KMD2382 Curious Look

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I have been wanting to paint a cow for a long time now and when I found this fellow in Crested Butte last month I knew it would become a painting. I love their gentle eyes and curiosity when I stop to photograph them.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2381 Oh So Joyous

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I loved the contrast of our Colorado blue skies against these brilliant yellow poppies and how they appear to be reaching for the sky.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2372 Maroon Bells

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A break from all the goregeous summer colors in anticipation of the cool fall days to come!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2379 Mountain Garden

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I find some of the brightest, healthiest and robust gardens in our mountain towns here in Colorado. This vibrant scene was found right at the motel where we stayed in Crested Butte. The sun was illuminating the poppies against the blue mountain in the background.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2378 Samantha

This is my kitty Samantha, the gentlest, sweetest little friend one could ask for. I have painted many kitties of friends and that I have photographed on my travels, but decided it was time to paint my own friend!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2377 Perfect Day

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Aptly named, it was a perfect day when I found this scene outside of Crested Butte near the town of Gothic. Pat and I had been wandering around the area and got caught in a thunderstorm. After is passed the sun came out lighting up the entire area that was filled with flowers and the atmospheric afternoon light.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2376 The Grass is Always Greener

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This big guy, or gal came over to say hello when we stopped to photograph the perfect pastoral scene of a colorful meadow of flowers with horses grazing. Apparently what was on our side of the fence took precedence over our greeting! Obviously, I am still enamored with all the inspiration from the recent trip to Crested Butte, Colorado.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2374 Illuminated

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While Crested Butte is a plethora of wild flowers, I couldn't stay away from all the flowers blooming in town. The poppies were at their peak in garden after garden brightening up the world as they always do.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2373 Road in Paradise

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This incredible scene was found outside Crested Butte in the mountains near the town of Gothic. A storm had just passed thru while we were out photographing (attempting, unsuccessfully, to catch with our cameras an award winning bolt of lightening).
It is hard to describe the rich and brilliant colors covering all the hillsides and this is my interpretation of what I saw! It was a piece of Heaven.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2371 A Dream Come True

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I am back from an incredible trip to Crested Butte, Colorado which lives up to its name; The Wildflower Capital of Colorado. It seemed that any direction one looked it was an array of color and abundance of so many varieties of flowers. What a state I live in! I have a lifetime of painting inspiration from just this one trip! This scene was a field of flowers found while driving into Crested Butte.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2370 Garden Bouquet

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Recently I have been fortunate to be painting some dog portrait commissions and larger Colorado landscapes in the studio, so for my daily painting I chose a poppy scene to satisfy the floral passion. I really love all these subjects and can't wait to see what we'll find while visiting Crested Butte this next week. I won't be posting until I get back and will have lots of new inspirations to paint!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2367 Glorious Colorado

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Summertime in the Rockies! It is the most heavenly time in Colorado when all the wildflowers are blooming, the skies are blue and the air is crisp and clean.
Next week I will be in Crested Butte in search of many new wildflower scenes. It is supposed t be a glorious year for flowers from all the moisture we have had. I'll keep you posted!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMP5020 Warm Fall Day

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This little pastel painting was done en plein air in Taos, NM. It was on the path to the entry of The Hacienda de los Martinez. It was a perfect morning with strong low shadows, sun on my shoulders and a view that leaves some mystery as to where this road may lead.

12"x9" unframed original pastel painting
$195.00 + $10 Shipping and Handling

KMD2365 Wandering in Rome

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While looking through my photo reference for new ideas to paint I came across this scene that I photographed while visiting Rome. It is so typical of travelers looking at a map trying to figure out where they are while being awestruck by their surroundings. That was certainly me in the magnificent city of Rome. This painting is at the entry of the Roman Forum.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KM2363 Westin

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This is a commissioned portrait of Westin, a magnificent Golden Retriever that I had the honor to paint. I love doing pet portraits as dogs, cats, well animals in general are so near and dear to my heart!

KMD2364 Fall En Bruges

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I haven't posted in a few days as I have been busy working on a big installation, along with my Brushstrokes partners, John and Anita. It is for the Trailhead Lodge of Wildhorse Meadows in Steamboat Springs here in Colorado.
Meanwhile, to address this daily paintings I just finished this one of a scene from Bruges, Belgium. I was there with my friend Pat in the fall and it was glorious. It is one of my favorite spots in Europe.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2362 Springtime in the Rockies

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The Wild Iris in June are something to behold here in Colorado. This pastoral scene is in South Park, Colorado, a vast valley surrounded by majestic mountains. Summer brings some incredible skies when the afternoon storms roll in but this setting was in the morning before the clouds rolled in.

6"x8" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$125.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2361 Lovely and Luminous

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Spring, my very most favorite time of year to wander and meander with a camera in hand. These iris were found on an early morning walk with my dog Farley. He finds my stopping every two feet to photograph a scene as irritating as I do when he does the same to check his P-Mail!!!
7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2360

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The title of this painting is a description of how I felt a few weeks ago while wandering on a cool, crisp spring morning. I have gone to to this street every spring for years and it is like stepping into the country side as most of the homes are on several wooded acres. This scene is one of the few that is the same every year when I return. It was this bright in the morning light!

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2359 Bright as Spring

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This composition just spoke to me as I was perusing my photo reference for today's painting. The Black Eyed Susan seems like such a cheery flower and this scene was such a wonderful contrast of the delicate daisy like flowers with the hardy sunflower.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

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KMD2358 Bountiful Spring

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I found this scene a few weeks ago while driving home from doing a plein air painting at Washington Park. It has been awhile since I have painted outside and what a perfect morning it was. The temperature was just right, the skies were blue and everything looked and smelled so fresh. Perfect champagne days, as my mother called them, have been rare this spring here in Colorado with a plethora of thunderstorms. I am not complaining however as I have never seen it so green and lush.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2357 This is Spring

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Tulips are always the sign telling me that spring is really here with winter giving out at long last. I found these colorful beauties at our incredible Denver Botanic Gardens while wandering with some good friends and, as always, armed with a camera. I loved the less structured colorful scene of these tulips surrounded by the delicate lace like tiny flowers.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2356 Gentle Brilliance

I found these poppies the other day while walking my dog Farley. It was a perfect spring morning with cool temperatures, birds singing and the sun on our shoulders. We have been experiencing a wet and mostly cloudy spring here so it made this day even more perfect. I am in heaven with all the fresh scents of spring along with all the poppies and iris in full bloom. This is my most favorite time of year. I wish it would last a little longer!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2355 Red Paintbrush

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The Indian Paintbrush wildflower is so majestic and one of my favorite wildflowers, but then, I really have never found a flower I didn't like. Paintbrush so liven up the landscape where they bloom, especially the red ones.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2354 Spring Path

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This is one of my favorite scenes from a trip to the Cotswolds several years ago. I would never have found this area if wasn't for my great and adventurous friend Pat, who searched this area out in England and insisted we go there. What a feast of century old villages and gardens in every direction.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2343 The Beach is Waiting

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With summer coming fast it reminds me of all the times I traveled to the Bahamas to visit my Dad on his island. I love the thrill of looking through a pathway seeing the beach a short distance away, just waiting for a day of sun and surf.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2351 Poppies and Iris

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Spring is so in the air now. Denver is greener than I remember in a long time. This painting is from a reference at the Denver Botanic Gardens which I have visited recently and it is such a gift to our city. It has every kind of plant and flower imaginable with such a variety of wonderful settings to wander and enjoy.
With Memorial Day Weekend upon us I will not be posting for a few days as we have the 30th Annual South Gaylord St. Festival happening Sat thru Monday. I will be very occupied with my studio partners as we show our art to the huge crowds that will be attending.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMP5035 Spring's Arrival

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Can you believe it? A still life and no poppies! Well, daffodils are so lively and full of spring's newness and hope that they too are irresistable!
9"x11" unframed original pastel painting
$135.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2350 Walking into Fall

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Even though it is spring, my most favorite time of the year, I was compelled to paint this fall scene found here in Colorado on a trail in the Maroon Bells Wilderness area. Of course, fall comes second to the seasons I love most here in Colorado. The colors in this scene were absolutely stunning with such a variety of reds, yellows, burnt oranges and yellow greens.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2347 Sweet Peas on the Fence

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Did I ever mention that I love other flowers besides poppies? The sweet pea is a wonderful little flower that gives off such an incredible fragrance and grows in such a variety of colors. These were growing at the Denver Botanic Gardens and how I regret I didn't plant any this year.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2346 Spring at Last

Another painting inspired from my recent trip to Taos. We visited the Mabel Dodge Luhan House where I found this wonderful scene. This is a mystical place where Georgia O’Keeffe, D.H. Lawrence, Ansel Adams, Martha Graham and Carl Jung, among many other notables stayed in thier day. It is now an historic inn and conference center.

7"x5" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2343 Spring in Taos

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Last week I went to Taos with 6 of my old college buddies. What a hoot and a howl we had together. Spring had just begun there and it was so fresh and full of new life with all the crabapples and lilacs blooming. I forgot how much fun Taos is and how beautiful the area is, with all the adobe bathed in the New Mexico light. It is fun to have a new subject matter to focus upon!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KMD2341 Colorado Vista

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This wonderful vista is on Corona Pass in Colorado. I was there a few summers ago attending a plein air painting workshop in Winter Park. There were so many places to paint and photograph that I needed more than the 3 days to capture everything.

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling

KM2340 Poppy Palette

This "palette" painting is a donation to be auctioned off at the 2009 Memories in the Making Art Auction for the Colorado chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. It was a joy to have the opportunity to paint for this worthy cause. If you are interested in bidding on it or attending the auction please go to their website for more information: Memories in the Making Art Auction
Meanwhile, I am off to Taos for a wild time with a bunch of old college buddies so I won't be posting until I return on Wednesday, with stories I am sure!

KMD2339 Jubilent Wonders

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I had hoped to get to California to photograph the poppies this spring but somehow I missed this year's opportunity! So here is a tribute to the California Poppy, which is such a cheerful, glowing flower and luckily they grow in more places than California!

5"x7" unframed original oil on gessoed board
$100.00 + $10.00 shipping and handling