Archives for Landscape

In Search of Visual Truth

In Search of Visual Truth

November 22, 2014 | by

With a talent passed down from grandfather to father to son, Mark Allen Boedges chose to make art his career, despite coming from a practical background that accepted art as a hobby, but not as a career. His grandfather was an oil painter with a full-time gig building musket rifles. His father, a gifted draftsman, worked instead at the phone company for 25 years, then shifted to information technology when computers burst on the scene. Mark Boedges Through the Woods Oil 12″ x 24″ “Painting outside in winter often involves quiet walks in the woods along a stream. They are
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Pursuing Her Passion

Pursuing Her Passion

November 22, 2014 | by

Terri Kelly Moyers has earned several prestigious awards for her paintings, but she has her feet firmly planted on the ground, continuing to challenge herself to paint the scenes and subjects that inspire her and to do so in a way that touches viewers. Affirmation of her doing so has come in the form of numerous awards and a growing cadre of collectors. Terri Kelly Moyers Balconies of Cordoba Oil 24″ x 30″ “This is a painting of some balconies in Cordoba, Spain. We gain inspiration and love to paint wherever we go.” Terri Kelly Moyers El Tejedi de la
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Timeless Beauty

Timeless Beauty

November 22, 2014 | by

“I find more beauty in the landscape than anywhere else. I love the overall beauty of it; there’s a mystery there. Everything in our lives today is about speed. Everyone is racing around, but landscape is peaceful, constant; it has a quietness, a timelessness, about it.” Peter Hagen Cycle of Seasons Oil 30″ x 36″ “I love the chamisa here in northern New Mexico, always visible but sometimes never seen: its presence, softness, its ever-changing color and shape throughout the year.” Peter Hagen Walking Across the Mesa Oil 20″ x 30″ “This is another one of the classic summer sights—a
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The Love Affair Continues

The Love Affair Continues

September 22, 2014 | by

Jim Wilcox’s landscape paintings have earned him a host of awards and a standing as one of the most respected Western artists in the country. From his home and studio in Jackson, Wyoming, he doesn’t have to go far to find inspiration, often returning to a location time and again and finding something new to capture. Jim Wilcox Silent Season Oil 30″ x 40″”In the summer, String Lake is alive with excited visitors, who are swimming, boating, and enjoying pleasant water and beautiful views. With the coming of winter and the first snows, it is much quieter but every bit
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Nature’s Impact

Nature’s Impact

September 22, 2014 | by

A paintbrush or lump of clay in the hands of Arizona artist Ed Mell becomes transcendent. What his eyes see often becomes transformed at his hand. Puffy clouds, muted purple mountains framed by a peach halo, as the sun slips behind them, become infused with vibrant, electric energy. Forms and colors take on dazzling, brilliant hues and shades. Edges—exact and angular—are honed to razor sharpness. Colors pop. Small plants become omnipresent with captivating clarity, while their surroundings recede. Ed Mell Vast Expanse Oil 30″ x 60″ “I was trying to convey the power and overall glow of sunset on the
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Larger Than Life

Larger Than Life

July 22, 2014 | by

Like no other artist, German-born painter Albert Bierstadt portrayed the unspoiled grandeur of the 19th-century American West. He was known for large canvases, heavy luminosity, towering trees, and gargantuan mountains, while humans and horses were made to look even tinier in comparison. Bierstadt was not the first artist to depict the American West, but the vivid intensity of his work made him, for some time, the preeminent artist of the Western genre. Albert Bierstadt Indians Spear Fishing Oil 19.25″ x 29.25″ Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains Oil 72″ by 120″
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Incurable Glory

Incurable Glory

July 22, 2014 | by

“I belong outdoors. I love painting on location, and I love the beauty and peace that comes with standing before Mother Nature and reacting to her incurable glory.” That, says Kim Lordier, is why she paints landscapes. And she does so beautifully, whether capturing scenes near her home in California, or packing up her pastels and heading to locations in other states. “California is rich in landscape—mountains, desert dynamic coastal range, and everything in between,” she says. Kim Lordier Winter’s Tapestry Pastel 36″ by 24″ “A kaleidoscope of color and pattern . . . chaotic organization . . . dark
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The Softer Side of the West

The Softer Side of the West

July 22, 2014 | by

Spring in the Midwest can be a fickle. One it’s day warm, the next day cold, the next day a blanket of snow settles on the daffodils. Snow is exactly what thwarted a painting trip Montana artist Loren Entz had planned with Alise, his 6-year-old granddaughter, last April. On his way to Kansas, via Omaha, Nebraska, he had stopped to visit his daughter, Rebecca, and was planning to take Alise plein air painting, after hearing a comment she had made not long before. Standing before her mother, Alise had announced, “I don’t know if I want to be a mommy
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Digging Deep

Digging Deep

July 22, 2014 | by

“There are three components to my work. The empirical—what I observe when painting outside. The rational—what I know about the landscape. And the spiritual—how I feel about the subject, my emotional response to it.” So says Joseph McGurl, whose landscape paintings have earned him numerous awards, as well as recognition as one of the country’s most gifted contemporary artists. The fact that he became an artist and that his chosen subjects are the land and sea is no surprise. Born and raised outside Boston, Massachusetts, he spent much of his time on the water. Joseph McGurl Last Light of Winter
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‘I’m Doing What I Love’

‘I’m Doing What I Love’

May 22, 2014 | by

In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Polonius counsels his son Laertes, “To thine own self be true,” offering a sage bit of wisdom that remains relevant four centuries later. In the case of Montana-based landscapist Greg Scheibel, defining and responding to his deep inner “self” became an evolutionary process that required more than two decades to come to fruition. Although Scheibel was born in Minnesota, the 53-year-old artist has been a Montana resident since he was 12, when his father, a contractor, relocated the family to Bozeman in order help build the Big Sky ski area. “As a hockey player on our local
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