Aspens

Plein Air painting from a few days ago. Wanted to do a more intimate scene of some aspens,

Aspens
Oil 36" x 24"
Plein Air - Alla Prima

Cottonwood Pass Plein Air

 Here's me out near the top of Cottonwood Pass. Painted enough of the scene for to finish it in studio.

 

Finished Painting

"Cottonwood Pass"
Oil 22" x 28"

Aspens Plein Air

Aspens Oil 18" x 24" Oil Plein Air - Alla Prima

Melting Snow - Plein Air

Melting Snow
Oil 20" x 30" Plein Air - Alla Prima

Yesterday's Plein Air Painting. Painted up the road towards the Shavano Trail Head.

Backlight Glow

Backlight Glow
Oil 24" x 36"





Below is a shot of that start of the painting. Sometimes I like to use washes in order to get a lot of color in quickly.




Below are some detail shots.

Partly Cloudy
Oil 24" x 36"

Golden Leaves

Golden Leaves
24" x 30"
Oil

Sunset Light

Sunset Light
Oil 20" X 30"

Patterns of Light

Patterns Of Light
Oil 30" x 40"

Tranquil Forest

Tranquil Forest
24" x 36"

Dallas Divide

I love painting the mountains at the Dallas Divide in Colorado

"Dallas Divide"
Oil 24" x 36"

Recent Floral Still Life Work

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

Last Light On Challenger Point - Plein Air

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

Heavy Snow
64" x 24"
Oil / Canvas

Autumn Aspen Grove

Autumn Aspen Grove
Oil / Canvas
24 x 20

Wildflowers

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

Alpine Sundown
Oil 8x10

Mt. Princeton Vista

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)

Fresh Powder (once more)

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.

Painting Commissions

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