Admiring the Lady

Admiring the Lady
Oil on wood panel
5x7 inches

This is based on a photo I took of two girls admiring a sculpture in the Denver Art Museum.
I also did a painting of the girl in the shorts, last year, entitled, The Dance Examiner. I actually painted this several months ago, and tucked it away in a corner of my studio, then forgot to post it. Oh well, I have an excuse, I am 60.

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Stanley Hotel Lobby, Estes Park, Colorado

Stanley Hotel Lobby
5 x 7 inches
Oil on canvas panel.
SOLD

In October I went to Estes Park, Colorado to the Stanley Hotel. It was built in 1909 by Freelan O. Stanley, who invented the Stanley Steamer. This is the hotel that inspired, Stephen King to write, The Shining. The film with Jack Nicholson, was not filmed there, but the mini series done in more recent years was. The painting is based on a photo I took. This is a view that looks out onto the large front porch, toward the mountains in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Below is a photo I took of the Stanley that same day.

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Twin Spires

Twin Spires
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.

This was my latest piece created to share on the Different Strokes from Different Folks web site created by Karin Jurick. Check it out. Lot's of interpretations of the same image.

This is a view of a Victorian house in San Francisco, California.

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Sunrise From My Bedroom Window

Sunrise From My Bedroom Window
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.
SOLD

The sunrises in Colorado are as spectacular as the sunsets, but the ones in January seem to be the best of all. This is from a photo I took last week from my bedroom window. It was the first time I tried something like this, and will not be the last, although trying to capture the grandeur of such a sight is a daunting task.

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Chickadee

Chickadee
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.
SOLD

When we go for our walks in the morning, I always carry my camera with me. I love taking shots of birds and I have hundreds of them, so finally felt it was time to paint one. Some of our favorites are the little chickadees that flit about. I was lucky enough to catch this guy one day.

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Longs Peak, Colorado

Long's Peak, Colorado
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.

If you have ever visited Rocky Mountain National Park, you soon learn the highest mountain you see is the beautiful, Longs Peak. It is one of the 54 fourteeners, in the state. It is the highest peak (14,259 feet, 4,346 meters) along the Front Range and is prominent on the Denver skyline. It is named in honor of Major Stephen Long, who explored the area in the 1820s. (If you have a Colorado quarter, the mountain on the back is Longs Peak.)

The painting is based on a photograph I took, from the western end of Standley Lake. This view is about a mile away from my front door. Oh how great it is to live in Rocky Mountain High.

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Jefferson Memorial Nocturne

Jefferson Memorial Nocturne
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.

This was my latest piece created to share on the Different Strokes from Different Folks web site created by Karin Jurick. Check it out. Lot's of interpretations of the same image.

This one was a joy to paint. Oh how I love Prussian blue.

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Tina

Tina

5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel.

This painting was inspired by Tina Rena, a lovely model from Holland, Michigan. She and her photographer husband, Craig, teamed up on some photos they have graciously allowed me to use. She is a living work of art, and it is a joy to be able to paint her.

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Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

8 x 10 inches
Oil on wood panel.
NFS

This is my portrait for the end of the year challenge, on Karin Jurick's blog, "Different Strokes from Different Folks." We were all asked to send in a photo of ourselves, then Karin paired us up with another artist who would be doing our portrait. I was quite nervous about it because it is the first time I have done a portrait of someone who would actually see the painting. In the past couple of years, I have done a couple of small portraits based on photos I liked, but this was different. I was lucky enough to end up with this lovely lady, with the Mona Lisa smile. I hope she likes it.

Now I know that this is Theresa Rankin. It was a pleasure to paint her.



Here is my portrait, painted by, Theresa Rankin, a terrific painter, who did a wonderful job with this. I really like it. Thank you Theresa.

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