Water's Edge, oil on canvas 18 x 35

This piece is at the Sportsmans Gallery in Charleston, reflections in water are a common reoccurring theme in my work.

Three, colored pencil..

this was one of my pieces for the Masters of the American West at the Autry Museum earlier this year, I enjoy exploring the subtle different colors of horses, using colored pencil

By Still Waters, oil on canvas 40 x 50

Again I was inspired by out last trip to Botswana.  It was in october, when it is very hot and all the wildlife congregated at the water, it was such a tranquil lovely scene, but cape buffalo just have such an air of danger and threat, I like the ying and yang.. This piece will be at Insight Gallery for their fall show.

The Big Five

It has been quite a while since I have done smaller oil paintings, so decided to plunge in and do a series of the somewhat smaller "Big Five", there is quite a freedom in doing these smaller pieces and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  These are all animals we saw on safari last year, so much inspiration.  I am excited about our next safaris which are August September 2016 to Botswana and Namibia and then a second one to Botswana and Zambia.  Email me if you would like to join us.. scott2000@xtra.co.nz and will send you the itineraries.  These five are headed to Insight Gallery in Fredericksburg Texas

Wet and Dry, pencil 8 x 12.5

The title says it all, in the heat of mid day elephants like nothing better than "spa time" at the waterhole...This is my Miniature for Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming in September.

In The Company of Strangers, oil on canvas 40 x 58

Fredericksberg Art Auction.  This piece will be available on May 1st at the Fredericksberg Art Auction.    I feel that this is one of my signature pieces.  I have explored this motif of zebra and impala drinking on a number of occasions, with the reflections in the water and am very pleased with this addition to the collection, it was a technically demanding piece as I am a stickler for getting the reflections correct.  The inspiration is the Etosha National Park in Namibia which is one of the few places that you would see such a scene in nature.

Anticipating the Night, oil on canvas, 35 x 60

Insight Gallery.

This is a portrait of Lagadema, the rather famous leopardess who frequents the area around Mombo Camp in Botswana, she played a staring role in a documentary made by the Jouberts, reknown and very talented film makers.  The inspiration for this work was provided by dear friend and safari companion Ed Wright.

The Lion, The Cloud and The Canyon, oil on canvas, 32 x 46

Trailside Gallery

A Moments Contemplation, colored pencil 25 x 16, Mockingbird Gallery

Fall Romance, colored pencil 17 x 14

Nose to Nose, colored pencil, 8 x 13

these guys will be at Trailside Gallery in Jackson Wyoming, this summer.

Cautious Descent, colored pencil 30 x 13

This leopard climbing down a combretum tree is one of my entries for Western Visions Show and Sale at the National Museum of wildlife art in Jackson, Wyoming in September.  As a child I loved to play with the seed pods of this tree, so it was fun to add them to a drawing.  The rest of the sow can be seen at www.westernvisions.org

Splashes of Gold oil on canvas, 34 x 54

Among the Herd, colored pencil, 12 x 30

These are my first horses in colored pencil...harks back to my childhood, horses were the first animals I drew....

The Young One, colored pencil 29 x 13

This young Texas Longhorn just asked to be captured on paper

Bravado, oil on canvas 60 x 34

Mzee, oil on canvas 40 x 56

Mzee, is Swahili for the wise one......which elephants certainly are..

Silent Descent, oil on canvas 42 x18

Late in the day this lovely female leopard silently slipped out of the tree she had been resting in all day, headed for a night's hunting.  It all happened so quickly and silently it would have been easy to miss.  This piece is my contribution for Trailside Galleries 50th Anniversary, congratulations to them, what a wonderful achievement...

Beside the Termite Mound, oil on canvas 20 x 45

We saw this handsome couple when we were last at Mombo Camp in Botswana.   They were part of a large pride and she had some small cubs that I was initially going to have in the painting but I decided to keep it simple, the old rule of "if it doesn't add to a painting it probably takes away from it" definitely applied. This is my major piece for Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Sept this year

Ever Vigilant