20" x 16" Artists throughout history have turned to scenes right out their backdoor for inspiration. I was enticed by the fragrance and colors of the large profusion of rose blossoms along this fence line, in my own backyard, this past spring. Sometimes it is the...
10" x 12" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured at the 2009 Prix de West
40" x 50" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured and sold at the 2006 Prix de West Show and Sale.
36" x 36" This painting was the recipient of the Victor Higgins Work of Distinction given for the best individual work in the Quest for the West exhibition in 2007. It also won the Patrons' Choice Award that same night. Canada's Lake O'Hara, in Yoho National Park, is...
10" x 12" Canada, on Oesa trail above Lake O'hara This painting was featured
36" x 36" This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was featured in the West Select Show on November 14, 2014. Painted at the end of September, this painting shows Mount Biddle as seen from near the Lodge at Lake O'Hara.
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas
8" x 6" In 2002, just prior to the war in Iraq, I was compelled to visit Jordan and tour the country with Landmine Survivors Network. This organization is the one that Princess Diana helped publicize and promote. The trip was an emotional one for me, and I...
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Panel
36" x 36" The Artist of Distinction Award was given to Curt for this piece at the Quest for the West Show and Sale in 2008. It was one of the works chosen for the retrospective show in 2009, "Moments and Monuments," also at the Eiteljorg Museum.
48" x 48" Oil on Canvas In 2003, I was very fortunate, thanks to the Grand Canyon Foundation, to raft the lower half of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon with the Intermountain Region Director for the National Parks, Karen Wade and several National Park...
40” x 30” Oil on Canvas The moods of a winter day at Grand Canyon are ever-changing. The vista seen here is from the trail just north of Mather Point. Snow flurries engulf the north rim as Osiris temple emerges from the storm. A turquoise-quality light, and snow...
36” x 36” Oil on Canvas Following a 1993 painting trip to Bali, I painted a series of koi fish and water gardens. Inclinations was part of that series. My color palette changed considerably for a few years following my time in Bali. I think it is important for artists...
30" x 48" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured in the 2003 Prix de West Show and Sale
48” x 48” Oil on Canvas One of the great opportunities afforded to me by living in Sedona is the short drive from my home to Grand Canyon. Days of extreme winter weather seem to entice me to the canyon’s edge. All alone, enveloped in the silence of a fresh snow at the...
48” x 36” Oil on Canvas Early spring is an in-between season and I always look forward to the uncertainty of the weather patterns. This painting is based on a few days in mid-April while painting near Mather Point. I was painting in warm clear sunshine while snow...
40" x 60" Oil on Canvas
28" x 22"
60" x 48" Oil on Canvas In September of 1999 I organized a painting and rafting trip through the Grand Canyon as a benefit for the Grand Canyon Trust. Several paintings resulted from this trip, which was one of the best experiences of my life; being with artist...
12" x 19" Oil on Canvas This one-of-a-kind vista can only be seen high above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon. I was painting while standing next to ancient Ancestral Puebloan granaries. There is an unmatched elegance to this particular view of the Colorado River....
48" x 36" This painting was done entirely on location, en plein air. The foreground formation do not have a name, that I am aware of. The painting features the Isis and Cheops temples, at center upper third. The view is looking down on Pipe Springs Creek, from the...
30” x 24” Oil on Canvas Over the years, this chapel has appeared in several of my paintings. I enjoy the unique melding of traditional architecture with a uniquely Flagstaff approach; utilizing local stone, the bell tower and accents are rendered in pink. It seems to...
48” x 36” Oil on Canvas This view is from a few miles south of Cameron, where the old trading post stands near the east side of Grand Canyon. In this painting I was looking east toward the great landscape of the Navajo Nation and the valley of the Little Colorado...
30" x 60" Oil on Canvas Collection of Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park This view is from Yaki Point on the South Rim. Crystalline ice falls over the North Rim during an October sunrise. I painted this as a gift to Grand Canyon National Park in...
16” x 12” Oil on Canvas One of the unique opportunities I’ve had in my career is getting to know Christopher Forbes, of Forbes Magazine. The invitation to paint at the Forbes’ Chateau Balleroy in Normandy, France was the sort of thing I could only have dreamt...
36” x 48” Oil on Canvas During the mid-1990’s I had the endurance and strength to frequently paint large canvases outdoors. This Monument Valley scene is an excellent example of that period of my work. Looking to the west, I painted Camel Butte, the Thumb, and the...
24" x 30" Oil on Canvas I spent a great deal of time in the 1990’s painting the landscapes of California. I painted this in the colorful seaside village of Pacific Grove near Monterey. This is one of many paintings that always evokes fond and loving memories. Each...
48” x 48” Oil on Canvas I have never been afraid to experiment or to express my feelings on canvas. With reflection, decades of painting have now allowed me to clearly define most of the periods of my work. Around 1992 my paint application became very impasto,...
28" x 23" Oil on Canvas
40” x 70” Oil on Canvas This is the jaw-dropping view that one sees at the top of the switchbacks, on Highway 89A, as you descend south into Oak Creek Canyon and Sedona. In the late 1980’s my paintings experienced a softening of the palette. I now look back to those...
24" x 36" Oil on Canvas For the most part, all of my plein air paintings until the 1980’s were smaller in size. As I became more aware of my own skills and instinctively realized my brain would not learn new skills if not forced into new thinking, I decided that the...
