Gateway, Colorado is in the western part of the state near the Utah border. It is somewhat remote and wild, just the way I like it. John Hendricks, of the Discovery Channel, has built a magnificent facility here, along with a world class car museum that is open to the public. This painting, Gateway Palisade, done from the grounds of the Gateway Canyons Resort, is of the palisade that towers over the area. I stayed there in January a couple of years ago. Wonderful place.
11 x14 oil on a linen panel painted en plein air with professional grade Winsor and Newton oil paints. Mike is a signature member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado, a signature member of the Western Colorado Watercolor Society, a member of the National Watercolor Society and a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico.