Yukon Quest

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.

And they are off! The start of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race was today.  You can go here to the official site for pictures and updates. I find this of interest because I used to run sled dogs here in Western Colorado and have been to the Yukon Quest, not as a musher but as a volunteer out …

The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park

Little Gem Watercolors

I was going through some things and came across this pile of little gem watercolors. I don’t know if I had been saving them for something or what but apparently I had just completely forgot about them. These are some favorites. Maybe that’s why they were buried under some other things.  They have now seen the light of day once …

Oops!

Opps! My error. For some reason, as in technical difficulties, the additional two paintings I mentioned in the previous post didn’t show up. If you are interested, please go back and see what got left out. Sorry for the trouble.

My Real Love is Watercolor

If the truth be known, my real love is watercolor. Don’t get me wrong, painting with oils is very satisfying and there are many really great oil painters both past and current. As most of you know by now, I paint in both. People often ask me which I prefer and I have to say watercolor. So you may be …

Learn to Paint the Unexpected by Joseph Alleman

Learn to Paint the Unexpected- Artist Daily blog on Joseph Alleman. I first saw Joseph’s work in Jackson, Wy at the Astoria Gallery several years ago. He does some great watercolors. I’m headed up that way in the morning and you can bet I’ll stop by and observe his work first hand again. I’ll be posting the week long stay in Jackson for …

oil painting by Mike Simpson of an Alaska summer between Tok Alaska and Glen Allen

Gallery Update of New Paintings

Just a short note to let you know I have made a gallery update with of a couple of new paintings I have just fininished. Plus there are others gallery updates that I made recently so you might choose to take a look if you haven’t been there in a while. You can view the particulars for each piece in the …

Richardson Amphitheater

In the eighteen hundreds, Dr. Sylvester Richardson and his bride settled in an area near Moab, Utah. This homestead flat is called the Richardson Amphitheater and it’s where I spent last weekend painting the Utah red rock landscape and enjoying life. To get there, go west on I-70 and take the Cisco exit to Moab, Hwy 128, and follow along the …

My Mistress of the North

Well it’s been sometime since I felt wooed by my Mistress of the North. Thinking back over the last couple of months I guess it’s because I’ve had some other things on my mind. In other words, I’ve been preoccupied you might say. This isn’t to say that I completely shut her out by any means, but I will admit …

Art on ebay!!

If you have followed me for very long, you know I paint a lot. As a consequence, I have a lot of paintings in inventory. From time to time I offer some of my art on ebay. This overload of smaller watercolor and oil paintings, some are plein air sketches and others are just studio ideas I’ve worekd up. I will be posting …

2015 Simpson Gallery Makeover

I’ve spent the last to weeks or so making over the Simpson Gallery. Originally the front of the building was a gallery space with the framing samples and design counter in the middle of the building and the production area for framing in the back. In a weak moment I moved the design counters for framing up front along with …