New paintings - Winter 2025

 Here is a photo drop of some of my recent paintings from this past year.  I've been working on painting faster without sacrificing too much on the details.  Most of these paintings were completed in around 10 hours or less and were inspired by my own photographs from our mountain adventures.  This summer, KD and I did a painting together of a rainbow trout.  Hers is framed and hanging in our kitchen!

Slot Canyon - Prints available

Middle Blue Lake - Prints available

Snowmass Afternoon - Prints available

Bear with Forest Silhouette - Prints available

Mt. Elbert in Winter - Prints available

Longs Peak Winter Sunrise - Prints available

Photograph inspiration for Longs Peak Sunrise

Rainbow Trout

KD's Rainbow Trout

St. Vrain Mountain - June 2025

The sun burning the clouds off of the Longs Peak group

 First hike of 2025 might be the closest 12,000 ft. peak to our house, St. Vrain Mountain.  This was a great warm up with just about 9 miles and 3000 gain.  I was pleasantly surprised by the awesome views on this hike.  It puts you at a perfect vantage for Longs, Wild Basin, and the northern Indian Peaks Wilderness.  This will definitely be one I recommend to visitors in the future. I went with Black and White on the images for this one:

Tim ascending toward St. Vrain's summit

Mt. Alice

Beaver Reservoir I believe

Audubon and Paiute from the summit

Twin Sisters - June, 2023

 

Needed a warmup hike before our backpack to Snowmass Lake next week so I did a quick hike up 11er Twin Sisters Peak.  Tried out a new backpack and got some elevation in.  I took hwy 7 (peak to peak) on the way up:

Well... Road closed.  (photo taken with Cami's camera that I don't know how to use).  I took 36 instead.  Here's another photo of the rock slide from CBS news later that day:

Photo dump from the rest of the hike:

Longs, Meeker and Mt. Lady Washington

The Mummy Range

Lake Estes

Freeloaders

Twins Sisters from back at the trailhead

New Paintings - Summer 2022

 This was the first summer we've had that Cami has been working while I stay home and play Mr. Mom.  It's been an adjustment, but we found our groove.  We all spent a few hours in the mornings painting and jamming out to Skillet in the studio before we went on to chores and the rest of our day.  I was able to finish a couple paintings during these sessions with the kids.  The first one features an awesome sunset I shot a couple summers ago from up high on the rock cut formation along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park:

Blocking in color

Finishied acrylic painting - Prints Available

The second is of a peaceful waterfall inspired by an off the path discovery in the Bighorn Mountains of Northeasterrn Wyoming.  This one took a bit longer with all the flower details.  I've learned that I enjoy rocks.  I could paint rocks for days.  Grass?  Not so much!

Flowing - Prints Available

Mt. Lady Washington - July, 2019

Lady Washington is that "little" bump of a hill to the right of the famous 14er, Longs Peak.  It sees little traffic due to it's elevation being only in the low 13,000's.  Longs is a physically and mentally challenging peak to climb.  When you finish, you have a sense of accomplishment, but you just want to sleep afterward.  For about half the distance and a thousand feet of of elevation gain less, you get to enjoy your day a bit more and have one of the coolest views from the summit of any mountain in Colorado.

The hike was pretty fun and there was a bit of scrambling up large boulders toward the top.  Tim has been running marathons and pushes me on the trail sections of our hikes, but slows down closer to my pace when we start scrambling up or down.  Overall, I think it took us about 6 hours of hiking time from car to car with the true reward being the airy view of the east face of Longs Peak!

The Diamond - Prints available

The Diamond reflected in Tim's sunglasses

Four Seasons - Bear Lake

Four Seasons of Bear Lake - Prints Available

This is my third series of photographs taken at one location in all four seasons.  Bear Lake is probably the most popular spot in Rocky Mountain National Park.  It's the start of many hikes in the Glacier Gorge area and has an excellent view of the tallest mountain in the park, Longs Peak.  This particular view is a bit off the beaten path and a pleasure to photograph in the stillness and silence above the crowds below.  It only took me about a year to complete!  😄

Bear Lake Spring - Prints available

Bear Lake Summer - Prints available

Bear Lake Autumn - Prints available

Bear Lake Winter - Prints available

Sunset - Trail Ridge Road

Took a quick drive up Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park for a sunset photo op.  The clouds came in under Longs peak just in time for the last light of the sun to hit the rock spires of the rock cut...Fantastic!

Longs Peak above the clouds - Prints available

Painting - Icons of the Front Range

This painting is the latest in a series of artworks depicting classic views of some of Colorado's highest peaks.  The view here is from near the city of Boulder looking toward the jagged foothill rock formations known as the Flatirons (center/left).  Above is the towering 14er Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Below and to the right of center you can see the National Center for Atmospheric Research buildings contrasting the giant landmarks.  It was a fun process that took approximately 10 hours.  These iconic mountains are special to me and symbolize our home in the Front Range.  

The video below shows the entire process in time-lapse: