BUFFALO KAPLINSKI

Elizabeth, Colorado

Buffalo Kaplinski was born in Chicago, and studied at the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. After working as a commercial artist, the lure of the American Southwest took him to Taos, New Mexico, where his career as a fine artist began over 50 years ago. He quickly became known as a fine contemporary landscape artist working in watercolor and acrylic. His work is in numerous corporate collections and hundreds of private collections, and has been exhibited by the American Watercolor Society, the Artists of America Show, and the National Academy of Design.

I wanted to do a painting that would capture the vastness of the Grand Canyon and the various plateaus within it. All the forms in the canyon have a very eye-catching design and pleasing color and this is apparent at Moran Point. The Grand Canyon is world class scenery and is one of my favorite places next to Malispina Glacier in Alaska and Iguacu Falls in Brazil. The colors I’ve selected are complimentary, warm and cool. The shadows are done with an exquisite color–iridescent manganese blue. The sky is a very wet watercolor wash complimented by the more hard-edge forms of the canyon. I find the Grand Canyon is a true wonder and challenge to paint!

Molten Sky Over Moran Point – Grand Canyon | 18x24, watercolor