"A LITTLE BREAK IN THE CLOUDS" New, Original Oil Painting by Mike Callahan

"A Little Break In The Clouds"

Oil On Linen

30" x 24"

Here's the first studio painting from the recent art adventure trip...Wayne Cockrell and his buckskin horse, Cotton of the Cockrell Ranch in the beautiful Surprise Valley graciously posed for this one...Want to know where the Surprise Valley is? Here are the GPS coordinates for where the reference shots were taken...enter these in Google Earth and it will take you there:

41 25.3238' N, 120 5.9967' W

"SPRING APPROACHES" New Original Oil Painting by Mike Callahan

"Spring Approaches"

24" x 30"

Oil on Canvas

Here's another painting in my Tahoe series...it's of the mouth of the Truckee River right where it leaves Lake Tahoe. I believe I shot the reference for this painting in March and while we got snow after that this year, at the time I shot this reference, the snow was rapidly diminishing...enjoy!