Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts

Friday, December 23, 2022

Winter in the Rocky Mountains

I had an extended break following the completion of my Autumn Collection. It felt good to pick up the paintbrush and my paint markers. These small works are the start of my Winter Collection. Here I focused on early morning and night scenes.

 
Winter's Dawn I, acrylic on board, 6"x12"x1.5", 2022 
Enchanted Winter Night I, acrylic on board, 6"x12"x1.5", 2022  
Winter's Dawn III, acrylic on board, 6"x12"x1.5", 2022
Winter's Dawn II, acrylic on board, 6"x12"x1.5", 2022 

Friday, April 22, 2022

Wild Sunflower Meadow Painting

Wild Sunflower Meadow acrylic on board, 30″x40″ (31″x31″ framed), 2022 ~SOLD

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Over the years, I’ve really enjoyed seeing the wild sunflowers blanket the hills beneath the mountains of Crested Butte in Colorado. This area is famously and lovingly nicknamed the wild flower capital of the state. Mid July, the meadows are filled with so many colorful flowers. Most years I am here around my birthday basking in the beauty of one of the most beautiful and special places in the Rocky Mountains. What has always caught my attention is how so many hills will appear yellow at the height of the season. The sunflowers really take over the hills and create such a feeling of life, magic and wonder that the sight can bring out the nature lover in anyone.














Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Purple Lupine Meadow

Purple Lupine Meadow acrylic on board, 30″x40″ (31″x31″ framed), 2022 ~SOLD

This painting is inspired by a peaceful early morning in a mountain meadow. The sun is emerging from behind the mountains and the fresh morning light is beginning to light up the cool, mountain landscape where the meadow is covered in wildflowers, including the lovely purple lupines.
 

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Night Sky Minies

Violet Wintry Night, acrylic on board, 6″x8″, 2021 ~SOLD
 
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This painting is part of my new mini series where I explored the concept of remote mountainous places where on a clear night the sky is filled with infinite stars. In this piece, I explored a scene where the atmosphere is purple and violet.


I’ve only seen something like this in real life one time while camping in Zion National Park. The Night sky was violet  and pinkish. The sky looked very light but the milky way was so clearly visible – it was so magical. The surrounding landscape also seemed lit up which was so neat. In this little painting I wanted to express some of that phenomenon but in a more mountainous and wintry scene.
 

Polar Night, acrylic on board, 8″x6″, 2021 ~SOLD

This painting is inspired by the idea polar nights. I’ve not actually experienced this incredible phenomenon where night lasts 24 hours but I’ve been fascinated by it.


I sleep right next to a window where I see a beautiful, full night sky most nights. Here in Pagosa Springs, Colorado the nightly display of stars is awe inspiring. I live on the border of the national forest and each time it snows, the scenery out that window is pretty magical. It makes my mind wonder about what the nights are in other, faraway remote places.

There is a draft by my window so the cold chill has recently made me think of frozen, bitterly cold spots. I painted this new scene thinking of arctic places where its so cold that icebergs grow out of the sea creating a fairy tale image of winter in the mountains where surely an ice queen must be nearby.

 Frosty Winter Night, acrylic on board, 6″x8″, 2021 ~SOLD

In this piece, I explore really jagged, snowy peaks that shoot up from the colorful forest, straight into a crystal clear and very cosmic night scene.

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Alpenglow Over Pagosa Springs Painting

Alpenglow Over Pagosa Springs
  acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish, 12″x24″x2″ 2021 ~SOLD
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I painted this scene back in February a the height of Winter here in Southern Colorado where I live. It was inspired by the beauty of the season's alpenglow effect of the mountains at sunset and sunrise. I find that pink glow so meditative and mesmerizing. The landscape appears so quiets and magical at this time of the day. 


I wanted to express how I feel pulled in by these kind of views by painting a local scene here from Pagosa Springs where I live. The San Juan mountains surround this area and in most parts of the region Pagosa Peak can be seen. I love seeing this beautiful mountain from different angles and it has become a favorite of mine to paint. 
 

 The painting is created on a painter's board that is 2" deep. It is varnished on face and sides with gloss varnish. It has a hook on the back as well as a signed certificate of authenticity. All of my work comes with such a certificate.


Alpenglow Over Pagosa Springs
  acrylic painting on board finished in gloss varnish, 12″x24″x2″ 2021 ~SOLD