Jim O'Neil's photos

I don't know if it was me otr the model channeling Martha Stewart, but her smile made me think of doing it this way... Ink on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Charcoal & crayon on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Charcoal on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Charcoal on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Ink on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Ink on 11" X 14" sketch paper

Down among the trees

Every day the sun's up a little longer, up a little higher and seems a lot brighter!

Cran D'Arche Neocolor II crayons and soft pastel on colored, 12" X 12", paper

Yep, it is still twenty degrees below zero outside but here in the house, one of the logs in my wood box, next to the stove, thinks that it's spring! Darn camera, if I don't stop lookin' and snapin'. I ain't gonna get any work done today! :-)

This skinny guy isn't as lit by the sun as the trees around him yet. I expect Mount Debora is in the way!

It's still -20° out but the sun's risen high enough to clear the mountain tops and highlight the trees!

It's -20°(-29°C.) this morning and the sun rose at 9:32. officially (that's above the horizon). Actually it takes a but longer to get up, after it clears the horizon it need clime a mountain range some 80 miles to the south, then above the near trees before I can see it. This shot was taken some 10-15 minutes after sunrise and you can see the sunlight just touching the top of this cottonwood tree. I did slip on a coat before going out to take this, but mainly to keep the camera warm enough to work. :-)

The tall cottonwood behind the spruce still is wearing a nice white jacket of frost and snow. As the days get longer and warmer, soon the sun will burn off that coating.

WIP, I'm still not quite sure where I'm going to go with this, but I'm enjoying working on it! acrylic on 22" X 23 1/2" wood panel.

Playing with colors again. This is watercolor, water soluble crayons and water soluble markers on washi, hand made, very absorbent, Japanese paper.

Lectern, podium, _____ ? I can't think of the word right now but I've two of these. One holds a 20 pound dictionary that's always open and referred to often. This one my son carved for me, with a chain saw, out of a cottonwood log. When he carved it the wood was still green and heavy ! Now it's dried and surprisingly light. This one usually has the book of the moment sitting on it, something I happen to be interested in but not something to sit down and read. For example the surrealist book that was on the shelf in an earlier picture is on the lectern now.

Think about a wine. Then think about a vineyard. Think about an early frost... sumi-e, ink on 'rice' paper. approx. 12" X 12"