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Budweiser Clydesdales in Snow
[HTML] The Budweiser Clydesdales are a group of Clydesdale horses used for promotions and commercials by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. To be selected as a Budweiser Clydesdale, a horse must be at...
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Yellow Rose of Texas
[HTML]After receiving exciting responses to my oil painting Lone Star Quilt & Western Saddle, especially from the Lone Star State, I was inspired to create a companion piece with a complementary...
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Laurey's Farm
[HTML]On a warm autumn morning my plein air painting group met at Laurey's Farm near Boulder, CO. I chose to paint this view of the pastures leading to the hazy foothills. What a joyous way to spend a...
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Blossoming Crabapples
[HTML]With the sun brightening the Colorado skies today I'm anticipating the arrival of spring. This painting illustrates the glorious blossoming crabapple trees in the park in my neighborhood on a...
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Hahn's Peak
[HTML]Our first visit to Steamboat Springs fell somewhere between the summer festival season and the winter ski season, resulting in no crowds and closed galleries and museums. Driving north we enjoyed...
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Elk in Snow Study
[HTML]This majestic bull elk was enjoying fresh hay bales from a wagon which lost a wheel before it could haul passengers on a haunted hay ride at Elkhorn Lodge in Estes Park last Halloween.[/HTML]
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Red Fox Study
[HTML]A sly red fox treads cautiously through the snow as it hunts for mice or a rabbit for breakfast. When it sniffs a mouse hiding under the snow, it will use powerful hind legs to spring upwards,...
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Hunt for Red Fox Breakfast
[HTML]On an October trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, we spied this hungry red fox hunting along pasture fencelines for a rabbit or mice for a high protein breakfast. In the background an icy creek...
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Longs Peak from McGregor Ranch
[HTML]McGregor Ranch in Estes Park, Colorado is one of a few working ranches still in existance today. Guides in period costumes lead visitors through the historic ranch house. The ranch is nestled...
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Filemon
[HTML]Filemon modeled for us in Johanna Harmon's figure and portrait class at the Art Students League Denver. After starting the painting in class, I completed it later in my studio using photographs....
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Josh's Fedora
[HTML]Josh was an intense young man who modeled for Dan Beck's workshop on Controlling Edges and Shapes in oil portraits. Josh, who has a career as a film maker, was able to take on varying personas...
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Cowboy Josh
[HTML]Josh dons his cowboy hat and leads us to ponder whether he is fixin' to round up some dogies or to stomp a Texas Two-Step with the cowgirls. Share your story in the comments box below.[/HTML]
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Kat in Black
[HTML]Kat is a timeless beauty who posed for Dan Beck's workshop on Controlling Edges and Shapes in oil portrait and figure painting. I started the painting from life and completed it from my...
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Centennial Farm Haybales
[HTML]The freshly rolled haybales glowed in the late afternoon sun as warm rays sparkled on ash particles in the hazy atmosphere across the Front Range. Centennial Farm in Lafayette, Colorado is...
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Poppies & Vincas
[HTML]This is a plein air oil painting created at Long's Gardens in Boulder, CO. Long's Gardens is celebrating their 108th year in 2013. Their lovely property includes a Tudor style farmhouse, offices...
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Geraniums
[HTML]I am so blessed to have a husband who enjoys gardening and flowers. He planted these beautiful fuchsia and coral geraniums along with red, pink and white begonias in a raised bed around our maple...
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