Morning Shadows on the Smokey Mtn. Road

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While participating in the Escalante Arts Festival in September, 2016. Escalante I took a drive down the Smokey Mnt. dirt road and saw this rock feature on the way back. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly remote and really wild. Beautiful desert rock formations …

Shaped by Weather

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This rock featured and wonderful old Juniper were right behind where I was camped during the Escalante Arts Festival in September 2016. I didn’t have to go far to paint his one. Escalante is a really special place. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly …

Outlaw Corrals

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These old corrals are just out of Escalante, Utah. I painted them during the Escalante Arts Festival in September 2016. Escalante is a really special place. Any of the country in that part of Utah is special. Better know as the Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument is fairly remote and really wild. Beautiful desert rock formations in ochre, red and …

Desert Wash

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Painted near the Catalina Mts. Tucson, AZ during the 2016 Plein Air Convention. This was a wonderful gathering of plein air arts from all over the country. The convention featured some great artist and vendors. I’ve always found the desert southwest a challenge to paint but this stately sauguaro begged to be painted. I used the wash it was in …

Morning Light on the Elkhearts

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The Elkheart Cliffs run sort of North and South just in view east of Mt. Carmel, Utah. I did two paintings of the cliffs while participating in the Maynard Dixon Guest Campout hosted by Paul and Susan Bingham on the former Maynard Dixon property. This particular painting was done one morning just north of Mt. Carmel. The morning sun was …

Evening Light on the ElkHearts

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The Elkheart Cliffs run sort of North and South just in view east of Mt. Carmel, Utah. I did two paintings of the cliffs while participating in the Maynard Dixon Guest Campout hosted by Paul and Susan Bingham on the former Maynard Dixon property. This particular painting was done one evening from the campground in Mt. Carmel. I just stepped …

Winter on the Crystal River

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

The Crystal River between Redstone and Carbondale Colorado is one of the most scenic little rivers in the West. During the late summer and fall when the run off has cleared the water, it is very clear, and not to mention some great fishing to be had. Of course in the winter time when it is covered with snow and …

Slim Pickin’s

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

I used to live up at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming near the little town of Dayton. I went back to visit one winter and captured a photo of this lone horse out there nibbling on a little of the dried grass poking up through the snow in a place or two. It looked like pretty …

Crested Butte Alley

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

Crested Butte is a really neat little Victorian mining town turned ski resort and summer tourist hot spot. The alleys in these old mining towns make for some great subject matter. I’ve painted them here in Crested Butte, Colorado, Silverton, Colorado and Telluride, Colorado. Fun stuff. This watercolor was painted on location during the Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational I …

Winter Wonderland

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Telluride Colorado is a winter wonderland. Heck Most of the Colorado high country is a Winter Wonderland. Who am I kidding. This is a scene looking upstream on the frozen Ingram Creek with Mt. Ajax in the background. I had dropped my son off to go snow boarding and I wandered around taking photos since it was too cold to …