"DUKE"

Here's my demo painting from First Friday. 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

"CHERRY"

I can't explain it - I needed to paint my favorite truck again in cherry red!

It was so much fun and it made my day.

Thanks for stopping by - MB

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

You can see my original painting in the left hand corner.

The original was 8" X 8" and the new painting is 36" X 36". 

This is from a photo that my neighbor's Mark & Marilyn took a while ago. 

They are both excellent photographers and carry their cameras where ever they travel.

 They are extremely generous with their magnificent photographic collection.

I couldn't paint George Town - George without their help and inspiration. 

Marilyn and Mark always seem to be in the right place 

at the right time for these one of a kind shots. 

It takes a village!

Thanks - MB

"GEORGE"

Here he is finished. The background is a muted green like photo below.

Didn't get that quite right for this shot. 

Here's my new hanging system in my studio. I wanted to have my

paintings out instead of packed away under my bench. You can

see some scale in this photo. 

Small squares are 6"X6" George is 36" X 36".

Thanks for taking a look.

"GEORGE" MORE PROCESS

"PROCESS - GEORGE"

More process shots of "GEORGE"

"BUDDY"

Buddy doesn't like to have his picture taken - I had to wait 3 months

for a good shot of Buddy and this is the happy result!

Thanks for taking a look, MB

"HANDSOME"

This is my Georgi Porgi Corgi! 

He's a happy boy.

"FIRST TRACKS"

I usually don't venture much into landscape but loved this idea so I gave it a go. For those of you

who don't ski these are my first tracks on this run. It's what we call skiing untracked powder.

This run is a 30 minute climb from my house(that means I climb up the hill on my skis for 30 

minutes - ski down and then climb up to the top - that's a shorter climb more like 15 minutes

then I ski it again - climb up again and ski again) That's how I stay in shape in the winter

and that's why I'm always praying for snow - because I love to ski!

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"BIRD ON A WIRE"

Chickadee II

Thanks a bunch, MB!

"REVIEW"

Here it is. Some of these are from the Plein Air event at

Steamboat Art Museum. The paintings were framed wet - the corners got damaged

I had to repaint the edges so I could frame them in floater frames.

If I didn't mention this, I gessoed my display boards black. The black is a

much better background than the original grey display boards I've had for years.

Only took me 3 years to figure that one out!!! go figure

Thanks for taking a look. MB

"DID YOU SAY BALL OR BUNNY?"

Sunshine's Aunt sent me this photo. It was a pixelated photo

without much definition but I've always wanted to paint a 

dog with a mouthful of toys. I gave it my best shot!

 This is going to be a crazy week for me. 

I'm not sure if there will be any posts - it's not for the lack of painting. 

Thanks for hanging in there and being patient.

Your buddy MB

"SUNSHINE"

Here's what Sunshine's family has to say about her

"Sunshine is the happiest and most loving dog! We adopted her from the humane society in April and we’ve never had a dull day since.  We believe she is half lab, half golden retriever. She loves her toys, to swim, and to give kisses (she even tries to give kisses with toys in her mouth). Sunshine is always smiling! She also enjoys running and playing with other pups. When she’s excited her WHOLE BODY wiggles!! She’ll run in between your legs so she can get scratches. We love Sunshine so much!"

This may be the last post till Monday(I love this happy face) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

&

Thanks for following 

"PROCESS 2"

Here's the next half hour.

Here's the next day - doesn't look like much progress

but that's it!

"A SPACIFIC OCEAN"

6"H X 18"W

oil on panel(framed)

900.00

This painting will be at the Center for Visual Arts in Steamboat Springs, CO

for the month of August. I may leave it there for September too I'm not sure.

"SCHRAGE'S PUMPKIN TRUCK"

"1937 DIAMOND T"

Rod Schrage owns this truck and parks it in front of his business

for various holidays. I talked to him about the truck and found out that

this truck has been in Routt County since it was new. It was originally

a forest service truck. It has had three owners all locals since its

days in the forests of Routt County. Quite a lot of history behind this vehicle

and for Rod some great memories. 

Thanks for looking.

"BLUE AND GREEN"

I have not been taking very good photos of late. I apologize.

I've been preoccupied with matters kind of out of my control.

It's not bad stuff just kind of a lot of stuff that requires

my undivided attention. I have been invited (for free) 

to set up a booth in the library saturday for Art In the Park.

I will post today and tomorrow but I can't promise much else till

next week. I started a large painting and it waits as well.

It's brings to mind - when it rains it pours.

Thanks for your patience. 

I hope to get back on schedule soon.

"MONTH IN REVIEW"

I like to look at my paintings as a group.

It's not like there's a theme 

 oh well - that's what keeps it interesting for ME.

This gives you some idea of what I see when I

walk into my studio in the morning. 

I wish you all the best weekend!

I'm working on something a little larger will try to have a 

post for monday.

TTFN!

Thanks for following I appreciate all the emails and observations.

"HAYDEN GRANARY"

The Hayden Granary is still functioning as it did in the early

days. "There's wisdom in the buildings, and it brings that out of 

people when they're here," Tammie Delaney said about the 

nearly 100-year-old structures. The Delaney's offer up the

example of the men who used to gather at the building for

coffee in the mornings back when it still was a working 

granary as evidence of its history as a gathering place 

and hub for Hayden.(from Steamboat Pilot Today Article)

Thanks for following!

"HAYDEN BARN"

I have to find the name of this barn. Nancy if you know send

me an email. It's on the right side of hwy 40 before you get into

Hayden.  This one is 6" X 6". I may make this larger for the 

gallery for the summer. We'll see.

Thanks - MB