As a fundraiser for Douglas Land Conservancy, I and several other artists were invited to visit private properties in southern Douglas County near the Dawson Butte Open Space. The J.A. Ranch offered amazing views of Pikes Peak, Sleeping Indian and Larkspur Butte.

View the J.A. Ranch Collection

This latest collection comes from the Rims To Ruins plein air painting event at Mesa Verde National Park, May 15 - 17, 2014. This year they welcomed 25 nationally renowned artists who had the opportunity to hike into exclusive areas of the park. This fundraising event enables the Mesa Verde Foundation to support many projects in the park.

The second part of Rims To Ruins will occur in Denver in November at the Wildlife Experience Museum. Here, additional works from the May plein air paint out, along with works from several other participating artists will be for sale.

View the Mesa Verde Collection

I also took the opportunity to paint along the way throughout the San Juans including areas around Ouray, Ridgway, Silverton and Pagosa Springs.

View the San Juan Collection

I think some of the BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE in the WORLD is ISLAMIC in nature. A DOME surrounded by SPIRES [ minarets ] is from a DESIGN point very STUNNING.

View the Islamic Architecture Collection

My GOAL was to spend most of my time at THE MAROON BELLS near ASPEN. I traveled colorado highway # 24 from COLORADO SPRINGS, passing by BASSAM PARK, BUENA VISTA, up to TWIN LAKES over INDEPENDANCE PASS to ASPEN. I passed by a lot of MOUTH WATERING SIGHTS [ WATERCOLORIST TERM ] & also painted THEM!

View the 2013 Aspen Collection