Plein Air - Painting the West

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I like the brushwork: free but descriptive, not overstated

Some of my favorite views I’ve painted many times are from the Upper Saddle of the Grand. On this particular occasion Alison and I had been heading over to climb the Exum Ridge. Just as we got to the Wall Street ledge about 4:30 AM we were hit by a hugView the Artwork

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Art is not a Commodity

Art is not a commodity in the sense that pens, wheat, computers and cars are a commodity. It is not a necessity or even useful in the sense that commodities are. It is not mass produced, so that millions of units can be sent over from China, and the prView the Artwork

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What Westerners Take for Granted

Written by Julianne Couch on March 6, 2018, reprinted here with permission from High Country News. I never really considered the concept of public lands until I moved to Iowa. I was born and raised in Kansas, the state that ranks number 50 when it comeView the Artwork

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