Tag: Colorado

The Sunflower Series at the Sunflower Bank

Art, Birds, Colorado, Mixed-media, Sunflowers, Two-dimensional work
Sunflower Series at the Sunflower Bank, Longmont, CO

On Monday, I hung my Sunflower Series at the Sunflower Bank in Longmont, CO.  On this coming Friday, tomorrow, they will be celebrating their 125th birthday with a barbeque.  I am very honored to have my work on display for this event!  The bank is purchasing a framed print from me in the form of a Gift Certificate, which will be the prize for a drawing they will have.  The lucky recipient will get to decide which image from the series they would like.  It is a delight that the bank acknowledges the value of art (monetarily, physically and emotionally), and the benefit it can have for their customers.  The above photo is located to the right when you walk into the bank, and to the left of the tellers.

Sunflower Series at the Sunflower Bank, Longmont, CO

This grouping is to the immediate left when entering the bank, and the images below are on separate smaller walls in between offices.

Crow Writes Fibonacci
Sunflower Seeds
Sunflower Stalks
Sunflowers Different Directions

If you are interested in purchasing a print, please click on the above Sunflowers Series wording at the top of the screen in the black bar.

Boulder Creek Painting and Photo

Art, Environment, Growing and Life Changes, Travels, Two-dimensional work

Boulder Creek photo w painting

Many times I’ll capture a photo of a beautiful place with the intention to someday paint it.  Now as I write this, you need to understand that creating a painting from a photo is not the same as to make it look just like the photograph.  If that is the intent, why bother in the first place, just use the photo.

I use the photo as reference for shapes and placement.  If you look at the picture above you will see my original photo of Boulder Creek and the unfinished painting.  The original photo is dark due to the overcast day.  I love to use color and using brighter colors, especially compared to the muted tones in the photo, gives the painting more life and joy than the photo.  The color gives me more of the emotion of how I feel when I think of Boulder Creek.  I use the photo to get a general idea of placement, a starting point for a composition, not as a compulsion to put every single bush, branch and stone into my painting.  The photo is a starting point only.