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 …

Wilson Road Grand Teton National Park

September on Wilson Road

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

Wilson Road in Teton National Park is unfortunately getting to be rather well known. It is a narrow sometimes paved road connecting Teton Village with Moose Junction in Teton National Park. It has become heavily traveled threatening the ecosystem of the area. In other words we are loving it to death. I used to live on the Teton Village end …

Tetons Grand Teton National Park

Tetons Grand Teton National Park

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

This plein air watercolor was done in Teton National Park one fall. The impressive backdrop of the Tetons set of the fall color of the foreground nicely. I used to live just outside of the park and fell in love with the area. This 7×10 plein air watercolor is double matted with acid free matting and backing. Mike is a …

Grey Sky on Jenny Lake Teton National Park

Grey Sky on Jenny Lake

Mike Simpson Available Watercolor Paintings

Jenny Lake in the Grand Teton National park on a cool grey day when I was touring the area on my motorcycle. Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks are absolutely magical places and for a landscape painter, they are paradise. I used to live just outside the park boundary on the Snake River Ranch. This is where I fell in …

Fly fishing on the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park

Monday on the Madison River

Mike Simpson Available Oil Paintings

The scene is just inside the park at West Yellowstone of a fly fisherman on the Madison River. It was an idyllic setting, a quiet tranquil Monday morning. I immediately thought what a great way to spend a morning, any morning but because it was a Monday morning it made it all the more special. The morning had a bit …