Here's another dog portrait and a portrait of 2 little brothers

"Woody" oil on canvas 24" x 18"

"Brothers" oil on canvas 20" x 16"

I've been painting dog portraits lately, done by commission in oil on canvas. Also some coyotes - I guess they qualify as dogs here in Tucson. I've also done a few portraits of children lately. Here's Isaac.

Isaac  8 x 10 " oil on canvas

Raleigh 8 x 10 oil on canvas

Skuttles 8 x 10 oil on canvas

Pugslie 8 x 10 oil on canvas

Here's my latest painting.

Here are 3 Western New York inspired paintings. The beach is at Lotus Bay on Lake Erie where Toby has a summer home. It was a cloudy day and then the sun broke through and lit up the clouds and water. The other scene shows Lake Erie when it's calm and the waves barely ripple as they come ashore. The farm is an Amish farm in an area about 25 miles south of Toby's house where many Amish families have settled in the Conewango Valley, Cattaraugus County, NY.

This is a painting done on a masonite board. 

It's the gate in my backyard with poppies in the sunlight.

Here's Viggo with his trusty Thomas lunch box (14" x 18" oil on canvas). Paige looking out the door (20" x 24" oil on canvas). A peony (10" x 8" oil on canvas) and poppy (10" x 8" oil on canvas). Just click on a painting to see a larger version.

I've been working toward a more impressionistic style. Here are some geese and a barrio window with shadows.

Here's my latest painting. Trying to work in a looser style. Uncle Tom and Viggo from a photo taken 3 years ago.

Here's my latest painting for the Mountain Oyster Club western art show. It's an entry and has to be juried in - here's hoping! It's taken loosely from a photo of a roundup in Arivaca, AZ. That's a real Cowboy. I don't think there are many left.

I'm painting a lot these days and am going to enter my work in a few shows. That's Larry getting ready for a roundup 30 years ago. Also Larry with the little calf. Clementine with her beloved horse Pedro and a Vermillion Flycatcher (photo courtesy of Andy)

The longhornsteer is the second painting of this fellow that I've done. In this painting he's looking at you instead of ambling off into the dusk. I painted the mule deer with a cheap 1" brush from Ace Hardware.  I also used smaller brushes for detail, but the 1" brush was great. Painting was much faster and freer. The blue window is a house in the Santa Rosa Barrio of Tucson. The Bird of Paradise plant was a challenge.

This is a painting of my favorite Mexican restaurant that I've been going to for 35 years. They specialize in green corn tamales and they are such a special treat! There aren't many restaurants in the United States that make green corn tamales and Lerua's  makes the best!

Here are poppies, larkspur and roses from my garden this spring. The poppies and larkspur reseed every year and surprise me with their color.

These cactus flowers bloomed last month. I'm doing a series of flower paintings. They are all so different and beautiful.

Well, it's been a while. Here's a new painting. These are poppies growing next to the woods by my little old school house in East Aurora. I think they may have been originally planted by the students at the school that was built around 1880.

Here's a dairy cow from an Amish farm in Western New York (oil on canvas 28" x 22") and a steer from a ranch in Southern Arizona (oil on canvas 18" x 14").

Mesquite tree and prickly pear in the morning sun accompanied by a little rabbit. (oil on canvas 18" x 14")

Well, It's been a while since I've painted, but I've jumped back in and here's Chapo.

My grandchildren are an endless inspiration for me. This is a portrait of Clementine. I also paint portraits on commission. You can email me at jnostrant@cox.net for more information.

A longhorn heading home at sunset in Arivaca, AZ. (oil on canvas 28" x 22")