New Sunset Paintings

 

It's been a while since my last blog post. Nowadays it seems like I post a lot of new work on facebook since it is so easy to post there. Feel free to look me up there.

Below are some new Imaginary sunset paintings. I've been having fun working on developing painting from my imagination. It's great practice and I'm learning some new things about myself.

 

 A Place to View The Sunset
Oil 18" x 24"

 

Sunset Pond
Oil 16" x 20"

 

The Finale
Oil 24" x 36"

 

Sunset Light
Oil 14" x 18"

 (Small Preliminary for the larger one below)

 

Sunset Light
Oil 30" x 36"

Into The Light
Oil 14" x 18"

Canyon Colors - Plein Air 24x30

This morning's plein air painting

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

Plein Air Waterfalls

 Agnes Vaille Falls

 Oil 36" x 24"

Here's me on location. Met a nice couple at the falls that ended up purchasing the painting.

 

 Rushing Cascade

Oil 24" x 36"

 

 Here's a shot of my setup on location.

The River's Edge Plein Air

Yesterday morning's plein air painting

The River's Edge
Oil 12" x 16"

Cottonwoods in Spring Plein Air

 

Cottonwoods In Spring
Oil 12" x 16"

Pinon Tree "En Plein Air"

Pinon Tree
Oil 30" x 36"

School House Plein Air

Mountain School House Oil 18" x 24" 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.

Sunset Light

Sunset Light
Oil 20" X 30"

Fall River Valley

Fall River Valley
Oil 30" x 40"

Patterns of Light

Patterns Of Light
Oil 30" x 40"

Morning Light

Morning Light
13" x 19"
Oil / Canvas

Summer Aspen

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

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.

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

Twisting Aspen

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

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Autumn Aspen Grove

Autumn Aspen Grove
Oil / Canvas
24 x 20