Victor, Colorado, is the site of many mines, operational and abandoned. For those mines which no longer operate, the architecture that supported them still towers throughout the town’s landscape, a built presence that defines what Victor is, a place locked the memory of a different era and lifestyle It’s eerie, sort of magnificent and veryContinue reading “Victor Mines”
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Butter and Eggs – Linaria vulgaris
Victor alla Prima, sold. Butter and Eggs was painted on site in Victor, CO. It’s a snap-drangonish perennial that stands 18-24″ and seems to love poor soil. It is delicat and detailed. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jean-krueger/butter-and-eggs/778422
Aspens Alvarado
Late in the day, western light, the leaves will plummet to earth in 48 hous. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1003376
Brush Creek Fence
Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed. This is painted using three colors, alizarin crimson , yellow ochre and ultramarine. These pigments are then mixed to create the other colors of the painting. John Singer Sargent, American painter, used this colorContinue reading “Brush Creek Fence”
Forest Mid-Morning
This little sketch is painted while looking west from our front porch. The spruce trees and low junipers are backlit by filtered sun through tall ponderosa pines. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1002293
Backyard Looking West
Our cabin is backstopped by the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. I have to look up at a really steep angle to see the sky. When I look straight out from the front porch all I see in ascending earth covered with trees and brush….pretty nice. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001961
Zac – Plein Aire
Plein Aire quick draw, one hour sketch. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/jean-krueger/plein-aire-zac/763810
Greenleaf Ranch
Looking south, the broadside of barns, bright sun flushes the knolls and ruts, the Sunday afternoon slips by. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001938
Brush Creek – Greenleaf Ranch
Looking southeast, the barns, the fences, the hills and mountains beyond glow in the mid morning sun. The horses are out to pasture. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001942
Brush Creek Fence
Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1001944
