Spike Ress

"Remnants of Winter on Top" 11x14'' oil
Painted on location in Toas, New Mexico during a Spring visit.
Available - Parsons Gallery of the West. 800-613-5091
www.parsonsart.com/parsonswest/...
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#spikeress #parowan #studio #oilpainting #pleinair #southwest #newmexico #colorado #utah #papnm #paput

"Summer Sky over Las Golondrinas" 12x12'' oil
Painted on location. If you have ever visited this place on the south end of Santa Fe, New Mexico you know the amount of eye candy it has.
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#spikeress #studio #oilpainting #pleinair #southwest #newmexico #papnm #paput #santafe #Lasgolondrinas

"Autumn on the Snake River" 9x9'' gouache
Painted on the spot in Idaho.
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#spikeress #southernutah #parowan #studio #oilpainting #pleinair #southwest #arizona #newmexico #colorado #utah #papnm #paput #gouache #watercolor #watercolour #idaho #snakeriver

I don't know about ongoing but yes occasionally.

Yes done.

Very nice of you to say, thank you.

''Sun Set Moon Rise 16x16'' oil
From an area in northern Arizona near Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River.
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Thanks, I appreciate that.

"LaRae King's Neighborhood"
Sketchbook acrylic painting, private collection.

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They are my own works but I'm not interested in dealing with nfts.

Painting somewhere along the Bitterroot River in Montana.
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"Fire in the Sky" 9x9'' gouache
A sketchbook gouache study painted in preparation for something larger.
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I am delighted to learn "Canyon Winter" 18x14'' watercolor has been juried into the American Impressionist Society's 26th Annual National Exhibition! The show will be exhibited at Cassens Fine Art in Hamilton Montana and opens Aug. 1, thru Sept. 2.
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#spikeress #ais #americanimpressionism

Paintng the De Valk Windmill in Leiden.

Starting block-in.

Finished sketchbook painting of De Valk Windmill in Leiden, Netherlands.

Quick little sketchbook painting in Leiden, Netherlands. The block in & the finished sketch.
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Painting in Zundert, Netherlands the birthplace of Vincent Van Gogh. #vangogh #zundert #netherlands #spikeress #pleinair #acrylic #amsterdam #thehague #vincentvangogh

Painting on the spot in the canyons of southern Utah, not finished yet.
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A small sketchbook gouache study of an area near my studio.
"Kolob Glory" 9x9''
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This painting has been awarded the American Artist Professional League Award by the Ridgewood Art Institute's 45TH Annual Open Juried Show, thank you. The show runs through Mar 23, 2025.
#spikeress #parowan #studio #pleinair #southwest #newmexico #ridgewoodartinstatute #utah #papnm #watercolor

@maggie-hellmann.bsky.social‬ Thanks Maggie, greatly appreciated.

"Defying Gravity" 9x9'' acrylic on paper
This is an area on the border in Arizona & Utah in the US. Very enjoyable location to paint..
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Unfinished on the spot.

Finished later from memory.

Finished painting without the masking tape.

"First Light"9x9'' Sketch Book Acrylic.
Sunrise painting in Marble Canyon, the sun came up all the way before I could finish so I had to finish it from memory since I forgot to take any photos.

I appreciate your comment Sarah, thank you.

A week ago on my way home from teaching a workshop in Scottsdale, Arizona I drove through the area around Marble Canyon for some painting time. This was one of four Compositions I got started, acrylic on canvas paper.
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This was an 18x14'' watercolor demonstration painting for my class at the Scottsdale Artists' School last week. It was a good time with a great group of students.
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I had a great group of talented students last week at the Scottsdale Artists' School. Congratulations to all of you.
#scottsdaleartistsschool #spikeress #watercolor #guoache
#fineart

Then perhaps I painted it correctly, thanks for your comment.

"Melt Down" 14x14'' watercolor
This is a corner of a small pond in the mountains high above my studio.
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Blowhard Mystique 9x9'' acrylic. This formation near Cedar Breaks National Monument was named Blow hard Mountain by CCC while working up there in the 1930. The name stuck and has been use ever since.
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I think you just have to tap on the right icon then it opens a spot that I asked you to find the image.

I've been posting my paintings maybe you're doing something wrong?