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Scablands Eyeshot
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/18/26
Oil painting of lake surrounded by basalt cliffs with a “broken” lake reflection
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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#Deeplake#reflection
#view#water#lake

Specular Prospect
at Deep Lake
oil on canvas
16” x 20”
1/11/26
A vertical oil painting of a morning scablands image, a specular prospect, a lake seen from the high notch of coulee walls.
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Promunturium
(Looking S.E
towards Don
Paul Draw)
oil on canvas
16” x 20”
1/17/26
An oil painting of a scablands landscape with a jutting cliff over an emerald colored lake.
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Basaltic DP. LK.,
East End,
(with Bird Apparition)
oil on canvas
24” x 30”
Nov 22, 2025
A landscape painting with basalt cliffs and a lake. Bird-like marks are in the top right corner of the sky.
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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69/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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OpeningDay
oil on canvas
16” x 22”
2013
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Best painting day
in the coulee ever!

At lakes cliff edge, recording high speed swallows in flight.

Then painting.

Then 2 great friends show up
totally unexpected
We LAUGH and hike!

Amaze
oil on Yupo
12”x 9”
6/26/26
June 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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#DeepLake#rock

Lith
oil on board
9” x 12”
Oct 2025
Small oil painting of basalt landscape with lake in foreground.
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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26/100
paintings of the shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Deep Lake
oil on canvas
9” x 12”
February 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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West End White Poplar
oil on board
12” x 16”
Oil painting of White Poplar Trees
May 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Don Paul Draw
oil on canvas
18” x 24”
November 2025
Oil painting of a landscape with a lake and the beginning of a draw heading up and away from the lake. A green bush is near the center of the painting. The water is calm and reflective except for the upper right corner.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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202
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Deep Lake
acrylic on manila
12” x 14”
A rough acrylic painting of a lake and cliffs. There is a yellow dot in the sky.
March 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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31/100
paintings of the shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrub-steppe#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#coulee#Deeplake

Cataract Edge
oil on canvas
12” x 16”
2020
February 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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paintings of the
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White Poplars at
Deep Lake
acrylic on manila
12” x 14”
Acrylic painting of White Poplar trees next to a lake. Rock cliffs can be seen in the distance. There are clouds in a blue sky.
March 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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155
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#oilpainting
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#deeplake

West End
oil on board
16“ x 12“
2001
A vertical oil painting of a lake with large rock farms on both sides. Trees can be seen on the far right edge. The water is a light greenish blue. The rock farms are reddish brown.
March 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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20/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake

South shore Deep Lake
oil on yupo
9 1/2” x 12 1/2”
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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214
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#deeplake

Don Paul Draw
oil on board
9” x 12”
2020
Oil painting of a lake with large rock forms on both sides. On the other side of the lake there is a green spot of color. This is one end of a draw that moves up and away from the lake becoming shallower as it gains elevation.
March 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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6/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush, water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake#Sunlakes#cliff

South Shore Cliffs, Deep Lake
oil on arches
20” x 30”
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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paintings of the
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End of Deep Lake
oil on board
9” x 12”
2019
An oil painting of a lake and a rock wall . The lake is a greenish color. There’s an orange shoreline to the left. The sky is overcast.
April 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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65/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#Deeplake

Deep Lake,SE
oil on arches
22” x 30”
2018
February 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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106
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe
#basalt#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#Deeplake

Deep Lake Corridor
oil on canvas
9” x 12”
2019
Basalt forms on the left and right lead back into an oil painting to a lake with more rock forms beyond. In the foreground part of an isthmus can be seen.
February 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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57/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#DeepLake
#Sunlakes

Jumbleyard Rocks (detail)
oil on panel
11” x 14”
2021
February 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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#DeepLake#rock
#kolk#parkinglot
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Deep Lake with
White Poplars, Kolk,
Phthalo Parking Lot,
and Lapis Lazuli Cut
oil on canvas
30” x 40”
November 9, 2025
An oil painting of a landscape. The image shows the end of a lake on the left and to the right of that a parking lot. Between those two there are a group of trees. The landscape is of basalt rock formations.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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56/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#DeepLake
#Sunlakes

East End of Deep Lake
oil on panel
9” x 12”
2021
February 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Unwavering Strength,
comma,
painted with…

Squat Rock
oil on canvas
20” x 32”
2010
An oil painting of a prominent basalt structure. You can see a lake in the background peeking out. There’s an orange stroke on top of the basalt form, which really pushes the color over an edge. Some painting, strokes, overlap, and destroy the illusion of recession of planes and bring the paint back into two dimensions, exposing the conceit of verisimilitude.
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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72/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#Deeplake

There are levels of finish.
I prefer undercooked.

In the end, when the painting is full of detail, but dead, what do have?

Deep Lake
oil on canvas
20” x 36”
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM