'Old Boathouse' - Lake Yellowstone

Painted on location from the Lake Yellowstone Hotel area...this old boathouse is still standing despite bearing the brunt of brutal winter winds off the lake. There is a small picnic area nearby...and a beach...no crowds...perfect in the warm afternoon of summer.  BTW...I will be leaving for Yellowstone [Mammoth area] for the summer season.   Cheers. KM

8x10 oil on panel  

** I am now situated in the Yellowstone high country...rainy and cold for the month of May...it is now early June.  

Send me some sun!

**Update...now the end of June...finally a few scattered sun/clouds days. Yay!
***Later update...now into the Fall season...early October.   I will be leaving Yellowstone soon and am looking forward to translating into paint what I have seen and felt about my experiences here.  I will be teaching a couple plein-air painting workshops this winter.  It will be good to get back to work in my desert studio.  KM

          

'Afternoon Rising' - Grand Staircase NM - Utah

Here is a piece I am in the process of working out the final details.  There are some problems to be solved with lighting and adjustments of color...and a few tweaks to composition.  I will post the completed painting soon and let you know some of my thoughts for my choices when seeking resolution.  

11x14 oil on panel

'Degrees of Separation' - Lake Yellowstone

On a blustery early September afternoon I was out for a cruise.  After awhile..I stopped along Lake Yellowstone's shores...and after walking a few minutes I found this area.  Small quiet rivulets of hot water were sliding down to the Lake's cold cold waters...the white chalky rocks...the expanse of blue water...the wind off the Lake was fierce.  I was blown away [well almost].  Here is an impression of that experience from my studio where no winds prevail.

8x10 oil on panel            

'Lake Yellowstone Hotel' - early June

The title says it all...and a testament to lots of snow the winter before.  As I remember...I think the Lake was still frozen when I painted this.  Then all of a sudden one day...it wasn't.  Magic.

8x10 oil on panel         

'Powell Point' - Utah

This small 8x10 oil was painted plein-air late in the afternoon while standing on one of the red dirt tracks found in the area [great for off-road adventures].  Fading sun on the magnificent Powell Point...the highest plateau in the Bryce region.  This 10,000'+  formation can easily be seen from throughout southern Utah.  The bristlecone pine forests on it's crown are the best I have ever seen...many old patriarchs...and even young healthy trees.  A good feeling.

8x10 oil on panel             

'Lakeshore Drive' - Yellowstone

Late summer afternoon on the shores of the high-elevation Lake Yellowstone...typical scene while on a short stroll from the historic Lake Hotel to the quaint Yellowstone Store for an ice cream.  This was one of my favorite things to do...beautiful colors and a treat at the end!

8x10 oil on panel