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.