Dusty’s great love for the beauty of the Southwest deserts in the springtime and his ability to capture this incredible time on canvas is generated through life with his parents, Kerry and Linda Lee Kinman. He has been traveling to the southwestern desert each spring for the last 19 years. Dusty says to see and experience the life that a successful artist can have had a big affect on who and what I wanted to become some day. 

"Our family was always very close due to the fact that my parents were always right there for me when I needed them the most. Being an artist will allow me to do the same, and maybe pass on this wonderful gift to my children some day. "

In late January of each year, their first stop was the Anza Borrego Desert state park were Dusty spent many hours searching out the desert plains and canyons photographing the spectacular beauty, and ultimately returning home to Oregon in May to paint from the material he had gathered. 

After sufficient spring rains the desert literally comes alive with a gorgeous and fragrant array of spring wildflowers! All of his paintings depict the desert in its most striking time of beauty.
Never using a brush, he works strictly with painting knives. Unlike most knife artists who have an impasto style using a heavy build up of paint, He endeavors to create as much detail as possible using the least amount of paint. This results in crisp, clear, sunlit paintings which invite the viewer to enter the scene and smell the flowers.

Dusty's artwork is shown at art shows throughout the southwest. It is Dusty’s desire to have his paintings convey and preserve the beauty of the desert while in its full, glorious bloom, and to be a constant reminder of the wondrous beauty of God’s creation we all have been given to enjoy.