Swandersoa.   My wife, Lindsey, and I spent several Summers at the Swandersosa, our friends' home on the banks of the Swan River in Montana. It’s a beautiful and serene location, and from the moment I laid eyes on it, I knew I wanted to paint some of the views.

I’ve never done as many preparatory sketches for a painting as I did for the “Swan River” painting, including more than a dozen watercolors, which aren't at this website other than being in the video (below), which begins with photographs and watercolors, and the second half shows the stages of creating the oil painting, with rare close-ups of brush strokes that capture the essence of my style. My friends were gracious with their compliments for this piece, which they hung in their bedroom. However, they still had an empty, adjacent wall; so, I painted another of their views, the “Heart Tree on Swan River” for that space.