Country Road

Country Road

6 x 6 inches

Oil on wood panel.

(c) Bill Brauker

Ah, a peaceful country road in the summer. Makes me want to go for a drive.

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The Red Bedroom

The Red Bedroom
6 X 6 inches
Oil on wood panel.

This is the favorite room in our house. Several years ago we painted it red, after we got tired of the off white it was. Do yourself a favor and put some color into your life. You will be happy you did.

Below is a detail of the painting. I really like way the shadows play on the wall.


Regarding the three larger prints on the walls, the one on the left is, Norham Castle, by JMW Turner. The one in the center is, The Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and the large one over the bed is another Renoir, from, The Bather, series.

Front Range

Front Range
8 X 10
Oil on wood panel.

This is a view of the front range of the Rocky Mountains, viewed from Standley Lake, in Westminster, Colorado, which is located half way between Denver and Boulder.

It was a bright, afternoon, with the mountains a hazy blue, almost disappearing in the distance, and some big clouds above.

The Pond Under Gray Skies

The Pond Under Gray Skies
8 X 10
Oil on wood panel

This one was fun, thick impasto, layered on with a palette knife, and some brushwork in the trees. This is a view of, The Pond, a small lake in Arvada, Colorado, near my house. I worked from a photo, which I took on a cold, gray morning.

Big Ben

Big Ben
4X6 inches
Oil on wood panel.

London is such a great place, even when it is wet. My wife, Anne, was born there, and we travel back as often as possible. This is a rainy view of Big Ben.

Viewing The Lady

Viewing The Lady
8 X 10 inches
Oil on wood panel.

This is my lovely wife, Anne, (who is an artist, herself) in the Denver Art Museum, closely inspecting, Portrait of a Young Lady, c. 1620, by Paul Van Somer, a Dutch artist. I loved the color of the room and the way the light played on the gold frame.


Sorry about the photos. I shot a number of them, but it was very difficult to get it right. The true color of the painting is somewhere between the two.

Resting Before The Party

Resting Before the Party
8 X 10 inches
oil on wood panel

We're going inside for this one. I like lovely women, so painting them is fun. I plan on doing much more of that.

I liked this one because of the pose and the colors.

I'm disappointed with the photo of the painting, because it doesn't really capture all the richness of the colors and the brush strokes.

Front Range Near Standley Lake

Front Range
8 X 10 inches
oil on wood panel
SOLD

A view of the Front Range, from Standley Lake, near my house.

My wife Anne and I go hiking here quite often. If you look at the clump of trees on the left side of the painting, in the tree farthest to the right, this summer we spotted two great horned owls, sitting side by side. What a sight!

Great Horned Owls. Photo by Bill Brauker

Following are three close-ups of the painting. I like to do this to take a look at the brushstrokes. I still feel I paint somewhat conservatively, and would like to loosen up some.


The original photo of this painting could have been better. Sometimes it is hard to get the color to show up correctly and shoot it without getting reflections on it.

Beach at Dusk

Beach at Dusk
8 X 10 inches
oil on canvas, 2006
SOLD

My second painting of the new era, was also a scene close to my heart. We lived in Hawaii for a little over six years, 1991-98, and I spent many evenings with my family on the beach at dusk, watching the waves grow darker.

It is a magical time of the day and I loved doing this one.

Once again, I mainly used my trusty palette knife.

A Couple of My Older Paintings

The Cabin

15 X 19 inches
Oil on Wood Panel, 1973

This was painted on a hot hazy August day in the summer of 1973. It was my father-in-law's cabin in the woods in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. I guess you could say I was under the influence of Vincent on this one. That is sand in front of the cabin as it was located in a sandy, piney woods area.

Grapefruit and Oranges
12 X 18 inches
Oil on Canvas, 1972

This was my take on a grapefruit and two oranges. I had a fun time with this one, especially the table.

Information About The Painting, Waiting

Waiting, 1974
45 X 55 inches
oil on canvas

I was enthralled when I first saw the 1933 photograph by Dorthea Lange, of the White Angel Bread Line. (So called because a wealthy San Francisco woman paid for it.) I loved the shapes and imagined what they would look like in vibrant colors. I was so taken with the image that I thought it had to be large and am real happy with the way it turned out.

Dorthea Lange, Photograph
1933, San Francisco
White Angel Bread Line

I often would paint at night. Here is a photo of me painting, Waiting.

Painting, 1974.