.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Lounging Bear

The final carving of 2016
Soapstone from the Wenatchee area of Washington state

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Mt. Adams from Toppenish

Mt. Adams from Yakima Valley (oil) 32x48
Painted for the Best Western Motel in Sunnyside, WA

Friday, September 9, 2016

The Alaska Range

The Alaska Range looking south from Delta Junction, Alaska
painted in 1985 (oil) limited prints available
A typical late September day
Tanana River (oil) 24x36

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Klemtu, British Columbia

Klemtu, British Columbia
18x24 (oil)
We stopped here a couple of times in our travels between
 Alaska and Seattle.  This was about May of 1997 while we lived aboard
this "Apologetica" a 47' Skookum ketch.
Carving soapstone on board at Sitka, Alaska