Bill Jehle Projects

westcliffe watercolors


Mostly walking around our place, working up a little watercolor sketch, taking a picture, wrapping it up after lunch. One might call it lazy as far as traveling to the scenic wonders of the Sangres and other parts of the Wet Mountain Valley but dramatic landscape features were not what I was interested in that summer. I could stand in the road, do a 360 and have enough subject matter to last me for years. Out on the prairie and pasture it was the space: the look of the mountains (farther away than they appear) and the infinitely varied ground cover. The forest, nasty old black cottonwoods, ponderosa, aspen, Colorado spruce and scrubby mountain maple, could seem benevolent and menacing at once.

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hermit lake pencil

hermit lake, pencil, pencil on paper, 12x16in

rosita hills

rosita hills, ink on paper, 12x16in

high prairie flora, south meadow

high prairie flora, south meadow, ink on paper, 12x16in

jeep in the front yard

jeep in the front yard, ink on paper, 12x16in

hope luth cemetery

hope luth cemetery, watercolor, ink on paper, 12x16in

horses on colony lane

horses on colony lane, ink, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

high prairie and clouds on rosita road

high prairie and clouds on rosita road, ink, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

south colony creek on our neighbors property

south colony creek on our neighbors property, ink, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

barn at horn and macy lanes

barn at horn and macy lanes, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

macy creek headgate

macy creek headgate, 12x16in

hayfield and barn off horn road with humbolt peak

hayfield and barn off horn road with humbolt peak, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

trail to eureka lake

trail to eureka lake, watercolor, 12x16in

middle colony creek below raspberry island

middle colony creek below raspberry island, watercolor, ink on paper, 12x16in

south colony creek and cone flowers

south colony creek and cone flowers, ink, watercolor on paper 12x16in

ponderosas with chair and colony baldy

ponderosas with chair and colony baldy, ink, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

south prairie with marble mountain

south prairie with marble mountain, watercolor, in on paper, 12x16in

prairie on colony lane, morning

prairie on colony lane, morning, watercolor, 12x16in

south prairie on colony lane, afternoon

south prairie on colony lane, afternoon, watercolor, 12x16in

south prairie colony lane morning

south prairie colony lane morning, watercolor, 12x16in

south prairie, colony lane

south prairie, colony lane, watercolor, 12x16in

black angus, colony baldy and marble mountain

black angus, colony baldy and marble mountain, watercolor, 12x16in

raspberry island morning

raspberry island morning, watercolor, 12x16in

bridge to rspberry island, middle colony creek

bridge to rspberry island, middle colony creek, watercolor, 12x16in

bridge on south colony creek

bridge on south colony creek, watercolor, 12x16in

small meadow near the woodshed

small meadow near the woodshed, watercolor,12x16in

aspen and cottonwood near the woodshed

aspen and cottonwood near the woodshed, watercolor, 12x16in

raspberry island, middle colony creek

raspberry island, middle colony creek, watercolor, 12x16in

hermit lake

hermit lake, watercolor, 12x16in

aspens and chair

aspens and chair, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

pond on middle colony

pond on middle colony, watercolor on paper, 12x16in

case tractors and marble mountain

case tractors and marble mountain, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

old farmhouse on music pass road

old farmhouse on music pass road, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

spanish peaks

spanish peaks, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

bridge over south colony creek

bridge over south colony creek, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

aspens on willow lane

aspens on willow lane, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

old farmhouse at horn and colony lane

old farmhouse at horn and colony lane, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

herefords on colony lane

hereords on colony lane, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

old schoolhouse on colony lane

old schoolhouse on colony lane, watercolor on paper, 10x14in

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