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Grand Canyon, Moran Point Demonstration

jbeen — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:05:30 +0000

STEP 1. I decided to photograph this demonstration right after I started it, so I lost what I would consider the actual first step. Before this, would be just a quick line drawing like what you see at the bottom of this step. I loosely outline the integral shapes and think about how those shapes [...]

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Governor’s Invitational Show in April

jbeen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:19:54 +0000

While I was in Estes Park competing in the plein air festival they have there, I attended a party at Judy Archibald’s lovely house on the hill for the attending artists. Judy sits on the board of directors for the Governor’s Invitational Show and I asked her if she would take one of my brochures and let [...]

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Estes Park Plein Air Festival 2009

jbeen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:39:14 +0000

I just got back from the Estes Park Plein Air Festival. It is definitely one of the hilights of my year of painting not particularly due to the fact that sales at the show are HORRIBLE, but due to the fact that the area is SO very paintable. The show is put on by the [...]

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South Colony Lakes

jbeen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:18:47 +0000

In July, my dad and I saddled up our iron horses (yamaha xt225s) and met up at the vehicle staging area before where the road turns to 4WD. I had my painting gear and my dad had his fishing gear and we took off up the trail for a perfect day in the Sangre De [...]

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Mr. Ted Turner’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’

jbeen — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:45:04 +0000

In May the Colorado Conservation Trust got in contact with me. They had seen some of my work at the Abend Gallery in Denver and ended up commissioning me to paint what was to become the award for Ted Turner’s “Lifetime Achievement Award for Conservation.” Mike Ross and Patrick Holmes from the CCT got in [...]

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Canyon De Chelly

jbeen — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:21:22 +0000

In mid-May I met a few artists down in Canyon De Chelly National Monument in North Eastern Arizona. Cody Delong, Susie Hyer, Rita Cirillo, Carl Ortman and I. It was a week of great painting, night-time chats, and fantastic company. It’s about a seven hour drive from Salida, CO to the Navojo or ”Din’e” (the people) reservation. The drive was [...]

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Augusta MO Plein Air Event

jbeen — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:37:43 +0000

The Augusta Plein Air Event is a 10 day festival held in Missouri’s rolling wine country. This year it was held from April 22-May3. Every day had a special “paint out” event and was very well organized. The people seem to be very interested, hospitable, and genuinely proud of their community. A scenic drive in [...]

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Painting Wildlife in to a Scene

jbeen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:30:06 +0000

I’ve been putting some wildlife in my paintings lately and having some fun doing it. As one can imagine, wildlife is very figurative and some knowledge of mammalian anatomy is very helpful. Anytime you add a living breathing element to a painting it sort of changes the compositional dynamic. The animal naturally takes precedence in terms [...]

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An Autumn’s Drive

jbeen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:25:01 +0000

Early this Fall, before the “Autumn Road Trip Out West”, my family and I took a most amazing Fall tour through some of Colorado’s best country. We traveled over four major mountain passes and just had a great time taking as many photos as possible with the leaves turning. Starting out in Salida, drive North on HWY 285 to [...]

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My New Favorite Place to Paint

jbeen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:58:48 +0000

Salida, CO is nestled in what has become known as “The Heart of the Rockies.” It’s a small mountain community in the Collegiate Mountain Range of the Central Rockies, and like many other high altitude communities, it used to be a large mining town. It lies along the Arkansas River at the mouth of Bighorn Sheep [...]

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