Holiday Couple, a watercolor of two lit Christmas trees in falling snow

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A Watercolor Christmas: Gift Ideas from the Studio

November 5, 2026

Every December I end up painting Christmas trees. Something about colored lights glowing in the snow keeps pulling me back to the paper. This year I gathered four of those paintings into a printable card set: O Tannenbaum, Holiday…

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Of Doubt, Discouragement and Despair

May 13, 2013

I have come to the non-revolutionary conclusion that life is hard. Furthermore, life has difficulty, disappointments and, oftentimes, despair. Undeniably, life also has fantastic high points and moments of unequivocal joy and satisfaction. Still, it seems that the disappointment and…

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Urban Sketchers – Salt Lake

May 6, 2013

There are great civic and religious structures in Salt Lake and the surrounding communities. I have wanted to capture as many as I can into my sketchbook. Each has a different story or a different character to reveal. Each of…

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