Charcoal Gallery

Charcoal art that captures the energy of the places that move me, from Texas backroads and stormy skies to the sweeping landscapes of our national parks. My work is fast, raw and rooted in memory, each piece signed simply: BTM

Contact on email for original artwork purchases: studiobtm.art@gmail.com

Links for prints coming Soon.

Little Chief Mountain - Glacier NP

This drawing looks across St. Mary Lake toward Little Chief Mountain in Glacier National Park. The water stretches out below the sharp rise of the peak, and the scene feels both calm and overwhelming at the same time.

I wanted the drawing to hold that contrast with soft tones for the lake and sky and stronger marks in the mountain itself. Working in charcoal gave me the ability to move quickly and capture the energy of the landscape without losing the stillness that makes it memorable.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Spoon Lake, MT - Near Glacier NP

This drawing was made at Spoon Lake near Glacier National Park while my kids swam in the water nearby. It was a quiet pause in the day, the kind of moment that stays with you as much as the bigger sights.

I kept the drawing simple, focusing on the reflections in the water and the way the trees closed in around the shoreline. Charcoal let me work quickly so I could capture the calm of the lake without losing the energy of being there with my family.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Lake Macdonald - Glacier NP

This drawing was made while sitting on the shore of Lake Macdonald in Glacier National Park. My kids were playing in the water and skipping stones. The mountains rose up across the water, and I worked in charcoal to catch the reflections and the calm of the scene before we moved on.

While I was drawing, someone stopped to watch and asked if they could purchase it. I hadn't planned on selling it right there, but it was a reminder that these quick sketches can hold something a photograph doesn't, the energy of being present in the moment.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Sold on Location

Lake Macdonald (Apgar)- Glacier NP

This drawing was made while sitting on the shore of Lake Macdonald from Apgar in Glacier National Park. Once again, my kids were playing in the water and skipping stones. I wanted to revisit the scene I sold, but from a slightly different perspective.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Old Faithful - Yellowstone NP

This drawing was done in Yellowstone as I watched Old Faithful erupt. I started with the static ground and then worked quickly as the steam and spray rose into the air. My family and I had stopped to rest and I wanted to capture the moment before is disappeared.

Charcoal let me move fast, layering darks and pulling light back out to show the shifting cloud of steam. It is a drawing about motion and presence, being there as the land scape changed in front of me.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone - Yellowstone NP

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone is a place where color and scale overwhelm your senses. In this charcoal sketch, I set aside the famous golden tones to focus on form, depth, and the energy of the canyon itself. The falls cut through the scene with force, while the cliffs pull you eye up and out.

I drew this piece not to reproduce the canyon exactly, but to attempt to share the feelings of standing near its edge, caught between power and silence. It captures that moment when you stop talking, because the landscape says more than words can.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Double Arch - Arches NP

This drawing was made after spending time beneath Double Arch in Arches National Park. Standing there, the rock towers above you and the sky feels just as much a part of the scene as the stone itself. I wanted to capture that sense of scale and contrast, the solid weight of the arches against a restless desert sky.

Charcoal lets me work quickly and directly so the marks carry some of the immediacy of being in that place. It's less about perfect detail, more about remembering what it felt like to look up into that vast opening.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Delicate Arch - Arches NP

This drawing was inspired by a morning at Delicate Arch, one of the most iconic places in Arches National Park. Standing on the sandstone, the arch feels both fragile and immense, rising out of the desert with nothing but open sky behind it. I shifted the arch off-center to echo the way your eys travel across the landscape when you're really there.

The marks are bold and direct, layered with softer tones in the sky to keep the scene alive. Charcoal captures both the weight of the stone and the lightenss of the air around it, a reminder of how it feels to stand in that wide open space.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Sand Dune Arch - Arches NP

Tucked away behind a narrow sandstone passage, Sand Dune Arch feels like a secret you stumble upon. I set up in the cool shade beneath the rock walls, where the air was still and the sand underfoot brought a welcome coolness in the desert heat.

This scene captures the arch as I saw it, quiet, sheltered, and shaped by time. The lines emphasize the way the stone bends inward, created both a strength and fragility in the same form. Drawing here wasn't about the grandeur of Arches National Park, but about the intimacy hidden away in this corner.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

The Narrows - Zion NP

This drawing was made in Zion National Park, where the canyon walls rise high and the river winds through the valley. My family and I had been hiking earlier, and I sketched this later as a way to hold onto that sense of being surrounded by stone and water.

The drawing focuses less on the detail and more on the feeling of the place, the depth of the cliffs, the quiet of the river and the energy of the day we spent there.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

Texas Coastal Marsh - Gulf Coast

This drawing comes from time spent along the Texas coast, where marshes strech out under wide skies. I worked with softer marks and white highlights to catch the way the grasses break into the water and how the clouds roll across the horizon. It's a quieter piece, tied to place and memory, with a focus on atmosphere and stillness.

Size: 8"x10"

Original: In personal Collection

The Old Oak - Texas

This drawing revisits one of my very first works in charcoal, years after I first tried to capture the scene. A lone oak stands by the fence line, its branches reaching wide while the shadows stretch across the ground. It is a familiar Texas image for many, one that carries both memory and weight.

This piece is about more than a tree and a fence. It is about the way places anchor us, how simple lines in the land can pull us back to where we started. Standing in front of this oak, you feel time passing, but also standing still.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: Available

All Hallows Eve - Texas

This piece takes a classic Texas barn and gives it a fun seasonal twist. I leaned into the shadows and angles of the structure but added small details, ghosts, pumpkins and more dramatic clouds, to bring a playful energy to the scen. It's a drawing with a wink, rooted in Texas rural life but perfect for collectors who enjoy something offbeat or for seasonal decoration.

Size: 11"x14"

Original: In Personal Collection

Tails - Texas

A fleeting moment on the water capured in motion. The upward sweep of a redfish tail breaks the surface, leaving ripples that pull the eye across the page. With minimal strokes and sharp contrasts, this piece holds the same rhythm and anticipation that anglers know so well, the instant before everything changes.

Size: 5.5"x8.5"

Original: In Personal Collection

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