Portraits in Gray – American Bison Framing:Framing J2 Painting the textures and colors

Painting the textures and colors of the decaying wood of a storm damaged willow was enjoyable and gave me a chance to echo the warm sienna’s and gold’s of the rooster

A downy woodpecker

1987 Iowa Pheasants Forever Print of the Year

Image Size: 9" x 12"

then finally working together as a team

Portraits in Gray – American Bison Framing:Framing J2 Painting the textures and colorsSometimes keeping colors muted and values toned down creates a more interesting image. That is what I am exploring in my new series, Portraits in Gray. Im working on portraits of North American mammals primarily using various tones and values of grays and browns. The first in the series is Portraits in Gray American Bison featuring an old, bull, American bison sometimes called buffalo. American bison are the largest living mammal in North America and