Stan Metzger Gallery - Landscapes

Bald Eagle South of Lecompton

24" by 30" - Acrylics on Canvas

Painted from memory, this scene is north of the Kansas Turnpike looking towards the Kansas River valley near Lecompton, Kansas, the first Territorial Capitol of Kansas. This rock fence was probably constructed in the 1850’s. The Federal Government paid settlers by the running foot to build these fences.

Virgin Valley

24" by 30" - Acrylics on Canvas

Until farmers’ plows tilled the rich soil, a vast tall grass prairie stretched from Ohio and Michigan, westward to the eastern Portions of Kansas and Nebraska, withsome grasses reaching 10 to 12 feet tall.

Original Sold

An Early Hard Frost

24" by 36" - Acrylics on Canvas

The memory of anticipated warmth in the farm house ahead, with its smells of coal oil lampsand wood cooking stove, created this scene ofa cold frosty morning in the fog.

Serpentine Lane

24" by 30" - Acrylics on Canvas

A study in subtle colors, the trees’ bark in sunlight and shadow, reveals a rainbow of complimentary colors, while not distracting the viewer from the scene itself.

Fog Lifting Over Rock Creek

30" by 40" - Acrylics on Canvas

There is no question why this beautiful stream came by this name, and most of these rocks have laid in the stream bed for thousands of years.

Water Lilies II

30" by 40" - Acrylics on Canvas

Original Sold

The Storm Has Passed

27" by 48" - Acrylics on Linen

As a child, I can remember noticing how much clearer the air seemed immediately after a rain storm had passed. This work may be my most complex composition to date.

Mirror Image II

24" by 36 " - Acrylics on Linen

Cooler fall temperatures bring a crisper view across Wild Rose Pond, a five acre body of on the artist’s 21 acre estate in northeast Kansas.

Bluebird in the Sycamore

24" by 36" - Acrylics on Linen

The late afternoon haze creates a backdrop of atmosphere for the sycamores, the low sun reflecting from one tree to another as the bluebird rests and surveys the scene.

Springs Along Little Slough

27" by 48" - Acrylics on Linen

Warm and cool primary colors help to give the feeling of reflected sun light versus sky light, along with their complimentary nature.

Low Sun On Den Creek

16" by 20" - Acrylics on Canvas

As an observation, tree leaves are at their brightest on the underside opposite the sun. This late afternoon scene in southwest Chase County, Kansas, in the heart of the Flint Hills, was started as a plein aire and finished in the studio.

Willows (Study)

9" by 12" - Acrylics on Canvas

Holding Its Ground

9" by 12" - Acrylics on Canvas

Although, at this moment in time on this late October afternoon in 2009, a peaceful scene surrounds the sycamore, the tree’s scars chronicle many violent episodes in the streambed over the past one hundred years while adding extraordinary beauty to an otherwise ordinary tree.

Cottonwoods (Study)

9" by 12" - Acrylics on Canvas

Flint Hills Sunset

16" by 20" - Acrylics on Canvas

The mixed prairie grasses in late fall reflect the low sunset in a way that it almost appears to be on fire.

Montana Morning

27" by 28" - Acrylics on Linen

The sun begins to burn away the morning fog to reveal aspens in full fall color. The rock along and in the streambed are filled with complimentary colors.

Path Across Indian Creek

18" by 32" - Acrylics on Linen

For over 100 years, school children have taken this short cut to and from school.

April Shower On Winter Wheat

18" by 32" - Acrylics on Linen

Winter wheat is planted in the fall, lays somewhat dormant during the winter, and is comes back into full life in the spring and is ready for harvest by the first days of summer.

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