News & Views
from my vantage point
at the edge of the Pacific Ocean

Time to pull out studies I've had propped against the walls, search through my sketchbooks for hidden jems and frame my 'top choices'....

A drive into Yellowstone with my camera on a beautiful winter day produces A LOT of amazing photos! I am still absolutely in awe of what...

If you've followed my work for any time at all, you've seen bones. I've painted and drawn them in oils, watercolor, graphite, ink and...

Power - Yellowstone Falls 48" x 36" oil by Shirl Ireland This piece began as a small plein air study - done on location at the Lower...

Nope, winter doesn't stop me. I headed into Yellowstone with a friend today to paint. The spot we chose was a little precarious - a...