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Don’t forget to visit my website at http://www.kellydangerfield.com/! Each year I try to make a trip to Yellowstone National Park sometime during August to observe and photograph bison during the peak of their rutting period. At this time of year, the bison gather in large numbers to breed and it offers a great chance to view a large number of animals at once. This year I decided to concentrate

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  Last weekend I took my first trip of the year to Yellowstone. The month of May can be an exciting, yet unpredictable time to visit the park. On one hand, Spring can be one of the best times of year to view and photograph black and grizzly bears, as they are just coming out of hibernation and are searching for food sources at lower elevations where there is less snowpack. This makes the chances

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I recently posted these paintings on my website and Facebook page, but I wanted to provide some additional information about the inspiration behind each piece for those who want to know. Early to Rise – 20x30This piece has been in the works since I first experienced the scene in October of 2009. I was spending some time in Grand Teton National Park with the primary purpose of gathering

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I’m happy to announce that my work will be featured at two different Montana Trout Unlimited chapter events this month. At each event, a majority of the proceeds from my work will directly benefit the mission of each chapter, which include various projects to conserve, protect and restore the fisheries throughout Montana. My work has always been a meeting of two passions, art and nature, so

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On Monday, I had the opportunity to spend the day observing and photographing bighorn sheep near the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The morning started out with a quick visit to George Bumann’s home and studio in Gardiner, Montana. George does fantastic work depicting the wildlife of Yellowstone and I greatly enjoyed seeing some of his works in progress. If you’re not familiar with

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I just returned from a reference trip to the Madison River area of Yellowstone National Park. One of the things I enjoy most about being an artist is spending time in the field studying my subjects. Not only is it imperative to understand the behavior of the animals I paint, but seeing this stuff first-hand is what inspires me to keep coming up with fresh ideas for new paintings. The emotions I

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Last week I was fortunate to spend some time observing and photographing Rocky Mountain Goats in their natural habitat. Of all the large mammals native to the region, mountain goats are probably the most difficult to find. With the exception of a few areas, they typically spend most of their time near the highest peaks in the Rockies. I’ve been researching this particular herd and location for a

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I thought I would share a landscape painting that I just finished and delivered to the customer. This piece was commissioned by a family that owns property near Judith Gap in central Montana. The view is from their property looking toward the Big Snowy Mountains. I really enjoy doing commissioned landscapes like this but they always pose a challenge. On one hand, my customer is hiring me to

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Late last year, I was hired by a Bozeman-based fly fishing company to create paintings depicting several of the primary, native fish of Montana. I recently completed paintings of the Yellowstone Cutthroat, Arctic Grayling, Bull Trout, and Westslope Cutthroat. Images of the paintings will appear on a series of Montana native t-shirts that will be available in fly fishing shops throughout Montana.

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I recently completed a 6 week painting class taught by Bozeman artist Howard Friedland (http://www.howardfriedland.com/). Howard is a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America and was recently elected to their Board of Directors. There’s no doubt he’s a very well-respected painter at the national level and I’ve always enjoyed his work, so I jumped at the chance to receive some instruction from

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This year, I again had the privilege of creating a painting to benefit one of Montana's Trout Unlimited chapters. I really enjoy when I can use my art to help raise funds for a great cause. This painting, titled "Rock Creek Cutthroat" depicts a Westslope Cutthroat, which is a cutthroat species that is native to the western part of Montana. The best part of working on this piece was a fall trip

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I recently finished a commissioned painting of a private ranch here in Montana and I thought some of you may be interested in reading about my process for putting a painting like this together. I was first approached by the ranch owner earlier this spring. He was looking to have a painting done that would capture the beauty of the area surrounding his family's ranch (they have owned the

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In addition to working on paintings in my studio, I've also been spending a lot of time painting on location this summer. Painting "en plein air" is a great way to learn more about nature. When painting outdoors, you must paint quickly to capture the scene before the light changes. This forces the artist to focus on the major relationships in the painting and the overall feeling of the scene.

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I spent all day Sunday in Yellowstone Park taking reference photos for paintings. I typically try to avoid the park in the summer because of the crowds, but this time of year is a great time to gather bison reference material. Each August, the bison gather in large numbers to mate (commonly referred to as the rut). As with most large mammals, the rut can be an intense time with the males battling

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I'm participating in a couple new art shows around the country this year so I thought I would post my upcoming show schedule:2009 Paint the Parks Top100 and Mini Top50 Competition08/1/09 to 09/15/09 - Kolb Studio, Grand Canyon, AZ10/1/09 to 12/1/09 - Jefferson Nat. Exp. Memorial, St. Louis, MO01/15/10 to 3/1/10 - South Florida State Fair, West Palm Beach , FL03/15/10 to 05/1/10 - Indiana Dunes

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Here's a new landscape piece I just finished titled "Bridger Canyon". The painting is 12X24 and the scene is from Bridger Canyon in early summer. For those who don't know, the Bridger Mountains are near Bozeman, Montana. I paint them often, since they're just outside my backdoor, and they never seem to get old. This is the first painting I've done of the East side of the range; the peaks you

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I had a chance to get out painting for a few hours yesterday. It was sunny and warm while I was searching for a painting location but as soon as I set up my easel the clouds rolled in and the temps dropped into the low 40's. It was still pretty nice painting conditions as there was no wind to speak of, but the cooler temps definitely made the oil paint tougher to work with. The overcast light

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Thought I'd share a quick plein air painting I did today. This is a view of the Bridger Mountains (Sacajawea and Hardscrabble Peaks) from about 2 blocks from my house. At first glance, it may look like a fall painting due to the colors of the trees. The trees are globe willows (I believe) and they turn bright orange in early spring when they are just starting to get their leaves.Today reminded

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Here's another new piece I just put the finishing touches on today. I really enjoyed working with the strong light and shadows in this one. I hope you enjoy.Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep - 16X12

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Wow, another two months have passed since my last blog entry. Time definitely flies when you're busy. I'll start updating more often as I'm starting to do a lot of plein air paintings that I want to post. I'm going to start showing at a new gallery in Columbia Falls, Montana this spring (Iron Horse Gallery) so I've been busy working on several new paintings for them. Here are a couple of new

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Here is an image of a new piece that I just finished titled "The Summer Range". This piece has been a long time in the making and is one of my more significant pieces to date. The idea for the painting came from a summer trip to Yellowstone last year. The setting is looking East from the Soda Butte area towards Amphitheater Mountain and Abiathar Peak. This is one of my favorite areas in the

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Here is a moose painting titled "Fall Reflections" that I recently finished reworking. This was another piece that I did awhile back that had potential but just wasn't quite right. I liked the idea enough to try to make some changes rather than just tossing it in the closet. I simplified some things and made a lot of adjustments to edges. I think the end result is quite a bit better than the

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Here's a small painting I recently finished of Ross Peak in the Bridger Mountains. I've painted this peak a bunch of times but I really enjoyed doing this piece because it was quite a bit different than all of the others.I enjoyed the challenge of keeping the fading sky painterly and incorporating the soft, glowing full moon. I also had fund experimenting with textures in the foreground bushes

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I was recently selected to do the artwork for the Madison-Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited's annual fundraising banquet. Here is an image of the piece I am donating for the event, it is titled "Montana Native" and depicts a Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. The framed original will be sold to the highest bidder at the banquet on February 21st, in Bozeman, Montana. They will also be selling

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I've recently been reworking some older pieces that I still have around. I've learned a lot over the last year or so and I feel a lot more conident in my technique. I don't like to show work that I'm no longer satisfied with so reworking can sometimes be a better option than just throwing them out.With this piece I decided to make some pretty major changes including re-stretching the canvas in

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I'm preparing to start a new panoramic piece of the Bridger Mountains in Bridger Canyon near Bozeman. I took a bunch of photos and did a plein air study for the piece last summer and now I'm finally getting around to doing the painting. Since it has been so long since I did the plein air study, I decided to do another small studio study for the painting before beginning the larger piece. I

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Things have been a bit chilly in my area. I think we're going on 4 days since the temps have been above zero! Since it's too cold to go outside for more than 5 minutes I've been spending a lot of time in the studio and am getting a lot of painting done.Here is an image of a new trout painting I just finished titled "Tailwater Rainbow". This piece is 11X14.

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Just wanted to add a quick note that I just opened a store at RedBubble.com. I'm selling affordable prints and cards of a bunch of my paintings so just click the link at the top of this page or go to http://www.redbubble.com/people/dangerfieldart to check it out.As always, if you're interested in seeing more of my art or purchasing my original paintings go to my website at http://

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Yesterday I was able to get out of the studio and spend a little time in Yellowstone. My main intention for this trip was to observe/photograph the rutting behavior of bighorn sheep. It’s still a little early in the year for the rut but the pleasant weather forecast was taunting me to get outdoors.I got a late start and didn’t get into the park until around noon. I began scouting a few areas

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I spent this past weekend in Yellowstone collecting reference material of elk. This is an exciting time of year to observe them as it's when they are breeding, referred to as the rut. The bulls can be really aggressive and can also be very dangerous. Wildlife is always unpredictable but I came away with some valuable reference photos and most importantly I was able to spend a lot of time

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Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted an update. Needless to say things have been really busy. Here are several new pieces I've recently finished. To learn more about each of them please visit my website - http://www.kellydangerfield.com/."Winter Evening - Gros Ventre River" 8X10"Poised" 18X24"Gardiner River Bugler" 11X14 "Fading Light - Paradise Valley" 14X11

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I just finished this new painting of a brown trout titled "October Hues". This piece is a 9X12 and I will be showing it for the first time on Friday at the Grey Fox Gallery in Bozeman. I'll be the featured artist there for this month's Artwalk.With this piece I tried to loosen up a little a be more deliberate with my brush strokes. I think that resulted in a nice feel and really great color.

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I did this plein air study of the Bridger Mountains last week. This is a view of the mountain range from the Bridger Canyon (east) side from around Stone Creek Canyon. This is the first plein air study I've done that will be used to create a larger piece. I plan to do a 12X24 painting of a similar view of the mountain range. I have multiple photos of the area that will show me all the detail

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I just finished a new commissioned trout painting for a client. This was the first underwater trout painting I've attempted because it's pretty tough to get good reference material without having good underwater photography equipment. In this case, my client supplied the reference photo so I didn't have to worry about it.Painting an underwater scene offered a bunch of new challenges and I learned

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Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I last posted. Time flies when you're busy.Here is a plein air study I did on the 14th up in the Tobacco Root Mountains. There is still tons of snow in the high country but the valleys are very green. I did this painting at mid-day so the light was pretty tough to work with but it was a successful study nonetheless.

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I just finished a new trout portrait titled "Iridescent". With this piece I really tried to concentrate on the color variations seen in the trout's gill plate when it is exposed to light - hence the title. "Iridescent"12X16 - oil on canvasMore new work can be seen on my website - www.kellydangerfield.com

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I did this alla prima painting a few weeks ago but I'm just now getting a chance to post it. I captured a really nice photo last year of the setting sun casting its glow on this historic farm house near Bozeman. I always thought it would make a nice painting. I don't do landscapes like this very often but I was looking to paint something different than the norm.Gallatin Sunset - alla prima -

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This is a small painting I did last week of a grizzly bear. This painting was done "alla prima" meaning I did the entire painting in one painting session rather than building up multiple layers of paint throughout many sessions. The entire piece took me around 3.5 hours, much less time than I typically spend on a piece. I wanted to do the painting alla prima as an exercise to help me loosen up

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I went out last week and did a quick plein air study. This was just a really quick study (about 1 hour) and wasn't meant to be a completed painting. The main thing I wanted to study was the value changes of the mountains going into the distance. This is something that can be hard to capture in a painting if you're relying purely on a photograph for information because the camera leaves things

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This is a piece I did last fall titled "Passing Through". I think my work has improved quite a bit since I originally did this piece and since it had not yet sold I decided to change some things. I specifically wanted to address some value issues that I've noticed as well as adding some new texture to the piece. Here is a before and after:Original PieceNew Reworked PieceI don't make changes to

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I took a quick day trip to Yellowstone on Easter Sunday. The park is great this time of year because there are hardly any people but tons of wildlife viewing opportunities. I didn't make it into the park until late in the morning so that decreased my chances of getting some really good reference photos, but it was still nice to get out of the house and take a drive. Saw lots of elk and bison, as

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I have just finished two new wildlife pieces."Fall Reflections" 18X24 Oiland "On the Move" 16X20 Oil You can see larger images on my website - http://www.kellydangerfield.com

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Last weekend I had a chance to make a short trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Jackson is a beautiful place to visit at anytime of year and it's a great place to view wildlife, amazing landscapes and all types of art. The weather was pretty bad so I didn't have a chance to do as much photography as I would have liked, but I did spend some time at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. The museum is a

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This last Saturday I was fortunate enough to have the weather warm up a bit. This gave me a chance to get out and do a plein air painting. For me, one of the hardest aspects of painting on location is choosing a subject. No matter where you are there are literally hundreds of possibilities all around you. I decided to venture out near the lower Madison River because I hoped to do a little fly

Kelly Dangerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14968532987286483037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527562896475399558.post-17822051155735965932008-02-18T10:06:00.000-08:002008-02-18T10:34:53.080-08:00

I spent some time photographing bighorn sheep near Big Sky, Montana this weekend. This is a great time of year to see them because the heavy snows drive them down from the high country. They are extraordinary animals that not many people get a chance to see in the wild. That's why I love living in Montana. I took some great shots and hope to turn them into a painting sometime soon...

Kelly Dangerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14968532987286483037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527562896475399558.post-404045341877760082008-02-06T10:54:00.001-08:002008-02-06T10:58:33.566-08:00

I have just updated my website with two new original pieces.http://www.kellydangerfield.comAlso, I'm having a studio clearance sale to raise funds for study materials. Check out my website to see several pieces that have been drastically discounted.

Kelly Dangerfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14968532987286483037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527562896475399558.post-33140350116475215602008-02-03T12:04:00.000-08:002008-02-03T12:21:07.179-08:00

Hello everyone, I started this blog to share the daily/weekly happenings of my art career with anyone interested. I especially want to share study paintings, works-in-progress, and photos from reference trips that are not normally found on my website or in my newsletters. I hope you enjoy.Here is a small still life study I did in my home recently. I'm just now realizing the importance of painting

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