Polecat Creek
Pole Cat Creek is located not far from the campground at Flagg Ranch in Teton National Park. I was camped there in the fall of 2015 while I painted in the Yellowstone/Grand Teton National parks. It was a rainy week but on the last day the sun finally shone and I took advantage of the break in the weather to …
Fire Hole River
The western part of Yellowstone National Park where the Fire Hole River is probably my favorite part of the park. This particular part is where water flows over a colorful rock structure into the Fire Hole. I painted this while my wife and kids hiked up to a viewing area above me. This 6×9 plein air watercolor was painted with …
Grey Sky on Jenny Lake
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 …
On the Gibbon River
A studio watercolor I did of a fly fisherman getting some quality solo time in a magical setting on the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. This painting was based on a study I did en plein air one summer while riding my motorcycle to an art show in Helena, MT. 14 x 24 image size original watercolor by Mike …
Monday on the Madison River
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 …