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Landscapes, like people, have personalities.

Some are cool and aloof, austere, but not unfriendly.

Others are exuberant, surrounding the visitor with rolling hills carpeted with wildflowers.

When you walk through the landscapes, you wonder about who walked on the ground before you, what happened there, what the trees and meadows and mountains have seen.

So it is when you stroll or hike through the landscape of the artwork, Chief Joseph Range. Located near Joseph, OR, in the Wallowa Valley, this 148 acres is the ancestral land of the Nez Perce people, who were pushed out and sent away from their homeland in the latter mid-19th century.

This is the place where Old Chief Joseph and later Young Chief Joseph brought their band of people for summer living. It is in the region where Young Chief Joseph literally begged for a small plot of his own on which to live, and was refused.

And now, it is back in the hands of the Nez Perce people, who purchased...

I am a fine art painter who creates representational images celebrating light, life, and color. A commercial illustrator for more than 20 years, I have been painting for most of my life, and in the last 13 years have focused exclusively on fine art. I celebrate images that invite the viewer to step into the artwork and experience a sense of joy, peace, freedom, encouragement, meditation, and thought. There's a lot of angry art out there, as well as a lot of shallow pop. I choose to use the abilities and experience I have to promote beauty and goodness.