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Day's End, Copyright 2013 Keith Bond, 7 x 9 oil on mounted linen

Scenes like this can never be painted from a photograph. The darks will be too dark or the lights will be washed out. The subtle shifts in color temperature are also lost in photography. Developing the ability to paint quickly (a small canvas helps, too) is crutial to painting fleeting light.

This little plein air study was painted on location near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It was a delight to paint. The sky was painted first (with a few strokes of the top of the dark green hillside to establish the light/dark value relationships) with the forground painted last, since it changed the least. 

Add this little gem to your collection.

You are bidding for the painting unframed.

How to Bid:

- Minimum bidding begins at $100 - yep, that's it!

- Bidding increments of $50

- No reserve price. Winning bid gets the painting.

- Just bid in the comment section below.

- Bidding will end this Saturday morning (Sept 28, 2013) at 8 am Mountain Daylight Time or whenever I wake up and log onto the computer. :)

Good luck! I hope you get the painting.