Great Places Series - Springfield State Recreation Area

Sunrise on a fridged -5 F morning. 

I visited Springfield State Recreation area on a trip I took to Kansas to visit family. I was up early hoping to catch a great start of day at the park. One thing I learned shortly after moving to South Dakota from Kansas was the value of good winter gear and I was happy to have my really good coat and mittens for this spot. I took a couple breaks from exploring and photographing the beautiful landscape to warm up in my car because the morning of December 30th at 8:30 it was below zero. I love the color palette of winter and putting up with the cold for these photos references was worth it.

If you are interested in seeing the painting from Springfield State Recreation Area or any of the other Parks and Recreation Areas before they are released to the public please reach out to me via the contact page!

Quick watercolor sketches of a few of the views from Springfield Recreation Area

Great Places Series - Little Moreau State Recreation Area

I love the colors here. The pale turquoise sky and frozen creek,  rust color grasses, and dark earthy green of the cedars.

Little Moreau is another of the parks I likely would not have found myself if not for this project and now I am trying to figure out when I could go see it again in another season. That has been a goal of mine to try to see some of the parks I’m familiar with in a season I haven’t visited it in yet. For example I’ve visited Beaver Creek in the Summer multiple times and for this series I went in the Spring before it really turned green. I also went to Palisades in the early spring while there was still snow on the ground, until now I had seen it in Summer and Fall. It is fun to see these parks in different seasons, relearning your favorite landmarks in their different states of being.

If you are interested in seeing the painting from Little Moreau State Recreation Area or any of the other Parks and Recreation Areas before they are released to the public please reach out to me via the contact page!

The 6th Biennial Governor's Exhibition

I recently recieved the news that my piece "White Clover" was selected to be a part of The 6th Biennial Governor's Exhibition. I am honored to have been selected for this show which travels around the state of South Dakota for two years. You can see the painting "White Clover" at Rug & Relic in Sioux Falls until the 12th of August. Then it will be traveling first to The South Dakota Art Museum on the SDSU campus in Brookings, then to The Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City,  The Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls, The John A. Day Gallery on the USD campus in Vermillion, and finishing up at the Dacotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen.