Collector Comments

Dear Ron,

I'm writing you from Bozeman, Montana where today we saw three of your pieces at the Montana Trails Gallery. My wife and I admire your work and are interested to learn more about other pieces you may have available. We particularly like the plein aire landscapes you do and the style of brush stroke that you use. The texture you employ gives the impression of movement and brings each painting to life. We've never seen anything quite like this. As park rangers in Yellowstone, we particulalry enjoy the way you interpret the natural world through your art.

If you could direct us to other galleries that carry your work, or, better yet, if you have pictures and pricing of what you have available that you could send in an email, we'd certainly appreciate it.

One painting we saw today appears to be that of a California mission. I believe the title was "The Beckening Light". Can you share what mission this is?

Again, thanks for sharing the obvious love and passion you bring to your work. This passion shines through in all that we've seen.

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Best regards,
Roger Anderson

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Hi Ron,

Thank you. I liked your work very much, too. I made sure that you had the work to back up your statement before I sent my email to you! I find a kindred spirit in the tactile quality of your paintings. Good enough to eat!

I sometimes mess around with the paint so long on some of my paintings, it would give a conservator a heart attack. I just finally finished a work I was painting on for 10 years. Several "saleable" paintings underneath. There is too much painting out there to let go from anyone's studio anything but the "well-considered" best. Efficiency be damned. That is an invention of the 19th century industrialists to maximize profit and minimize thinking of their workers.

Sorry, I just had to go on.

Keep up the great work, yourself!

Thomas Paquette