series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2002 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: near modoc county road 111 (the great northern road)

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2003 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: near intersection of modoc county roads 120 and 111 (great northern road)

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2004 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: near intersection of modoc county roads 120 & 135

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2004 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: modoc county road 123 near road 120

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2004 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: near modoc county road 135

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2004 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

location: modoc county road 120

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

2009 studio painting
oil on gessoed hardboard panel
12 x 24 inches

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

transparent watercolor on fabriano 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
18 x 18 1/4 inches
private collection, wisconsin

location: petroglyph point

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

transparent watercolor on hahnemuhle printmaking paper
13 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches

location: petroglyph point

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

graphite and dry pigments on fabriano 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches
private collection, texas

location: petroglyph point

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

graphite and dry pigments on fabriano 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 11 x 19 1/2 inches

location: petroglyph point

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, friday august 6, 2004
11 a.m. – 8:15 pm; drawing finished at 1, shadows on peninsula at 5, close grasses at 8 p.m. (sunset at about 8:20, twilight at 8:50)
transparent watercolor and graphite on paper
14 x 21 1/2 inches

field notes: Swallows arabesque over canal waters; hawk a repeated low shadow over my paper; wandering jackrabbit circled easel in the grasses as it roamed back and forth over road (stopping to sit in shadows of guard rail) and up and down the canals; calls of distant train; crowing of roosters in Newell; in the 70s, glorious gorgeous day – hot, dry, windy, fast racing clouds.

location: view of peninsula from near canal and crossing of modoc county road 144 with modoc county road 178

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, 11:00-4:00, sunday august 8, 2004
transparent watercolor and gouache on winsor and newton cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 7 x 22 inches (8 x 22 with damage in sky)

field notes: hot, sunny wind gusts dry and gritty with grasshoppers rattling in the sere grasses. A horned lark arrived and kept me company on a nearby fence post. Then a flock of 16 white pelicans appeared and occupied the air space between the easel and Horse Mountain. For over thirty minutes, they rode the wind currents up and down in amazing intertwining spirals, their wings making a muffled squeaking swishing sound. They eventually drifted away with the shifting wind, taking their loose interweaving patterns over the hills and out of sight.

location: view from horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, begun tuesday august 10 and finished 3:00-6:00 wednesday august 11, 2004
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on hot-pressed fabriano aristico uno paper
6 1/2 x 28 1/8 inches

field notes: Valley view from above Modoc County Road 141; sound of red-tailed hawk calling above me replaced by black vultures silently spiraling over the wheat field near by; constant peeping from swallow nest; quail scurrying in lines up and down the dusty road erupt into brief noisy altercations before disappearing into the wheat field only to repeat the visit later; rustle of corn and wind; silky whisper of ripe wheat; cotton tail rabbits in the grass close to my easel as the day lengthens; the air is filled with the sound and scent of alfalfa cutting from the valley below while billows of chaff like gold-white fog drift in clouds from a distant wheat harvest; location near southeast corner of the Tule Lake Internment Camp which the War Relocation Authority used to imprison over 29,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

location: view from above modoc county road 141

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, drawn on monday august 9 and 12, 2004; painted thursday august 12 (11:00-7:00) and friday august 13 (10:00-1:00; mostly foreground)
transparent watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper
about 9 x 28 inches

field notes: Green valley view from Modoc County Road 114; distant rhythmic sound of irrigation pump; scent of alfalfa; young harriers play in the air currents along the ridge, then hover three feet away from the easel, checking out my activities before resuming a slow glide over the scrub in search of dinner; black vultures spiral high above valley; several visits from a curious raven and a bright yellow crop-duster working the fields below; billows of pale chaff from far wheat field; call of coyotes as it becomes dark.

location: view from modoc county road 114

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, sunday august 15, 3:00-7:00
transparent watercolor on back of hot-pressed fabriano aristico watercolor paper
about 12 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches

field notes: from road south of Horse Mountain. Hot, intermittent rain, high winds blow over easel; hovering grasshoppers rattling in courtship flights in tall dry grass, sparrow hawk hunting over fields, cattle lowing further down hill

location: view from horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting begun friday august 13, 2004 (drawn 8:00-2:00, then painted 2:00-7:30) and continued saturday august 14 (painted 11:00-7:00) and sunday august 15 (painted 10:00-1:00)
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on watercolor paper
about 10 x 29 inches

field notes: View from a Klamath Basin Reclamation Project irrigation ditch near intersection of Modoc County Road 141 and Highway 139; swallows diving under bridges; scent of alfalfa; smoke from burning fields lessens as day progresses; windy, hot, dusty. Rain and thunderstorms intermittent; noisy killdeer on rail road tracks; glorious days with high gusty winds that make it hard to paint.

location: near intersection of modoc county road 141 and highway 139

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 9:30-3:00 on tuesday march 16, 2004 (foreground painted last)
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on hot-pressed fabriano paper
7 x 22 inches

field notes: Valley view from above Modoc County Road 141 before greening of fields by spring irrigation through the Klamath Basin Reclamation Project; cool sunny breezy day; distant calls of redwing blackbirds, train whistles, and hawks; closer sounds of quail and robins; plumes of smoke from controlled burning of canal banks and agricultural fields in the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge; location near southeast corner of the WWII Tule Lake Internment Camp.

location: view from above modoc county road 141

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 10-2:00 thursday march 18, 2004
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb hot-pressed fabriano aristico watercolor paper
8 3/8 x 22 inches

field notes: very very windy--nicely blowing away the smoke from forest fires and agricultural burning, but also my water containers, palettes, brushes, and eventually the French easel itself. Noisy seagulls and occasional hawk flying overhead; calf separated by barbed wire from his herd bawling loudly. Warm, dusty, smoky, and wind wind wind.

location: view from horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 10:30-3:15 friday, march 19, 2004
transparent watercolor on watercolor paper
about 9 x 29 inches

field notes: distant sounds of thousands of snow geese on Tulelake, raucous seagulls; many robins, larks, quail, and a noisy male mallard duck. Windy and warm, partly cloudy to partly sunny. Smoke not so bad today.

location: tulelake wildlife refuge road at auto route entrance at meeting of modoc county road 120 and lava beds road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, 9:30-4:00 on sunday march 14, 2004 (foreground painted last)
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on 140 lb hot-pressed fabriano aristico watercolor paper
9 x 25 3/4 inches

field notes: : Petroglyph Point painted at 12:30, shadows on the Peninsula at 1:30, buildings of Newell Potatoes at 2:30. Cool and breezy. Larks, plump and stocky, sing their sweet gurgling clunky melodies, interrupted by a fire alarm about 2:35. Wind keeps blowing away my water containers and knocking over my brush jar--paint and water fly everywhere. Chain saws in distance, train whistles from other side of Peninsula, and gravel trucks loaded and unloaded pass. A hawk circles very high overhead.

location: view over irrigation canal and intersection of modoc county roads 178 and 141 toward the peninsula

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on site, 11:45-1:00, monday november 24, 2003
transparent watercolor on lana 300g cold-pressed watercolor paper
4 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches

field notes: View of Horse Mountain, blustery day. About 35 degrees, damp, and very windy. Fast moving clouds, changing shadows, pink clouds at noon. Hawk flying low and circling in front of me. Blowing grasses blond-silver and yellow with touches of pale amber and pink.

location: from guardrail intersection of modoc county roads 141 and 178.

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on site, mostly painted on location, 1:30-4:00 november 24; 6-10 pm november 25, 2003 (arrival of the storm forced me to finish the painting inside my cozy room at the ellis motel)
transparent watercolor with gouache on watercolor paper
5 x 25 3/4 inches

field notes: View of equipment shed at railroad tracks along Great Northern Road, with a hay shed, the Peninsula, and Horse Mountain. Damp and growing damper, very cold with gusts of icy wind. Many hawks circling. A lone blue heron flew overhead voicing a raspy call. Clouds moving constantly. Little traffic -- a few cattle trailers, hunters pulling boats, occasional trains. Muted but constant sound of distant birds on the Tulelake Wildlife Refuge. Pigeons entering the shed, maybe that is why there were so many hawks! As I packed up in an icy drizzle, a ribbon swirl of snow geese or white pelicans appeared far to the west over Tulelake Wildlife Refuge.

location: between modoc county road 111 (great northern road) and the rail road tracks along the eastern edge of the tule lake wildlife refuge

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, about 12 noon - 4:00 november 26, 2003
transparent watercolor with gouache on fabriano uno watercolor paper
6 7/8 x 28 1/2 inches

field notes: billowing clouds moving rapidly overhead from Oregon to the southeast, bringing partly cloudy blue sky and sun. Almost not cold; less damp; still windy, clouds create moving shadows. Curious children and neighborhood dogs form an audience

location: between highway 139 and 4th avenue in newell

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 10:30-11:30 thanksgiving day thursday november 27, 2003
transparent watercolor on fabriano A05 paper
2 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches

field notes: painted from East-West Road, over fields toward Peninsula. Sunny and warm, two ravens spiraling overhead, coming low to see what I am doing then going out into the fields and returning to watch again.

location: west of tulelake, on east-west road looking toward the tule lake wildlife refuge

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 1:00-2:30 thanksgiving day thursday november 27, 2003
transparent watercolor on 300 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 3 1/2 x 15 1/8 inches

field notes: Very damp and very very cold. Sounds of Canada Geese calling and ducks quacking from deeper in the Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge. Snow geese, a dull clamor in the distance, harmonize with occasional rumbling of freight trains from along the Great Northern Road on the other side of the refuge. Ice everywhere I see, and the lake surface is pale and silvery. A big hawk on the telephone pole behind me was unpleased at my arrival, then settled down to hunch into ruffled feathers and watch the field. He caught dinner.

location: from the tule lake wildlife refuge auto drive

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 3:15-4:30 thanksgiving day thursday november 27, 2003
transparent watercolor on fabriano A05 paper
2 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches

field notes: clouded over, damp increasing. A ring of ice crystals formed along the edge of my water container. Distant dull echo of gunshots in the Refuge. Even the colors look moist and cold.

location: from the tule lake wildlife refuge auto drive

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, 10:00-2:30 wednesday may 28, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on canson watercolor paper
13 1/4 x 23 1/8 inches

field notes: Hot & windy; killdeer & hawks; redwing blackbirds singing on guardrail. View from Modoc County Road 178 in Newell near intersection with Modoc County Road 141 and irrigation canal; Peninsula shadows painted at noon

location: newell, off of modoc county road 178 near intersection with 141

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on site, 11:00-4:00 thursday may 29, 2003. Shadows on the Peninsula at 2:45.
transparent watercolor and gouache on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 10 x 29 3/4 inches

field notes: Very windy. Noisy blackbirds. Traffic. View from the east to the southwest, the Peninsula, Petroglyph Point, and Mount Shasta.

location: from near the intersection of modoc county road 120 and tulelake horseradish growers association road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, begun friday may 30; finished 11-3:30 sunday june 1, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on canson watercolor paper (smoother side)
about 7 x 24 1/4 inches

field notes: View from southeast; Friday became too windy – water containers blew away, then metal palette. Sunday, Peninsula shadows painted about 1:30. Sun, slight breeze at end of lovely day but hazy & smoky. Yellow crop duster planes overhead in the morning, constant calls of redwing blackbirds and rhythmic pulse water pumps behind me throughout the days. Irrigation pipes assembled in newly planted potato field as I painted.

location: from along irrigation ditch off of modoc county road 123, near mcr 120

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location, 10-3:45, monday june 2, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on arches cold pressed watercolor paper
about 13 x 30 1/4 inches

field notes: Hot, bright, hazy, and slow -- quail, blackbirds, meadow larks, fly catchers on fence posts. Poppies. Shadows on Peninsula about 11 a.m.

location: view from tulelake horseradish growers association road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on location 10:00-1:00, friday, june 6, 2003
transparent watercolor on arches 300 lb rough watercolor paper
about 9 x 30 inches

field notes: From the east looking west at Petroglyph Point, Mount Shasta, and Peninsula from Modoc County Road 135. Shadows on Peninsula painted at 11:30. Breezy and hot, hot, hot; ladybugs on my palette, the painting, and me. Pronghorn antelopes asleep in field behind me awoke and came to see what I was doing, then watched me from about 10 feet away. As the day grew hotter, the field looked more and more like cool water, and became bluer and bluer in the painting and I wanted to jump into the cool field as if it were water.

location: from modoc county road 135 on the east side of the peninsula

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, begun 5:30-8:00 june 3, 2003; finished 5:00-8:30, friday june 6, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
about 9 x 29 inches

field notes: View from edge of Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge, over Modoc County Road 111; hot and very dusty from hay trucks, tractors, and pickups on dirt roads; field in refuge being plowed; blackbirds singing; swallows nesting under bridge, flying and singing over the water; California quail courting on the road, killdeer calling all around me

location: view east over great northern road from tule lake wildlife refuge access road at the rail road tracks

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, 2:30-7:00, sunday june 8, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on arches 300 lb rough watercolor paper
about 13 x 29 inches

field notes: Shadows on Peninsula c. 5:30. View from Tulelake Horseradish Growers Road. Poppies, lupine, flocks of little chipping birds, larks, and hawks

location: from tulelake horseradish growers' road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on site, 12-6 monday june 9, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on lana 140 lb hot-pressed watercolor paper
about 9 x 30 inches

field notes: quiet and clear, getting warmer. hawks overhead. Got chocolate from chocolate chip milkshake on paper, had to draw again on a new sheet. Painting by 1:00; shadows at 2:00.

location: captain jack's stronghold, between tulelake and newell on 139/lava beds highway

on-site painting, 3:00-6:30, tuesday june 10, 2003
transparent watercolor on fabriano hot-pressed watercolor paper
about 6 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches

field notes: Windy and sunny, beautiful day; horned larks two fence posts away, singing while I paint. Shadows on Horse Mountain painted about 6.

location: view from off of horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 10-2:15, wednesday june 11, 2003
transparent watercolor on lana 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 9 1/2 x 22 inches

field notes: Shadows on Peninsula about 1:45. Warm and breezy; horned larks singing nearby and the sounds and scents of cutting alfalfa rising from the fields below

location: view from off of horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 9:30-11:15 thursday june 12, 2003
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on 140 lb cold-pressed arches watercolor paper
about 5 x 12 3/4 inches

field notes: lovely day, sun, breeze, warmth; swallows, redwing blackbirds, larks, hawks. Sitting in a field of red-purple grasses simmering in the breeze.

location: somewhere east of newell

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 11:00-6:30 friday june 13, 2003
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on 140 lb cold-pressed arches watercolor paper
about 9 1/4 x 30 inches

field notes: view with the Peninsula, Petroglyph Point, Lava Beds, and Mount Shasta, from above Modoc County Road 141. Shadows painted on Petroglyph Point at 1:15 and on the Peninsula at 2:15; warm & breezy with constantly changing light; robins, hawks, swallows, meadowlarks.

location: above modoc county road 141

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site, 11:00-3:35 saturday june 14, 2003
transparent watercolor and gouache on fabriano A05 paper
14 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches

field notes: view across Route 139. Peninsula shadows painted at 3:25; buildings moved to fit the paper. smoky.

location: view from newell, between 139 and fourth avenue

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 11:00-6:00 saturday october 19, 2002. shadows painted at 5:00.
transparent watercolor and gouache on 140 pound fabriano watercolor paper
about 7 3/16 x 28 7/8 inches

field notes: Haze came in at 4; windy. Spud trucks; dust dust dust when the trucks go by.

location: view from intersection of modoc mounty road 120/122 and tulelake horseradish growers' association road.

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 11:00-3:30, sunday october 20, 2002; peninsula shadows painted at 2.
transparent watercolor and gouache on 140 pound cold-pressed fabriano watercolor paper
about 8 x 29 inches
private collection, california

field notes: Painted from off Tulelake Horseradish Growers Association Road; little traffic. Weather sunny and windy, cool to warm. Shadows painted at 2:00

location: on the tulelake horseradish growers' association road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site 4:00-6:30, sunday october 20, 2002
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on rough watercolor paper
6 x 29 3/4 inches

field notes: Cold. View toward the Newell Grain, the Peninsula, and Petroglyph point in quiet cool of late day.

location: view east from close to the Lava Beds sign near intersection of modoc county roads 124 and 111.

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site monday october 21, 2002; shadows painted at 9:30; finished at 2:00
transparent watercolor on fabriano FA0 paper
5 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches

field notes: Cool, windy, and hazy.

location: painted from the tulelake horseradish growers’ road over the base of the peninsula

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site 3:00-6:15, monday october 21, 2002
transparent watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper
7 x 25 1/4 inches

field notes: Windy and cool, with sun setting behind me; spud trucks passing, trains rumbling the ground, birds in the refuge behind me. Modoc County Road 111 and Tule Lake Wildlife Refuge agricultural access road.

location: view east over great northern road from intersection of modoc county road 111 and tule lake wildlife refuge agricultural access road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted on-site 3:00-6:15, monday October 21, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot-pressed watercolor paper
5 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches

field notes: Cool to cold, breezy.

location: painted from the horseradish growers road at the base of the peninsula

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted and drawn on location, 9-10:30 am, wednesday october 23, 2002
transparent watercolor with gum arabic on hahnemuhle printmaking paper (very soft and absorbent)
3 x 20 3/4 inches

field notes: View from MCR 111 toward Horse Mountain and the Peninsula. Canal on left, redwing blackbirds in reeds behind me. Cold to cool (37 degrees when I started painting).

location: view over modoc county road 111 from refuge access road, view east

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

painted and drawn on location, 3-5 p.m. wednesday october 23, 2002
transparent watercolor with gum arabic on fabriano FA5 paper
5 3/4 x 16 inches

field notes: Sun so bright the colors appeared extra vibrant; sunny, breezy, chilly, gorgeous day.

location: somewhere east of newell

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 9:00-12 noon, august 14, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot pressed fabriano uno watercolor paper
6 x 29 3/4 inches

field notes: View from the east; county road 126. Smoke from Oregon forest fire increases. Heavy heat haze. Colors are muted-- the Peninsula looks as if it were on the other side of the lower Klamath.

location: view from near intersection of modoc county roads 126 and 120

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, finished 8-10 a.m. august 15, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot pressed fabriano paper
about 6 x 25 inches

field notes: The east side of the Peninsula, with fields, irrigation canal, and bridge guardrail. From Newell and MCR 141. Smoke from Oregon forest fires still increasing, very heavy heat haze.

location: view from near intersection of modoc county roads 141 and highway 178 outside newell.

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, early morning august 16, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot pressed paper
about 7 x 28 inches

field notes: View toward east. Loaded wheat trucks passing every ten minutes; redwing blackbirds in the reeds behind me; trains rumbling the earth beneath me.

location: painted at tule lake national wildlife refuge access road, with view across modoc county road 111 (the great northern road)

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 10:00-1:00 friday august 16, 2002
transparent watercolor on 90 lb rough whatman watercolor paper
5 1/2 x 30 inches

field notes: The Peninsula seems caged by the poles and posts. It is hot, breezy, and a little less smoky from those Oregon forest fires. My first painting from Newell.

location: painted from newell, between 4th avenue and highway 139

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, finished 6:45 p.m., friday august 16, 2002
transparent watercolor and gouache on watercolor board
5 x 15 inches

field notes: Hot and slightly smoky from Oregon forest fires; evening quiet, with birds settling into the wildlife refuge lakes.

location: view off of modoc county road 124 near intersection with modoc county road 111

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, finished 4:30 p.m., saturday august 17, 2002
transparent watercolor on watercolor board
5 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches

field notes: Less smoke, windy, hot. 4:30 p.m.

location: west of tulelake, view near state line road toward oregon

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, afternoon of monday august 19, 2002
transparent watercolor on fabriano (FA0 50% cotton) 140 lb watercolor paper
11 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches

field notes: Smoky, increasingly so. About 75. Sunny, hazy.

location: modoc county road 123 close to intersection with road 120

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on location, drawn june 2002; painted tuesday august 20, 2002; finished 6:30 p.m.
transparent watercolor on 90 lb cold-pressed whatman watercolor paper
5 x 25 inches

field notes: Hot to cool, windy, less smoke.

location: view from tule lake wildlife refuge access road, across modoc county road 111

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 9:30-2:30, august 21, 2002, shadows painted at 1:30
transparent watercolor on fabriano rough watercolor paper
about 13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches

field notes: Warm, sunny, breezy, and quiet. A friendly hound ambled up and sat in my shade

location: off of modoc county road 123

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on on site painting, thursday august 22, 2002; started drawing at 3; painted shadows at 5; finished at 6
transparent watercolor on rough 140 lb whatman watercolor paper
7 x 30 1/4 inches

field notes: sunny, hot, and smoky from Oregon forest fires.

location: from newell

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, morning of august 22 ?, 2002
transparent watercolor on rough watercolor paper

field notes: Very very smoky morning, turning everything pink as the sun’s glow hits the smoke.

location: from modoc country road 111 storage buildings at train tracks

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, finished 4:30 june 14, 2002
transparent watercolor on watercolor board
5 x 10 inches

field notes: 4:30 p.m., sunny, hot, breezy. Lower Klamath Wild Life Refuge, view to west: California to left, Oregon to right.

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 9:30-10:00 june 14, 2002
transparent watercolor on rough watercolor paper
3 x 12 1/2 inches

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field notes: Sunny, clear, hot

location: off of route 161, state line road between california and oregon

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, june 14, 2002; finished at 7:30 p.m.
transparent watercolor on cold-pressed watercolor board
3 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches

field notes: Hot, sunny, lovely breeze

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, late afternoon or early evening of june 14, 2002
transparent watercolor and gouache on watercolor board
5 x 10 inches

field notes: Lovely evening, colors bluing over the highlands as the light lowers; bird calls from the refuge

location: view from near intersection of modoc county roads 124 and 111

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site painting, 10 -12 noon saturday june 15, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot pressed fabriano uno watercolor paper
5 x 22 inches

field notes: Humid and hot.

location: view from from tulelake horseradish growers’ road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on location, finished 2:00 march 26, 2002
transparent watercolor on lana 140 pound cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 6 x 8 inches
private collection

field notes: Swallows diving around me; hawks calling overhead.

location: west side of petroglyph point

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site, finished 11:00 march 27, 2002
transparent watercolor on lana 140 pound cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2inches
private collection

field notes: Controlled burn on a refuge crop field.

location: tule lake wildlife refuge

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site watercolor, finished 11:00 a.m. march 28, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
5 x 19 1/2 inches

field notes: Dry and very dusty, cool wind.

location: from horse mountain road

series: tulelake / lava beds, northern california

on-site watercolor, finished 1:30 p.m. march 28, 2002
transparent watercolor on 140 pound cold-pressed lana watercolor paper
about 6 x 10 inches

field notes: Red-tailed hawks overhead; breezy, cool.

location: from east side of petroglyph point