Landscapes

"Afternoon Light"

14" x 11"

$550

At our Plein Air Paint Out this year I decided to work down by Hillside. It gives an entirely different view of the valley when you're so close to the mountains. And the angled afternoon light shining on the fresh-cut meadows was spectacular!

"Austin's Meadow"

12" x 9"

$400

Another view near Hillside. The weather was great, no wind, gorgeous colors!

"Pretty Girls"

14"x11"

$500

These are some of the beef cattle we have on our place this summer...

this spot near the barn is one of their favorite hang-outs.

"Shades of Orange"

8"x10"

$350

            This painting was done from an unbelievable view on Red Mountain Pass last year. 

  The  fall colors are without compare!  

    It won 3rd Place and Juror's Choice in our 2013 Fall Show   

                                                             

 "Farley's Corner" 

16" x 12"

$650

Visitors from the lower elevations drive up to "see the colors" 

and you don't have to go far from Wetmore to see this display!

"Fire on Hardscrabble"

10" x 20"

$650

And then this greets you when you're coming through the turns...

"The Fish Pond"

14" x 11"

$550

The aspen were very colorful this year...this was the pond behind our house

...and if you turned and looked the other direction, you would see this grove of massive aspens:

"Gold on Gold"

16" x 12"

$650

Wow!!

This painting won an award at our annual Plein Air Paintout

"Morning Sparkle"

9" x 12"

$400

...only God can really make it sparkle!

"Neighbors"

9" x 12"

$400

...a view near Brandenberg's place

"Sangres Sunrise"

8" x 6"

Sold

This was a brilliant "Blood of Christ" sunrise from Fall 2011

"Sunrise on Rosita Road"

10" x 8"

$350

An eye-popping view!!

This was a beautiful morning...not too chilly yet,

 but I had to go back twice to get it because the colors were changing so fast!

"Twists and Turns"

14" x 11"  

 Sold

I started this painting in the fall, then went back in the spring 

and had to repaint all the colors to finish it! 

"Oh What a Beautiful Morning"

16" x 12"

$650

This was a wet spring in June, 2009.

"Approaching Storm"

20" x 13"

$800

This is what we're needing right NOW, 2011 !!!

Ditto for 2012

"Aspenglow"

12" x 16"

$650

Shimmering morning light in our Beaver Pond pasture

"Indian Summer"
20" x 16"
$650
When the other leaves have fallen, this patch is still vivid in the afternoon sun.

"Frosty Morning"
20" x 16"
$650
A reminder that Fall is here...frost and cattle on the freshly cut hay meadow.
 I thought the town of Westcliffe looked like a German village, complete with the Lutheran church tower.



"Red Mountain Pass"
36" x 20"
$1550
I went back to Ouray this fall...
expect to see this scene done with the yellow aspen!



"Aspen Reflections"
10" x 8"
$350
A place of quiet reflection...no pun intended.



"Degree's Haystack"
10" x 8"
$350
A common sight on Schofield Lane



"Surveying His Domain"
30" x 16"
$1250
An outstanding summer afternoon, looking across the Wet Mountains to Horn Peak and the Sangres.

"Siesta"
18" x 24"
oil on canvas
$1100
Some Herefords taking a break on the side of Colony Lane.
John thinks they should be our longhorn steers, but they're cows...what can I say?

"Horseshoe Creek"
12" x 9"
$400
 Just off the side of Hermit Road