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Plein Air Magazine Online Article

2012-02-02T10:58:00.000-08:00

Plein Air Magazine just did a Feature article about my plein air work on their website.

Check it out here

Solo Exhibit Reception Success!

2012-02-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

Last Friday was the reception for my solo exhibit "Colorado Impressions: Landscapes, People, and Still Lifes" and it was a Huge success! Many people came through the gallery to see the collection of work and a large majority of the paintings SOLD! The city of Greeley even bought some work to have in its permanent collection. It's possible that by the end of the exhibit it could be a near sell out show.

After the reception was over Karen and I enjoyed a dance performance in the theater by the group Pilobolus.
I forgot to take photos during the reception but managed to snap some during the theater intermission. Below are those photos:

Article in the Greeley Tribune about my Gallery Exhibit

2012-01-16T10:47:00.000-08:00

Click Link below to read the article:

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20120112/ENTERTAIN/701129946

Solo Show Delivery of work

2012-01-04T10:15:00.000-08:00

Delivered my work for my Tointon Gallery Show in Greeley, CO on Tuesday the 3rd. Managed to fit 30 paintings in the back of my Subaru.

Show poster in front of the gallery. Arranged all the work to be hanged. The lighting in the gallery is really great! Spacious 1,800 square feet of wall space I had to fill.

Show Poster out front. The Gallery is located in the Union Colony Civic Center. Where they have live performances. The gallery is connected to the theater and on the reception night of the 27th there will also be a show of the Pilobolus Dance Company after the reception. The Reception is 5-7 pm January 27. Should be a great night out to see some art and watch a live performance! Here's a link for the Dance show

Up Coming Solo Show

2011-12-27T11:33:00.000-08:00

Colorado Impressions: Landscapes, People, and Still Lifes

ONE MAN SHOW BY CARL BORK

At the Tointon Gallery in Greeley, Colorado

Show Dates: January 6 - February 4

Gallery Reception: January 27 from 5-7pm

Recent Floral Still Life Work

2011-12-10T18:26:00.000-08:00

Red And Pink
12" x 9"
Oil

Red And Pink Carnations
12" x 9"
Oil

Carnation Still Life
24" x 30"
Oil

Back Light Still Life
24" x 30"
Oil

Carnation Colors
12" x 9"
Oil

Floral Arrangement
24" x 18"
Oil

Carnations
9" x 12"
Oil

Saturday the 22nd painting Demo

2011-10-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

This Satuday I'll be working with the Articipate fund raiser by doing a painting demonstration on stage in the Steamplant Theater. I'll have a mic and a video projection of the painting behind me.

The Demo is open to anyone (students, collectors, artfans)

Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children under 16 available at the Steamplant box office you can also register in advance online HERE .

Demo time is from Noon-1:30pm

Hope to see you there!

Plein Air Moab

2011-10-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

The first painting me and Karen did along the Colorado River.

Below is a shot of the painting in the show (18" x 24"):

Painted the above arch last year and wanted to do a larger painting at this spot (16 x 20)
(I apologize for the blurry photos. I didn't have a tripod handy when I took them)

Karen took a photo of me painting at Canyonlands Park. This place was like being at the Grand Canyon.

The above is the painting I did for the first Quick Paint. This painting sold that night. Painted it in less than 2 hours. "Last Light on the Colorado" Oil 18" x 24"

Painted on the river again before we had to turn in our paintings. The river canyon was one of my favorite things to paint there. This piece sold in the show!

My sunset painting I had in the show. Tackled painting the fleeting light on the red rocks on an 18 x 24 canvas in about a half hour. The light was completely gone when I was finishing it. I really had a blast painting this! This one also sold.

On our last day me and Karen went on a hike up to Double O arch. We really enjoyed ourselves and are looking forward to next year!

San Luis Valley Colors (study)

2011-09-18T13:05:00.001-07:00

San Luis Valley Colors
Oil 8x10

This is a study I did for a 30 x 40 painting I recently finished. Will post a photo of the larger painting soon.

Morning Light

2011-09-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

Morning Light
13" x 19"
Oil / Canvas

Summer Aspen

2011-09-10T09:42:00.001-07:00

Summer Aspen
Oil / Canvas
40" x 30"

A recent painting of an aspen tree I've always liked. My goal for this was to have thin paint in the background and really thick and dense impasto paint on the tree and foreground in order to create depth.

Detail pics below to see paint thickness and texture:

It's fun to find little abstract designs when you take detail pics.

Here's a side view to see the paint dimension

Big Sky Colorado Sunset

2011-08-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

Big Sky Colorado Sunset
Oil 16" x 20"

I've been chasing the sunset a lot here in the valley. This is from a night of painting from the view at S Mountain. Some nights I luck out with a spectacular sunset and sometimes not so much. This was one of the better nights I think.

"Jess" Portrait Painting

2011-08-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

Jess
Oil 24" x 18"

Me and several other artist in town have been getting together to paint the figure / portrait from life every Tuesday night. This is a recent portrait I did. Jess did a great job modeling for us!

Paradise Lake

2011-07-30T09:44:00.000-07:00

Paradise Lake
Oil / Canvas
24" x 36"

My studio painting from my plein air hikes up to Ptarmigan Lake. This is the lake on the way to the top lake. It apparently has no name so I'm calling it Paradise Lake.

High Altitude Splendor

2011-07-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

High Altitude Splendor
8 x 10 Oil

Went back up the Ptarmigan lake trail again. Here's the one from the hike.

Ptarmigan Lake Hike

2011-07-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

Made my first hike up the Ptarmigan Lake Trail by Cottonwood Pass, outside the town of Buena Vista. The trail was about 3.5 miles if I remember right. Took about an hour to get there. I was thrilled when I arrived at the the first lake on the trail. I took almost 200 photos!

I had trouble deciding what I wanted to paint because there was so many great options. I decided on doing a simple composition shown in the photo below.

One of the great views above the lake.

Here's me trying to cram all that scenery into a small 8x10

...and here's the painting. I'll be returning to this spot soon to paint some more views of this spot

Alpine Patterns
Oil 8x10

Road To Mountain Heights

2011-07-04T09:33:00.001-07:00

Road To Mountain Heights
Oil 8" x 10"

Another Painting from the San Luis Valley.

Mountain Valley Patterns

2011-07-03T09:59:00.000-07:00

Mountain Valley Patterns
Oil 8 x 10

I really enjoy painting the San Luis Valley. I have some plans in the works for future paintings from the area.

Sunrise Radiance

2011-06-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

Sunrise Radiance
Oil 8" x 12"

Last Light On Challenger Point - Plein Air

2011-06-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

Last Light On Challenger Point
Oil 8"x10"

Plein Air painting from yesterdays Sundown.

What I like about where I live is that I've got the Collegiate Peaks facing east for sunrise painting and the Sangre De Cristo range facing west to paint at sundown.

The light changes really rapidly at sundown. I think sunset painting is tougher because everything gets darker. You usually have to be prepared to continue to paint even when the light is gone and rely on what you remember seeing.

Heavy Snow

2011-06-20T21:04:00.000-07:00

Heavy Snow
64" x 24"
Oil / Canvas

Twisting Aspen

2011-06-19T09:21:00.001-07:00

Twisting Aspen
Oil / Canvas
8 x 6

A recent plein air painting from one of my favorite aspen painting spots up at the Shavano Mountain trail head. You can easily paint at this spot all day

June Newsletter - Salida Artwalk

2011-06-19T09:19:00.000-07:00

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Autumn Aspen Grove

2011-06-13T12:49:00.001-07:00

Autumn Aspen Grove
Oil / Canvas
24 x 20

Majestic Alpine Glow

2011-06-10T10:17:00.001-07:00

The paintings below are of a view of Mt Princeton early in the morning above the valley I live in. The smaller one is the one I did outdoors on location. I camped out at this spot in order to get up at 5am to capture this light on the mountains. It doesn't last for long, the plein air painting took about 20-25 min to complete.

I then used a combination of photos and the plein air piece to complete the larger painting. I decided to paint it when the light is just beginning to hit the top of the mountain when the colors are the most saturated.

Oil - 18x24

Oil 6x8

Shining Through

2011-05-26T10:38:00.001-07:00

Shining Through
Oil 16" x 20"

Experimenting with color some more....

The Intensity Of Fall

2011-05-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

The Intensity of Fall
24" x 18"
Oil / Canvas

The Fall colors here in Colorado are so intense. It can be hard to believe how bright the colors really are, but they really are this way.

Lately, my interest in painting has been in color. I'm interested in how the impressionists used color to represent light. I've been enjoying studying the California Impressionists work. Particularly, I've been focusing on William Wendt's work. I've also been finding inspiration in Russian painters such as Sergei Bongart. I'm finding how it's so important to build a visual memory from outdoor field studies when you do work in studio such as I did for this piece. I had a photograph handy, but I relied heavily on my memory and imagination for it. You can't get much color from a photo. Photographs can control you, but when you use your memory you'll be free to push the limits.

Wildflowers

2011-05-21T08:11:00.001-07:00

Wildflowers
12" x 20"
Oil

Took an impressionistic approach on this one. Played with thick paint - building thick paint on top of thick paint in order to make a more tactile look and get more variety in color. Detail picks are below:

Alpine Sundown

2011-05-20T12:43:00.000-07:00

Alpine Sundown
Oil 8x10

Mt. Princeton Vista

2011-05-20T11:36:00.001-07:00

Mt. Princeton Vista
Oil 8" x 10"

Plein Air from today. This is a view of Mt. Princeton above the valley I live in. It's challenging to drop in shadows from clouds while painting outdoors. They are always moving so it can be tricky to make observations of how they work. I had to conserve my white paint because I forgot to bring it, luckily I made it without using it all. The wind got really chilly towards the end of the painting, started to have shivering hands while painting (maybe the shakiness can be seen in the brushstrokes)

Autumn Brook

2011-05-12T10:46:00.000-07:00

Autumn Brook
Oil / Canvas
16" x 20"

I've painted a couple Plein Air studies of this spot before and have always wanted to do a little larger studio painting of it. Plein Air is fun but I also really enjoy being able to layer paint in the studio and build up some texture and color.

Fiery Skies

2011-05-06T14:53:00.001-07:00

Fiery Skies
Oil 18" x 18"

April Newsletter

2011-04-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

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River Foliage

2011-04-09T12:05:00.001-07:00

River Foliage
Oil / Canvas
16" x 22"

Fresh Powder (once more)

2011-04-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

Fresh Powder
Oil Canvas
27" x 34"

This is a painting I've posted before. I've revised it and put in some fall colors, made the barn look a little more interesting and completely painted over the mountains. I felt like I needed to punch it up a little more. Sometimes paintings aren't finished they are only abandoned, as Leonardo da Vinci would say.

Taking Flight

2011-04-06T16:35:00.000-07:00

Oil / Canvas
8" x 10"

The Sangre De Cristo Range is certainly one of my favorite mountain ranges in Colorado. This little painting is from a view by Westcliffe which is about an hour and half away from Salida.
This piece is availabe in my gallery for just $200 framed plus shipping. Call me at 216-409-3679 if interested.

two 6x8's

2011-03-19T19:27:00.001-07:00

Autumn Tree Friends
8"x6"
Oil / Canvas

Morning Light on Mt. Shavano
6" x 8"
Oil / Canvas

Pinons and Mountains

2011-03-12T10:29:00.000-08:00

6x8
Oil / Canvas

A little plein air painting from yesterday. We've had great weather up here in Salida, CO. Karen and I hiked up a path into the hills behind Salida. It's now one of my favorite trails in the area. There is so much just on that trail would make for good painting. Expect to see more from this location soon.

Painting Commissions

2011-03-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

Posting a couple painting commissions I've done several months ago. Both are of real places nearby where I live in Salida, CO

Twin Sisters

Arkansas River

Rocky Ascent

2011-02-22T20:01:00.001-08:00

Rocky Ascent
10" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

This painting is from Horseshoe Lake in the Sangre De Christo range by Westcliffe, CO.

Portrait of Hallett Peak

2011-02-18T10:25:00.001-08:00

Portrait of Hallett Peak
16" x 20"
Oil / Canvas

I've always found the shape of this peak interesting. It has a very bold and powerful presence to it. I took a very direct alla prima approach to the painting. It felt like that would be the best way to convey the bold feeling of this mountain.

Frozen Dream Lake

2011-02-16T10:59:00.000-08:00

Frozen Dream Lake
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

This is from Sunday's trip up to Dream Lake in RMNP. This painting will be used to do a larger version.

Rolling Hills and Mountain Peaks

2011-02-15T09:23:00.000-08:00

Rolling Hills and Mountain Peaks
18" x 24"
Oil / Canvas

This is up Poncha Pass by where I live in Salida, CO

High Country Gold

2011-02-12T14:56:00.000-08:00

"High Country Gold"
8" x 10"
Oil / Canvas

Winter River Plein Air

2011-02-11T09:28:00.001-08:00

Winter River
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

I love this painting spot. I've painted here numerous times. I've painted it in the Spring, Summer, Fall, and now winter. Since I got all the seasons now, I'll have to paint it at different times of the day. Maybe a sunset will be next.

More Nude Gestures

2011-02-03T10:55:00.001-08:00

Some more Nude Gestures. I really enjoy painting in monochrome. I can really focus on mark making and drawing this way.

Nude Gesture

2011-02-01T11:21:00.001-08:00

24" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

I really enjoy doing gestural sketches with monochromatic oils. It's a challenge to get a sense of the shape and form and to say something about the energy of the pose.

Water and Snow

2011-01-25T11:41:00.001-08:00

Water and Snow
Oil / Canvas
24" x 36"

Painting Video: Mountain Farm

2011-01-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

Here's a little experiment / practice in making a sped up painting video. I didn't know what I was doing with making a video but I think I figured some things out for the next one. I shot it with my digital camera which has a video setting. For the next one I'll shoot a painting from start to finish.
Thanks for taking a look!

Winter Forest

2011-01-10T13:05:00.001-08:00

Winter Forest
16" x 20"
Oil / Canvas

A Passage Of Light

2011-01-07T11:09:00.000-08:00

A Passage Of Light
20" x 24"
Oil / Canvas

Back Light Tree Branch

2011-01-05T10:17:00.001-08:00

Back Light Tree Branch
Oil / Canvas
20" x 24"

I was very interested in painting this Tree Branch covered in snow. Studying this subject I found that there's so much color bouncing around. Reflective light bouncing from the light off the ground. Greens reflecting from underneath the branches above. Blues from the sky. There's so much you don't always stop and take note of.

January Newsletter

2011-01-04T09:06:00.000-08:00

My January Newsletter is out.

Check it out Here

My New Years Sale starts today. 10% off everything in my gallery. Ends on 1/7/11.
See what's available Here

Winter Light

2010-12-31T10:56:00.000-08:00

This is probably the last painting for 2010. Here's to 2011 being a great year for art!

Winter Light
Oil / Canvas
11" x 14"

Fresh Snow

2010-12-28T11:40:00.001-08:00

"Fresh Snow"
Oil / Canvas
24" x 36"

Fresh Powder

2010-12-23T21:26:00.000-08:00

Fresh Powder
Oil / Canvas
27" x 34"

A Snow Covered Tree Branch

2010-12-22T13:49:00.000-08:00

A Snow Covered Tree Branch
Oil / Canvas
8" x 6"
Plein Air

Got up this morning to find out that the mountains had received a lot of snow. So I headed out towards Monarch mountain. My goal was to find some nice snow covered pine trees to paint. Walking out into the woods I found this back light tree branch that I found interesting.

As the sun was coming out the snow on the trees started to melt. Of course, I should have known, a glob of snow fell from a tree above and landed on the palette with a big piece landing directly in my turp jar. Well I guess that's plein air painting. I pulled that snow piece out of my jar, moved the easel, and finished the painting.

Took a photo of where I set up. That's the branch I painted in the middle.

Creek Thaw

2010-12-18T11:08:00.000-08:00

Creek Thaw
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

Between The Cracks

2010-12-18T10:20:00.001-08:00

Between The Cracks
10" x 8"
Oil / Canvas

Rolling In

2010-12-12T20:00:00.000-08:00

Rolling In
12" x 16"
Oil / Canvas

2011 Governor's Art Award Submission for Salida

2010-12-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

Here's Pt 1 of the video for the 2011 Governor's Art Award Submission for Salida, CO. I'm towards the end at about 6:53.

1st Annual Gallery Row Holiday Block Party

2010-12-12T09:57:00.001-08:00

Here a couple photos of the live music I had at my gallery from last nights block party. It was a lot of fun! Thanks to all who came out and all the businesses that participated

Break in the Snow

2010-12-08T16:33:00.000-08:00

Break In The Snow
Oil / Canvas
10" x 14"

Out of Shadow

2010-12-08T11:13:00.001-08:00

Out of Shadow
oil / canvas
10" x 14"

This painting was done with about 99% palette knife. I wanted to play with the palette knife and experiment with color in this piece.

Cloudy Landscape

2010-12-01T11:17:00.000-08:00

Cloudy Landscape
Oil / Canvas
16" x 20"

SUNSET GLORY

2010-11-30T12:07:00.001-08:00

Sunset Glory
Oil / Canvas
32" x 48"

The sky was like it was on fire that night and I just had to make a painting of it. It truly is God's Country in the mountains of Colorado.

Nude Studies

2010-11-30T11:07:00.001-08:00

Nude
Oil / Canvas
10" x 20"

Seated Nude Study
Oil / Canvas
8"x10"

Catching the Light

2010-11-27T09:20:00.001-08:00

Catching The Light
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Hills and Snow

2010-11-22T10:07:00.001-08:00

Hills and Snow
24" x 48"
Oil on Panel

For this piece I wanted to capture an interesting design and a sense of the light, texture, and depth of the space. I painted on Panel, which I thought helped build the type of textures I wanted. I layered paint on switching between palette knife and brush.

Details:

Sunflowers

2010-11-21T08:56:00.001-08:00

Sunflowers
Oil / Canvas
14" x 18"

Melting Ice

2010-11-21T08:54:00.001-08:00

Melting Ice
Oil / Canvas
12" x 12"

Still Life paintings

2010-11-19T11:54:00.001-08:00

Red, White, Green
Oil / Canvas
8" x 10"

Sunflower
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Snowy Creek Plein Air

2010-11-18T08:57:00.001-08:00

Snowy Creek
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

This is one from yesterday, done on location. I walked out to the spot, got set up, and found out that I had forgotten my brushes! However, I had my trusty palette knife. So I decided to paint it all with a palette knife.

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow

2010-11-18T08:46:00.000-08:00

Green Pear, Lemon Yellow
Oil / Canvas
10" x 10"

Red Pear

2010-11-15T19:26:00.001-08:00

Red Pear
Oil / Canvas
10" x 10"

Building Blocks

2010-11-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

Building Blocks
Oil / Canvas
11" x 14"

Cold Steel

2010-11-05T09:26:00.001-07:00

Cold Steel
9" x 12"
Oil / Canvas

Worked with "cool" light in this painting. So I thought the title Cold Steel was a fitting title with the cold color look in the painting.

Here's the beginning of the painting. Just making indications of where things are.

Nude Studies

2010-10-28T10:24:00.000-07:00

8x10 Oil / Canvas

8x10 Oil / Canvas

9x12 Oil / Canvas

Jane

2010-10-26T20:10:00.001-07:00

Jane
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Jack Painting Demo

2010-10-24T19:44:00.000-07:00

To start, I made a rough drawing. Making dry brushed marks that are not fully committed to the location of shapes and edges. You can "sneak up" on more accurate marks later this way.

Blocking in the shadow shapes here. This is where the more committed drawing takes place. It's thin so there's still room for adjustments. Observing how the shadows are connected here.

Blocking in the background. The background is real simple, so why not get it all in first.

The full block in. Getting in all the basic planes.

From here you can move in for the placement of the features. Things still aren't fully committed yet to their location and size relationships. That's the great thing about oils, you can take a brush and move it around on the surface until it's in the right spot.

I haven't placed in my darkest darks or dark accents in the face yet or even my brightest brights in it either. I wanted the in between values placed first and then carve out the high and low values.

Jack
Oil / Canvas
9"x12"

The final painting. From the block in to the final you can see what was adjusted how the darks and lights were added to define the form more.

I used the palette knife to sharpen some edges. Generally, I'll work from thin to thick in paint and soft to crisp in edges. Although, it doesn't matter how you start your edges, you could start with all sharp and then soften them in the end.

Colorado Mountain Plein Air Festival

2010-10-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

Last month I was in the Colorado Mountain Plein Air Festival. Here are a couple paintings I did for the show:

Fallen
12x16
Oil / Canvas

Me and Karen painted at this location and it ended up raining on us. I told Karen she's an official plein air painter now that she painted in the rain.

John Deere
Oil/Canvas
9x12

This is the painting I did for the quick paint I think I spent around an Hour and half on it. I'm making this quick sketch for sale on my Etsy shop.

Below is a photo my friend Steve Easterwood took of me painting at the quick paint

Figure Study

2010-10-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

Figure Study
Oil / Canvas
8" x 16"

Been enjoying painting monochromes lately. I usually use a venetian red color mixture but I've been liking Permanent Red Deep with Raw Sienna color mixture for these.

Monochrome Portrait

2010-10-18T19:51:00.001-07:00

Oil / Canvas
14" x 11"

This portrait came from an old photograph I found. I love old photos, the characters and expressions in them I find very interesting. This guys wild hair and piercing expression caught my eye.

Light on Cascade Falls II

2010-10-18T11:34:00.001-07:00

Light On Cascade Falls II
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"
Plein Air

I did an 8x10 of this scene outdoors and I decided to try the same comp a little bit larger outdoors again. Hence the title Light on Cascade Falls II

Plein Air Moab!

2010-10-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

Last week I participated in the Plein Air Moab Utah show. It was a lot of fun! Met up with some friends and painted with my friend Josh Been a lot. The show was great! It had a lot of great paintings. I had two in the show, One for the Oil category and the other in the Quick Draw category. Both pieces sold! The painting in the Oil category had the most bids out of any painting in the show! (they ran out of room on the silent auction sheet)

Below are the paintings I brought back with me:

Canyon Reflections
Oil 8" x 10"

Canyon Light
Oil 11" x 14"

Desert Tower
Oil 12" x 12"

Arch Window
Oil 10" x 12"

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Winter Glory

2010-10-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

Winter Glory
Oil / Canvas
16" x 20"

Fall Colors

2010-10-02T11:55:00.001-07:00

The Leaves are starting to change up here in the valley. Below are a couple new fall color paintings:

River Colors
Oil / Canvas
11" x 14"

Patterns of Fall
Oil / Canvas
15" x 24"

Setting Sun

2010-09-12T08:29:00.001-07:00

Setting Sun
Oil / Canvas
26" x 14"

Decided to return to a batch of photos and paint this scene that I've had in the back of my head to paint. In this painting I learned that I could gray down my yellow without it going to green with the pile of left over white that I mixed together from a previous painting. The gray was about the same value of the yellow and it was warm so it didn't cool down the yellow to much. I've been getting in the habit of keeping piles of grays on my palette. They are really great harmonizers.

Light on Cascade Falls

2010-09-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

Light On Cascade Falls
8" by 10" Oil

Been Practicing painting water falls lately. This is a new one I did of the cascade falls nearby where I live.

Victor Plein Air

2010-09-02T10:36:00.000-07:00

Back Home now from the Victor, CO plein air event. The Opening for the show is this Friday. I did 9 paintings while I was there. I decided to camp out at a reservoir nearby and did 5 paintings the first full day I had there. The next day was really windy but I managed to get a couple done. Upon returning to my campsite that day I found that my tent, and everything in it was stolen, which included, my sleeping bag, air mattress, clothes, and the five paintings I did the day before!

It was rough! However, I managed to paint two more the next day. Below is what survived. I at least have my three for the show. It certainly has been the roughest plein air event I've done but it was fun painting these mines.

Pieces of the Past
Oil 12" x 16"

I did this painting the morning after my stuff got stolen.

Rustic Barn
9" x 16" Oil

I went back and repainted this scene. The one that was stolen was a little larger but I really liked the composition and just had to redo it.

Vindicator Mine
12" x 16" Oil

The mines in Victor are so interesting. So much texture and character.

Mine Debris
10" x 12" Oil

Plein Air Paintings

2010-08-26T15:47:00.001-07:00

Below are a couple Plein Air Paintings I did Yesterday. I did a total of four. These are two of the four.

To Mountain Heights
Oil / Canvas 14" x 14"

Cottonwood Pass
Oil / Canvas
8" x 12"

Portrait Sketch

2010-08-22T15:53:00.000-07:00

New Portrait Painting

2010-08-13T19:51:00.000-07:00

Oil / Canvas
24" x 30"

The Arkansas Plein Air Painting

2010-08-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

The Arkansas
Oil 23" x 36"

I did this one recently entirely Plein Air. I wanted to attempt a larger painting outdoors. It took two morning painting sessions to complete it. The view is off the highway so I just took my studio easel out and painted away.

Here's me painting the spot

Above Tree Line

2010-08-05T09:52:00.001-07:00

Above Tree Line
Oil 16" x 20"

Some New Plein AIr Paintings

2010-07-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

Cascade
Oil 6" x 12"

Rugged Land
Oil 8" x 10"

Rocky Cascade
Oil 16" x 12"

River Blues
Oil 16" x 12"

Green Pasture
Oil 6" x 8"

Gentle Flow
Oil 8" x 10"

From the Earth
Oil 16" x 12"

Fields of Gold
Oil 14" x 18"

Carl Bork Fine Art Gallery Grand Opening

2010-07-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

My Studio / Gallery Grand Opening is this Saturday July 17th. There will be food and drinks all day. New paintings and more special events.

I'm located at:
149 W. First St.
Salida, CO 81201

corner of 1st and G St.

Photos of My Studio / Gallery

2010-07-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

Colorado Plein Air Paintings

2010-07-03T15:23:00.000-07:00

Edge of Shadow 8x10 oil

Summer Solstice 8x10 oil

Reaching 8x10 oil

Mountain Country 8x10 oil

Canyon Shapes 8x 10 oil

Above Green Fields 8x10 oil

Last Light

2010-06-19T14:58:00.001-07:00

Last Light - Oil - 25" x 32"