Friday, May 22, 2009

I am letting the oil of the Deer dry for a few days and in the meantime I dug out this painting that had an unfinished sky and no landscape and spent the day working on it. I painted on it at the gallery and it was a chore as we are suddenly busy with the tourist season seemingly in full swing. A lot of interuptions and talking with a lot of folks from all over the country. Had one gentleman and his wife who were wildlife photographers fromn Florida who were kind enough to leave some money at the gallery. They were showing us on our gallery computer some of their photography and it was amazing. Any wildlife artist would be crazy not to drool over some of their material.
By this evening I am declaring this painting finished. It is an 18"x24" Oil and depicts the country just east of Encampment, Wyoming on the Wyoming-Colorado border. Guess I must have done pretty well as we had another couple in the Gallery talking with my pardner, Tom Lucas about filming him for an upcoming film on indian archeology and wanted Tom to demonstrate some of his indian artifact skills. Anyway they are from Encampment and she was delighted to recognize the scene as being about a mile east of their place. I call it PLATTE VALLEY SKIES
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10 comments:

Teresa said...

It's beautiful. Love the sweeping drama in it.

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Katherine Kean said...

This one may be my favorite! It's wonderful how you packed so much drama into an 18 x 24" format. I love the intensity of the blue as well.

Gary Keimig said...

Thank you all. I certainly love painting skies and weather as you can probably tell from my posting. Espcecially in my daily paintings blog.

Elizabeth McCrindle said...

Lovely painting Gary great colour and drama.....love doing skies myself :)

Sally McLean said...

I love the sky in this painting!

Melody Lea Lamb said...

Its just beautiful Gary! I love pieces that focus on skyscapes. The cloud formations in your part of the country are just so inspiring. When I lived in Texas, I was often smitten by the show of thunderheads and open verizons! Thank you for stopping by my blog, its so nice to meet you.
~Melody

L.Holm said...

Gorgeous, Gary. Don't know how I found your other blog and your web, but not this blog, too. wonderful to get more background and see your lovely family, and learn more about Wyoming.
LIz

JudyMackeyart said...

Oh I love the rain.
Thank you for visiting my blog.

Judy

Calli said...

This is a breathtaking landscape, Gary! Just so full of emotion and movement.

I look forward to spending more time within your blog, your art.

Thank you so much for your recent visit and lovely comment on my art and blog. I truly appreciate it.

Have a lovely weekend!
~Calli