The Back Gate, Taos

The Back Gate, Taos

8 x 10 inches

Oil on wood panel

(c) Bill Brauker

This was actually painted back in February, as a gift for our friends, Julie and Fred Felix, who graciously allowed us to spend a couple of nights with them in their lovely house in Taos, New Mexico. In the excitement over our trip, I had forgotten to take a photo of the finished painting, so Julie took a photo for me. This is the back gate to their house. I used a photo that Julie had posted on her Facebook page as the reference for the painting.

Last Light

Last Light

20 x 24 inches
Oil on wood panel
(c) Bill Brauker

This is based on a photo I took near Church Rock, New Mexico. It was just before sunset and I love the way the shaft of light hit the red rock cliff.

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Adobe House

Adobe House
5 x 7 inches
Oil on wood panel
(c) Bill Brauker

This is my first painting based on photos I took recently on an 8 day road trip with Anne and my sister Robin from Michigan. We went down to NM, then over to AZ where we got together with relatives. On the way back we spent two days in Taos with friends. We had great fun, and I have many, many photos of great landscapes. So check back as I continue to work on more.

This house was across the street from the Painted Desert Inn, in the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. I loved how the late afternoon sunlight played on the adobe.

If you would like to purchase the painting for $125, (free shipping) email me.

Karin Jurick

This portrait of Karin Jurick was part of a project created by Jill Polsby. Karin operates a great site, Different Strokes from Different Folks, where she chooses a photo and many artists paint it. In December, she has artists send a photo of themselves and the photos are exchanged and everyone does a portrait of someone else. To thank her for her work on the project, Jill thought it would be nice if artists who have participated in the past do a portrait of Karin.

There was a great response. To see the 118 portraits, click here.

Front Range Sunset

Front Range Sunset
11 x 14 inches
Oil on wood panel
(c) Bill Brauker

This is one of my favorite views. I have based the painting on a photo I took from the east end of Standley Lake, (about 1/4 mile from my house) looking towards the front range of the Rocky Mountains. We have spectacular sunsets almost every night, and every one is different. It is wonderful to look out and see the mountains, as they range through different shades of blue as the sun dips behind them.

I haven't posted much work on here lately, but I have been busily painting. I completed a small portrait of a friend over the weekend. (I won't be able to post it for several weeks, as it is a surprise.) I'm also working on a 30 x 40 inch painting of a train pulling into Notting Hill Gate Station in London. It is based on this photo I took a couple of years ago.

I also have two others in progress, an 8 X 10 inch still life of a vase of sunflowers, and a 16 x 20 inch of a lovely nude woman from the back on a green couch in a dark green room.

So keep checking in, I should have one or more of these to post soon.

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Kristen Reitz-Green

Kristen Reitz-Green
9 x 12 inches
Oil on wood panel
(c) Bill Brauker

This is my entry into the portrait exchange at Different Strokes From Different Folks, a wonderful site created by Karin Jurick. This is the second year that artists have sent in photos of themselves, and Karin matches the artists up and they paint each other. It is fun way to end the year.

This is the photo I received.

When I received it, I did not know who she was, but since she paints faster than I, the portrait she did has already been posted, and I now know that the lovely lady is, Kristen Reitz-Green. Check out her blog to see the great portrait she did.

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Frames

Frames
11 x 14 inches
Oil on wood panel
(c) Bill Brauker

I love museums. There is something special about the large spaces, the quiet, the frames and most of all, the art, in all shapes, sizes and styles. To me, the paintings send out a vibration from the painter across the years, that is still alive in the image. It is something you can actually feel and witness as others are enveloped by the energy. A solitary figure in a large room such as this, is not really alone, for the artist is there also.

Contact me to purchase this painting for $500 (free shipping).

Please contact me regarding availability and prices of any of my paintings. I will occasionally put some on eBay, but find that the cost of doing business with eBay and the lack of support for sellers has turned me off from using it much.

Click here to see the paintings that I currently have on eBay.

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