Selected Original Paintings by Robert Winfree from Juried Shows
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After the Rush
Chilkoot Pass was a major hurdle for prospectors headed for the Klondike gold fields in the 1890's. As more prospectors chose this route to the gold fields, enterprizing outfitters set up a variety of businesses to haul supplies. While hiking the 33-mile Chilkoot Trail from Dyea, Alaska to Lake Bennett, British Columbia, we came upon the remains of this abandoned freight wagon in the snow above the pass. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting, or here for photos taken along our route.
Original painting size: 18" x 12"
Acrylic on watercolor paper over board
Juried exhibitions: Alaska Watercolor Society, Art for Alaska's Parks.
Price (framed original painting) $1,200
Original painting size: 18" x 12"
Acrylic on watercolor paper over board
Juried exhibitions: Alaska Watercolor Society, Art for Alaska's Parks.
Price (framed original painting) $1,200
Bearly a Thought
I found this coastal brown bear resting on a log while at Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting, or here for photos of bears at Silver Salmon Creek.
Original painting size: 30" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011Paint the Parks, 2011 Alaska Watercolor Society
Price (framed original painting) $3,000
Original painting size: 30" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011Paint the Parks, 2011 Alaska Watercolor Society
Price (framed original painting) $3,000
Below the Glacier
As we forded a river below Halo Glacier in Katmai National Park, Alaska, a female brown bear and her cub approached us, apparently seeking protection from an aggressive male bear. As they departed, the cub turned and gave us a final glance before continuing on. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting, or here for the rest of the story and photos of these bears.
Original painting size: 18" x 12"
Acrylic on watercolor paper, over hardboard
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Intersections
Price (framed original painting) $1,200
Original painting size: 18" x 12"
Acrylic on watercolor paper, over hardboard
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Intersections
Price (framed original painting) $1,200
Chignik Bay
As the ferry pulled into Chignik Bay Harbor in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in 2007, I caught a glimpse of this derelict and grounded vessel, behind which a series of waterfalls poured from high mountain snowfields. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 11" x 17"
Acrylic on watercolor paper over board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting) $935
Original painting size: 11" x 17"
Acrylic on watercolor paper over board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting) $935
Elk in a Snowstorm
I enjoy watching wildlife in any weather, but there's nothing more relaxing for me than painting a powerful animal curled up and resting in a gentle spring snow. That's something special about living in Alaska too.
Original painting size: 40" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2013
Judged exhibitions: Prize Winner (First Prize), 2013 Fur Rondy Art Show
Price, as framed: $2,000
Original painting size: 40" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2013
Judged exhibitions: Prize Winner (First Prize), 2013 Fur Rondy Art Show
Price, as framed: $2,000
Fair Catch
The coastal brown (grizzly) bears know when the red salmon return to the Brooks River in Alaska's Katmai National Park. By early September they are patroling the river banks and waiting below Brooks Falls to make their catch. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2010
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4320
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2010
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4320
Family of Musk Ox
A family of Alaskan musk ox cluster together to confront an approaching figure. It's a special treat for me to see a herd or even a solitary musk ox in the wild when visiting Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center also provides wildlife viewing opportunities in a natural environment close to Anchorage, Alaska. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Intersections
Price (framed original painting): SOLD
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Intersections
Price (framed original painting): SOLD
King Cove
The FV Denali anchored in King Cove harbor, Alaska.
Click hereto see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 8" x 11"
Acrylic on art paper
Completed 2012
Judged exhibitions: Prize winner: 2012 ASAC Fur Rondy Judged Art Show, and 2012 Alaska Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition.
SOLD
Click hereto see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 8" x 11"
Acrylic on art paper
Completed 2012
Judged exhibitions: Prize winner: 2012 ASAC Fur Rondy Judged Art Show, and 2012 Alaska Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition.
SOLD
River of Dreams
Through her dreams, a young woman relives her memories of a calm and beautiful place far away. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on paper over board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,500
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on paper over board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,500
Safe Passage
On a trip to the Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska in 2009, we climbed the slopes above the Okomilaga River to view migrating caribou. We hid behind these stone hunting blinds made for the same purpose by Native hunters long ago. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 20" x 24"
Acrylic on paper, over board.
Completed 2010
NOT FOR SALE: (On loan to the National Park Service)
Original painting size: 20" x 24"
Acrylic on paper, over board.
Completed 2010
NOT FOR SALE: (On loan to the National Park Service)
Three Mines Below Castle Mountain
Alaska's Kennecott Mine worked the worlds richest copper deposits from about 1904 to 1939. This September view over the gravel strewn surface of the Kennicott Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, shows fall colors and three mines below Castle Mountain. The Kennecott Mill complex is among the red buildings. The Banjo Mine was built on the large glacier in the top center of the painting. Cable tramways connected the mines with the mill below. I made two week-long trips to the park during 2010, spending several days exploring historic areas and camping in the backcountry. During the first trip in June, the top of the mountain was visible. My second trip was in autumn, when the clouds were lower, but the fall colors were turning. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 30" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2010
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Paint the Parks, 2011 Alaska Watercolor Association
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
Original painting size: 30" x 20"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2010
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Paint the Parks, 2011 Alaska Watercolor Association
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
Tidewater Icebergs
The icebergs below Alaska's Columbia Glacier make for dramatic scenery and potentially hazardous boating. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting, or here for more photos of glaciers you can visit.
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on plywood board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,320
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on plywood board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,320
Time to Sleep
As fall storms approach, a pair of Alaskan brown bears move towards shelter in Portage Valley. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting.
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,320
Original painting size: 24" x 36"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2009
Juried exhibitions: 2010 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $4,320
Twilight Dancer
A young lady performs a traditional dance as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean. To accurately depict the beautiful scene that I witnessed was a real challenge, but I'm very pleased with the final work. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting, and a photograph of the sunset that inspired this painting.
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on plywood board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on plywood board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Valley Fine Arts Association
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
Where is the Ice Going?
The inspiration for this painting was an Alaska Native family that I encountered during a spring walk along the beach in front of the Inupiat Heritage Center and near the Barrow Environmental Observatory in Barrow, Alaska. The father was gazing at his infant child bundled in his wife's parka. Their daughter looked directly at me, as if to ask a question. The man's coat was white, as is traditional for whalers and other hunters on sea ice who need to blend into their environment. The Arctic sea ice is melting fast, and the ocean is now reclaiming much of the land on which Barrow and several other villages were built. Rapid environmental change also portends changes to traditional lifestyles. Thin ice and open water conspire to make the life of a marine hunter more difficult and dangerous than ever. Click here to see detail from a 4" x 4" section of the painting and a photograph of spring sea ice off Barrow.
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Art for Alaska's Parks
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
Original painting size: 20" x 30"
Acrylic on board
Completed 2011
Juried exhibitions: 2011 Art for Alaska's Parks
Price (framed original painting): $3,000
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