Portfolio > PLEIN AIR PAINTINGS

When I paint outside, on location, I am forced to work relatively small and fast, due to changes in lighting conditions. This brings out energetic, bold, spontaneous qualities in a painting.

Little Jerusalem Badlands; plein air painting, acrylic paonting, landscape painting
Little Jerusalem Monolith
acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
Vaile Mansion, Independence Missouri historic homes, plein air painting
Gateway to Mysteries (the Vaile Mansion)
acrylic on paper
8x10 inches
James A, Reed Wildlife Area, plein air painting
Early Greens
acrylic on panel
8x10 inches
James A. Reed Wildlife Area, plein air painting
Winter’s Tenacity
oil on panel
11x14 inches
James A. Reed Wildlife Area, plein air painting
A Break in the Trees
oil on panel
8x16 inches
Burr Oak Woods, Plein Air Painting
Summer Survivor
oil on panel
9x12 inches
plein air, flower painting, oil painting
Charlotte’s Pride
oil on panel
9x12 inches
Little Blue Trace Park, plein air painting, watercolor painting, gouache painting, landscape painting
October, Little Blue Trace
gouache on watercolor paper
6x6 inches
plein air painting, oil painting, Burr Oak Woods
Deep in Burr Oak Woods
oil on panel
12x9 inches
plein air painting, gouache painting, Little Blue Trace Trail
The Greens of September
gouache on watercolor paper
5x10 inches
Rocky Mountain National Park, Plein Air Painting, Oil Painting, Landscape Painting
South View; Sun Valley Trailhead
oil on panel
8x10 inches
Flint Hills, Plein Air Painting
Deep Creek Memories
acrylic on panel
8x16 inches
Overland Park Arboretum
Rose Arbor
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Konza Prarie
November Mists - Konza Prarie
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
James A Reed Wildlife Area
The Morning Light of June
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Rocky Mountain National Park
Energetic Handiwork; Moraine Park
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
farm scene
Marty’s Other Tractor
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Overland Park Kansas
Ready and Waiting
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
Prarie State Park
Sundown; Prarie State Park
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
Prarie State Park
Prarie State Park
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
James A Reed Wildlife Area
Heron on Catclaw Lake
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Weston Bend State Park
Fall; Missouri River Trail
Oil on Panel
10x8 inches
Weston Bend State Park
West Ridge Trail
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Parkville Nature Sanctuary, Parkville, Missouri
Parkville Nature Sanctuary
Oil on Panel
10x8 inches
2017
Kansas City, Missouri
Down on Main Street
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
2017
Konza Prarie
November Mists - Konza Prarie
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
2017
Parkville, Missouri; plein air painting
Parkville Back Street
oil on panel
9x12 inches
2015
Chase County Kansas plein air painting oil
Chase County Stream
Oil on Panel
11x14 inches
Wabaunsee County Kansas Plein Air Painting
Wabaunsee County Field
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
Chase County Kansas plein air painting oil
Late Summer in the Flint Hills
Oil on Panel
11x14 inches
chase county kansas plein air painting oil
Chase County Morning
Oil on Panel
11x14 inches
Overland Park Arboretum Kansas
Hidden Garden
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Lyceum Theater, Arrow Rock, Missouri
Lyceum Theater, Arrow Rock
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Arrow Rock Missouri
Arrow Rock Jail Break
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
George Caleb Bingham home, Arrow Rock, Missouri
Morning at George's
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
Van Buren Street, Arrow Rock, Missouri
Van Buren Street
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Arrow Rock Missouri
Arrow Rock Stream
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Washington Missouri Lafayette Street
Lafayette Street
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
Robbins Ranch view in the Kansas Flint Hills
Robbins' Rest
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
12x16 inches
View from Tallgrass National Prarie in the Kansas Flint Hills
Just After Sunset
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air impressionist painting kansas city missouri
The Scout
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air impressionist painting arkansas
Rush Hour
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air impressionist landscape painting overland park arboretum
Nourished by the Rain
OIl on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air oil painting colorado rocky mountain national park
Moraine Park View
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air impressionist landscape painting overland park arboretum
Monet's Legaacy
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air oil painting Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
Location, Location, Location
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air oil painting arkansas cotter
Into the Sunset
Oil on Panel
12x9 inches
plein air oil painting impressionist overland park arboretum
Inspiring Spaces
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
floral painting plein air impressionist
From Craig's Soil
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air oil painting impressionist overland park arboretum
Busy Hands
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air oil painting arkansas cotter
Cotter Bridge Before Dawn
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air oil painting arkansas cotter
Arkansas Stream
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air impressionist landscape painting deanna rose children's farmstead
Top o' the Mornin'
OIl on Panel
8x10 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Two Schools
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Evening Communion
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air floral painting
Allium Invasion
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
painting, plein air, impressionist, Little Blue Trace Park
Snow Born Mists
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
plein air winterlandscape painting missouri
A Cold Light
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air landscape painting missouri Burr Oak Woods
Autumn Aisles
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air landscape painting missouri Burr Oak Woods
Paw Paw Palace
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
big cedar lodge painting plein air impressionist
Golden Bounty
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
black canyon gunnison plein air impressionist painting
Black Canyon
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Little Blue Trace, Plein Air Painting, Impressionism
Cloud Study: Little Blue Valley
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
The Tapestry of Autumn
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
plein air landscape painting ghost ranch new mexico
Evening at Ghost Ranch
Oil on Panel
11x14 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Rainbows' Refuge
Oil on Panel
6x12 inches
O’Haver Lake Mount Ouray
O’Haver Lake and Mount Ouray
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist floral painting
Irises
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Burr Oak Woods Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Autumn Morning
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
The South Lot
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting klondike park missouri
Quarry Still Life
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Red Roses
Red Roses
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air floral painting Overland Park Kansas Arboretum
Corner Planter
Oil on Panel
9x12 inches
Plein air impressionist cityscape painting Tulsa Oklahoma
Urban Escape
Oil on Panel
8x10 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Fall Morning, Meramec Spring
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Meramec Spring Falls
Oil on Board
8x16 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Meramec River Edge
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Jackrabbit Lake Evening
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Dogwood Canyon Bridge
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Impressionist Floral Plein Air
Red Green Show
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Jackrabbit Lake Willows
Oil on Panel
8x16 inches
Burr Oak Woods Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Deep in the Woods
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting Colorado
Mount Aetna
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Willow in Sunlight
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
impressionist plein air landscape painting
Augusta Shores
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Meramec Spring Park plein air Ken Chapin
Misty Falls, Meramec Spring
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Willows on Honker Pond
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Sawach Fall
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Arkansas River, Colorado
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Prelude to Autumn
Oil on Board
12x9 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Bluestem Lake
Oil on Board
11 3/4 x 12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Bodrac Lake
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Ken Chapin plein air landscape painting
Autumn Splendor
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Little Blue River, October
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Catclaw Lake, South Shore
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Oil on Canvas mounted on Board
5x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Restless and Ragged
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin
Indian Summer Rhythms
Oil on Board
8x10
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Meyer’s Place
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ghost Ranch New Mexico Ken Chapin
Cliff Wall, Ghost Ranch
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Holt County Pasture
Oil on Board
10 1/4 x 12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Little Blue Valley, Fall
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Colorado Sneffels Wilderness
Mount Sneffels
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri James A. Reed Wildlife Area
Willow on Lake Nell
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Holt County Fall
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri James A. Reed Wildlife Area
Explosion of Life
Oil on Board
10 x 15 1/4 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri Little Blue Trace
Bike Trail and Bridge
Oil on Board
6x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri James A. Reed Wildlife Area
Morning on Jackrabbit Lake
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Fire Prairie Creek
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Foggy Morning: Cottontail Lake
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Gray Day on Lake Nell
Oil on Board
9x12 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Missouri
Late Fall, Little Blue Valley
Oil on Board
8x10 inches
Plein Air Painting Ken Chapin Colorado Animas River
Animas River Morning, Colorado
Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
8x10 inches