KMD2270 Spring Poppy Garden

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Another warm and vibrant poppy scene that is as colorful as our Christmas Season!
With that I want to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season and a Healthy and Happy New Year!
Thank you everyone for your support and enthusiasm in following and purchasing paintings from my "Every other Day" Painting journey this past year!
I can't wait to get started with many more new creations in 2009.


7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2266 Sunlit from Heaven

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I am having such fun painting all these bright spring and summer gardens as the days get shorter and colder! But, alas, we are about to the shortest day of the year. HOORAY. I also wanted to shake it up and see how I do with acrylics, which this is what I used to paint this one.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2265 Wonders of Nature

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Here are some Icelandic poppies that were so beautifully lit I couldn't resist taking their photo. They have been speaking to me to paint them for some time now. The colors are so vibrant and reminiscent of last July's warmer days!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2264 Graceful Harmony

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I painted this little scene because I loved how soft and graceful the poppies appear against the green background where the viewer can imagine the actual greenery. I love to challenge my design skills by focusing on a close up view of a garden and create a pleasing composition that will keep the viewer engaged.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2263 Bathed in Afternoon Light

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I just had to paint this tree again, but a different composition. The late day light so low on the tree just intrigued me and spoke to me to paint. Nature provides such a bounty of subjects to paint in hopes of capturing the moment in time that I see and want to preserve.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2262 Painted Sonnet

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Here is a poppy painting seemingly like the last one I did but from an entirely different garden. Sometimes I scare myself that I find the same compositions and related scenes in very different places. I guess it shows what I am passionate about!

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KMD2261 Free, Joyous and Vibrant

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I am getting many requests for my poppy paintings which of course is not a problem for me! It is such fun to look through my reference pictures and relive so many wonderful trips here and abroad, most of them with my good friend Pat who spends as much time as I do photographing everything in sight. These poppies were found a few summers back as we drove to Nederland, Colorado on our way to the Peak to Peak highway going to Estes Park.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD260 Last Rays of the Day

Week before last I was invited to a client's ranch outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and found it to be a feast of pictures, even in winter where I found the colors so warm in the brush and willows that were found along the Elk River. We were driven all around the property on an ATV...I got to drive one which was a huge thrill. That is where this painting was inspired.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2259 Joyous and Jubilent

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Let's see, poppies......aspen.......poppies.....aspen. Looks like poppies won out for today's choice to paint. These are so bright, warm and joyful that I had to paint them on this very cold, snowy day here in Denver.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2258 This Must be Heaven

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Besides my love for flowers and florals I do have a fascination with trees, their infinite variety of shapes and all the colors they present throughout the year. This beauty was found in a park in Kansas City with the late afternoon sun bathing it and casting long beautiful shadows. This is my favorite time of day as the world settles down plus incredible photo opportunities.

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KMD2257 Gold Rush

I seem to be stuck painting in gold! I am drawn to all of my incredible fall pictures and these yellow poppies which are so alive, bright and filled with sunlight. They make me feel warm and in awe of their beauty at the same time! I guess it is especially nostalgic as I watch the snow falling outside today.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2256 Warm and Glowing

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While in Kansas City last month I photographed some beautiful trees aglow in their fall colors. I not only was drawn to the incredible fall colors of reds, oranges, yellows and every warm hue in between but the great shape and form of the trees. It is such fun to recreate on canvas the warm feeling I experience with the sun lighting up the fall trees.

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KMD2255 Walk the Talk

Here is a little departure from my norm. I was fascinated with the reflections in the shiny floors at the Denver Art Musuem reflecting the various visitors who were visiting , wandering, looking, studying all the wonderful art. This piece is painted on stretched canvas on one inch stretcher bars with the image wrapping around the sides.

Original oil unframed on 1" canvas wrapped around 1" stretcher bars
5"x6"
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KM2248 Mirror Image

I have been busy painting for our holiday show at Brushstrokes Studio Gallery here in Denver. This is one of a series I am doing for the gallery, hence the size and price which are different than my daily painting offerings. I have been looking for new ways to see and express myself and have gotten really excited about viewing reflections of people in art museum floors where the final painting tells the story of the moment without defining all of the elements. I will be offering some as daily paintings again when I get caught up!

9"x12" original oil on linen, framed
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KMD2248 Spirited and Vibrant

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These poppies were so beautifully lit by the morning summer sunlight that I had to find a painting from this scene. I seem to be back on a floral theme again, but who knows what my passion will be tomorrow!!!

6"x6" original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2247 Pretty in Pink

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I found these pink poppies in a garden once again, in Crested Butte, Colorado. I was drawn to the blue background that made the flowers stand out and enriched their amazing colors. To the eye the flowers are pink but oh what an amazing spectrum of subtle pinks, oranges and yellows within the petals.

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KMD2243 Dancing in the Sun

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There seems to be a renewed interest in my poppies which of course I love to paint. Perhaps as winter comes on and our surroundings succumb to the duller colors of winter (until the snow flies that is) it is nice to have the reminder of the colorful days of summer. It is for me as I look through my reference for subject matter to paint.

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KM2242 All Lit UP

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Here is a scene from last summer in the town of Crested Butte. It was a plethora of painting subjects and I was drawn to the poppies being lit up with most of the garden in shadow.

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KMD2241 Esteemed Golden Poppies

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I thought perhaps I should show that I do paint more than red poppies!!!
I was enthralled with the golden yellow poppies in this garden that were surrounded and contrasted with the wild delicate small flowers growing all around them. Maybe next spring I will get to California to see and photograph their beautiful state flower in full bloom.

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KMD2240 Wild and Free

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These poppies were growing at our mountain cabin here in Colorado. In 2000 our place burned down in one of our terrible fires but since then has been rebuilt and once again we are very fortunate to have a little piece of heaven to escape to from the busy city life here in Denver. These poppies came up the year after the fire and are testament to how beautifully Nature regenerates herself and life moves on and beauty endures.

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KM2199 Cold Winter Night

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In anticipation of the winter nights ahead I painted this image from reference I photographed late one December afternoon in Aspen, Colorado. Those same nights are almost upon us again!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2192 Jubilance

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I find poppies everywhere I go. My favorite times to travel and photograph are in the spring and fall when the poppies are lighting up the landscape in spring and the aspen are aglow in yellows, oranges and reds. Obviously, I never get tired of painting these incredible subjects.

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KMD2238 Glorious Fall Day

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I can't resist the golden trees nor the meadows of such warm glorious ochres, oranges and yellows that come alive in the fall here in Colorado. Just today I was walking my dog and just appreciating the brilliantly sunlit yellow leaves contrasted against our deep blue Colorado skies. I always hope my paintings can preserve these magical moments.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2237 Joyously Becoming

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Poppies again! Just can't stay away from the bright and vibrant flowers. I have so much reference for these wonderful flowers that I honestly don't remember where I photographed these!

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KMD2236 A Day at the Museum

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Last weekend I was visiting in Kansas City looking for fall tree reference. Since the fall colors still hadn't peaked we went to the Nelson Atkins Art Museum. What a treat for me, it is a beautiful museum and of course I had my camera and recorded this Mom with her 2 kids studying the large Monet painting. It was a must to paint!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2009 Golden Glow

This little oil painting was inspired from a scene while traveling in Montana outside of the town of Bigfork which is near Flathead Lake. This scene of the late day light was found between Bigfork and the entrance to West Glacier National Park. It was the time of day when the sun is going down, the day is cooling off and everything just glows.

4"x6" on linen mounted to board
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KMD2235 Joyous and Free

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I have painted a scene from this garden before but am drawn back to it because of the brilliant reds in the poppies surrounded by wild grasses and foliage. I love gardens that are just a little out of control that seem to express themselves as well as the intent of the gardener.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KMD2234 Lone Star

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I am beginning to catch up a bit and have been wanting to paint this little poppy since my September trip in search of the turning aspen here in Colorado. This poppy was so hardy and the last one left blooming in the cool fall days sitting adjacent to some aspen trees that I came across early in the morning in Crested Butte.

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KM2030 Bursting in Vibrance

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This small oil painting is a looser interpretation of one of my favorite flowers-the poppy. I have painted many of these red European poppies and each time I do I like to look for new ways to interpret them. This floral was painted in a more abstract manner leaving the background loose in shape and form and letting the brilliant color of the flower to carry the composition.
7"x5" original oil painting on a gessoed board.
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KM2228 Poppy Jamboree

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This was such a fun garden to paint and I have a never ending amount of pictures to keep finding new compositions to paint!

6"X6" original oil on gessoed board

KM2227 Jubilent Poppies

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I have been getting some requests for more poppy garden paintings which is always a joy to do and a pleasant change from my fall scene passion!

6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2226 Grand View

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This scene is from outside the town of Gothic, Colorado which is near Crested Butte. The far mountain was a soft velvety green with a bit of the middle ground meadow lit up in the sunlight.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2225 Fall Glow

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Colorado Fall is so spectacular that it is hard not to just paint the fall colors exclusively, especially as the days get shorter and cooler telling us that we don't have many ahead like these perfect days with winter coming on.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2224 Poppy Reflection

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I have been getting ready for our show here at Brushstrokes Gallery so have fallen behind in the daily paintings! I took this photo last summer in Crested Butte and loved the subtle reflection of the poppies in the window. They were growing underneath the dark wooden windowsill and were a wonderful contrast to the weathered wood.


6"x6" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2223 Infinite Delight

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Back to the florals. I just like to shake it up to keep it interesting. One of the joys of being an artist is to jump around to all my favorite subjects depending on what strikes my fancy! Obviously, it was flowers today from an old photo I recently came across.

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KM2222 Golden Days of Fall

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This is a study for a larger piece that I plan to put in our upcoming show at Brushstrokes Studio on October 17. We found this scene when coming off of Ohio Pass outside of Crested Butte last weekend. Ironically, my good friend Pat had been there the day before photographing and suggested we take a look ourselves. I had never gone over that pass and it was an incredible find. Of course, last weekend was just prime for fall colors and changing leaves and was awesome everywhere we went. Perfect Colorado days.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
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KM2221 Colorado Fall

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Here is my first of many to come from my trip here in Colorado in search of gold! I can't wait to get to more of my photos to keep living the incredible weekend of being surrounded by warm sun glowing thru all the yellow, orange and red Aspen leaves.

Also, the Daily Painters are all posting a painting with orange on Wednesday so go check it out there as well: Daily Painters Website
I realize I have more yellow than orange, but no one said how orange, so think of my colors as orange-yellow!
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KM2220 In Morning Shadows

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I have just returned from Aspen, the Maroon Bells and then Kebler Pass and Crested Butte, Colorado where I saw some of the most awesome fall scenery and colors. You will be seeing some of what I found later this week.
I painted this scene from a place in Provence, France, but I cannot remember where it was! I have so many pictures that now and again I pull one out that I have always wanted to paint but forget where I was as I seem to be enamored everywhere I am!
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KM2219 Blue Door

I found this scene last year while in Greece wandering around the island of Hydra.
We arrived there by boat from Napflio, our home base. We spent the morning exploring the many narrow cobblestone streets where there are no vehicles and only burros for transportation. We were so entranced that we actually got lost and almost missed the boat home which wouldn't have been a problem for me as I still had lots more pictures to find!

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