To my delight a series of spectacular storms crossed Northern Arizona in the spring of 2023. In March I was lucky to catch a cold front as it was passing, leaving the rim and much of the upper levels of the Grand Canyon elevations covered with snow.
Arizona
Old Grove Color
12” x 12” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD $5200.00 Forced to be apart from the public and because I wanted quite freedom in the color of the season, I packed my paint set and picnic lunch for a hike north of Flagstaff. I discovered this old grove of aspen and it seemed alive...
Sienna’s of April
24" x 24" Oil on Canvas The European style tower is misleading and mysterious to the setting of Oak Creek Canyon just north of Sedona, AZ. I set up my easel close to Indian Gardens and this painting was completed entirely on location in April 2017. I was attracted...
Spring Encounter
24" x 24"
Firehouse
36" x 28"
Celebrating Spring
28" x 22" Oil
Winter Textural Debut
20" x 20" Oil on canvas
Gilded Evening
24" x 54" Oil on Canvas $54,000 Following a monsoon shower, the intensity of the monuments at sunset causes an incredible gilded and golden light reminding me of a highly polished 24 karat gold.
Texture of the Monsoon
8" x 16" This painting was a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljog Museum. The Mittens of Monument Valley stand the test of time and Mother Nature as a dust and wind storm as it starts to travel across the desert floor during the...
November Color: Oak Creek Canyon
28" x 22" $24,000 This painting will be a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljog Museum. This was painted during early fall in Oak Creek Canyon at a location called Thompson's Crossing.
Spring at the Old Pendley Place
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas
Study: Mummy Cave Ruins
8" x 10"
Palo Verde Glow
28" x 28"
Transitions
8" x 16" Oil on Canvas Board
Through the Ages
36" x 36"
Spring Comes to Hidden Valley
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Private Collection
Creekside Discovery
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas
First Touch of Winter
28" x 54" Oil on Canvas Sedona has been my home for 35 years, and I have yet to grow tired of the beauty that surrounds me there. First Touch of Winter was painted when the first snow of the season dotted the tops of the cliffs. As the storm passed, the evening light...
Summer Reflections
36" x 36" Oil on Canvas
Display of Defiance
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas I painted this work over several early mornings in late June of 2012, near the base of Courthouse Rock in Sedona. The distant cliffs are seen in blue silhouette. Featured in the foreground are spectacular blooming Yuccas, common in the sandy...
Hillside Hollyhocks
28" x 22" This work was featured in the West Select, A New Western Classic show and Sale at Steele Gallery from October 23,- November 20, 2011.
The Arborist’s Reward
28" x 28" This painting was awarded with the Best Painting Award at the 2010 Quest for the West show and Sale. I have always been fascinated by the arborists’ craft, especially with regard to apple trees. This ancient agricultural art reveals manicured old wood...
Passing Levity
12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board
Deliquescence
36" x 28" This painting holds a special place for me, as it was one of the first paintings of mine to be seen at The National Cowboy Museum’s Prix de West. The title is derived from the fact that while I was painting this scene, on location, the warming of the day...
Beaverhead Flat
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board This work is available for purchase at the Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Mittens
30" x 50" Oil on Canvas I remember the magic I felt in 1960, at age 10, when on a summer vacation road trip (without air-conditioning) my parents took us to Monument Valley. I will never forget my first greeting by the gigantic buttes of red sandstone known as the...
Return to Spider Rock
60" x 50" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
Sedona Stock Tank
36" x 36"
Spring Arrars
Summer Waters of Oak Creek
28" x 22" This painting is currently at Garland's Collector Room in Sedona, Arizona located in the Garland's building on Hwy. 179. $12,000
Sunset Over Mingus
5" x 14" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was featured in the 2007 Eiteljorg Museum Quest for the West Show and Sale.
New Garden Hollyhocks
28" x 22" Oil on Canvas This was painted in Curt's newly remodeled backyard with a special hollyhock terrace during the summer of 2009. This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale.
Tincture of the Spring
40" x 40"
Red Rock Crossing
36" x 36"
Fence Line Roses
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...
Vicissitude
30" x 48" Sedona has uniquely beautiful landscape vistas, containing many species of flora. Painting absorbs me totally, body and soul, and I become very attached to the views and the plants that I am painting. I have always been drawn to the Sedona yuccas and each...
Monsoon Rain for Painted Desert
40" x 60" Because a good portion of my family is in Farmington, NM, I have traveled across the Painted Desert countless times and I never fail to be impressed by its incredible beauty. During the monsoon season the storms over the desert floor are simply spectacular....
Facade Nocturne
36" x 26"
October Evening in Canyon de Celly
30" x 36"
A Memorable Cast
36" x 36" This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
Vermilion Cliffs
48" x 48" Oil on Canvas This work now hangs in the halls of Henderson Fine Arts Building at San Juan College in Farmington, NM
Quiet Hour
16" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board $1500
Dust Devils
18" x 18" Oil
Coming of Spring
18" x 18" Oil
Golden Precipice
60" x 90" Oil
Quiet Luxury of Autumn
28" x 28"
Creekside Splendor
48" x 40" Oil
Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel: Nocturne
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...
