Ptarmigan Lake Hike

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

Alpine Sundown

Alpine Sundown
Oil 8x10

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.

A Passage Of Light

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

Winter Light

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"

Catching the Light

Catching The Light
Oil / Canvas
9" x 12"

Hills and Snow

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.

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