Peak One, Summit County Colorado

This is Peak One between Breckenridge and Frisco. I never really noticed these two peaks in my past visits to Colorado, but now that I'm painting a lot I'm paying better attention to the scenery. It fascinates me how many possible paintings spring up whenever you turn around out here.

12" x 16" oil on canvas.

This painting is for sale at the Fare Bella Gallery in Manitou Springs, CO. Click here for contact information and to visit their site.

Fox Run Pond

One of my favorite local parks is Fox Run on the north side of Colorado Springs. It was the first park my family and I visited after moving to the Springs in 2013. Being refreshingly full of trees it stood out to us as we had become accustomed to the dry and grassy High Plains. It also has two ponds, which they call lakes, but anyone who's been outside the dry West has to chuckle. They are clearly ponds! But as another friend of mine from the Midwest said, "In Colorado, if a puddle lasts more than three days they name it."

I found the shapes and colors of the reflected trees in the water to be much more interesting than the trees themselves.

12" x 16" oil on canvas.

SOLD

Pikes from Northgate in Spring

I've painted this scene before. It's located just outside my neighborhood. I wanted to catch it later in the day and this time it's in late Spring. The sunset strikes just the Northeast face of Pikes Peak, making things just a bit more interesting visually. While Pikes is certainly a beautiful mountain for painting purposes it can be a bit drab. It's rather flat-ish, which is why so many drivers can reach the top, but lacking steep angles makes it less than ideal to paint sometimes--that is until the light hits it just right.

Oil on canvas, 16" x 12".

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This painting is for sale at the Fare Bella Gallery in Manitou Springs, CO. Click here for contact information and to visit their site.

Gazing West from Larkspur

What intrigued me about this scene was all these trees just waiting for spring to arrive. This was roughly late April and the trees were only barely showing the signs of buds. The plants out here in Colorado are pretty slow to leaf out, probably because late snows and freezing temps are common through May. No sense waking too early!

Oil on canvas, 16" x 12".

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