Archives for Landscape

All About the Light

All About the Light

March 20, 2015 | by

Debra Huse Above Avalon Oil 12″ x 16″ “This was painted on location, overlooking Avalon Harbor on the California island of Catalina. The perspective makes an interesting challenge for a painter. We are looking down through the trees at the boats moored in the harbor and at the Catalina Island Yacht Club. What joy, standing amidst the eucalyptus and painting this incredible vista on a warm, summer day.” Debra Huse Running With the Wind Oil 24″ x 36″ “This is a favorite of mine. My husband Randy and I were invited to sail in a regatta, in a boat called
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A Universal Chord

A Universal Chord

March 20, 2015 | by

Mike Untiedt lives right in the center of downtown Denver, Colorado. He can ride his bike to see the Colorado Rockies play baseball, drop in at any number of good eateries, or shop the downtown stores. Yet the oil painter’s heart and mind are often in another time and another place. “I like painting cowboys,” says the 63-year-old Denver native of his focus on painting the outback lifestyle. “Cowboys strike a universal chord, but I try not to make it too ‘cowboy,’ so people of all backgrounds can identify.” For Untiedt, a natural born storyteller, the direction works. Michael Ome
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The Passion Continues

The Passion Continues

January 20, 2015 | by

A small boy of 7, with curly dark hair, bright brown eyes, and a serious expression, walks home from school, looking at shop windows, as he passes. A movement in one of those windows catches his eye, and he stops, when he sees an artist on the other side of it. The boy is mesmerized, as he watches the artist mix colors and move his paintbrush across the canvas. Slowly, a mountain appears. The wonder of seeing that painting evolve stays with the boy and creates in him a desire to create similar scenes—and evoke similar responses. That boy was
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Still Climbing

Still Climbing

January 20, 2015 | by

How do you celebrate your birthday when you hit 60? If you are Colorado artist Ralph Oberg, you book a trip to Nepal. While it might not be on everyone’s bucket list, Oberg wanted to satisfy a deep longing to see the infamous peaks of that remote country. It was fittingly his first trip off the North American continent. Ralph Oberg Born to Run Oil 28″x36″ “By three weeks of age, pronghorn fawns are on their feet, ready to go. To avoid predators and keep up with mom, this is an important evolutionary adaptation. Soon they can run with the
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‘I Paint What I Love’

‘I Paint What I Love’

January 20, 2015 | by

“Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?” When Frank Serrano asked himself in that question in the early ‘90s, his immediate answer was, “No.” Already a successful commercial artist, he was getting bored and was finding the lure of fine art becoming increasingly strong. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Serrano had long been interested in art, drawing animals and cartoons whenever he wasn’t outside riding his bike or climbing trees. Frank Serrano Above Big Sur Oil 16″x20″ “Not far from my home, Big Sur is a favorite painting location, with many
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Stalking Perfection in the Great Outdoors

Stalking Perfection in the Great Outdoors

November 22, 2014 | by

When Michael Coleman was in kindergarten, his drawings were so intricate that his teacher suspected his mother was giving him art lessons at home. Actually, what his parents were doing was raising their son as something of a free-range chicken. Michael Coleman Geyser Basin Oil 40″ x 30″ Yellowstone in October, when light and vapor is at its turn-of-the season best! Michael Coleman A Gathering of Wolves Oil 30″ x 40″ In a gathering of wolves, a come together call from the heart of the woods and out of the shadows.
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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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