Fall in Denali National Park

A group of us took a land and sea tour to Alaska using Royal Caribbean's tour package in early September 2009. We got to visit the most beautiful Denali National Park that was in the pick of fall colors - red, yellow, purple, blue, and green. We had the breathtaking 360 degree view of the park. My pictures would not do the justice. The park is opened from May through September. I plan to paint a series of Alaska landscapes. Here it is my first one on Denali's fall colors. Yes, the mountain hills were covered by the red fireweeds. They are very red!
Oil on canvas board, 9x12

Sunset Lilies

Yellow in lilies is not a common color. I found these beauties in Hualian, Taiwan. Under the water reflection of sunset, two kois swimming toward the lilies. This painting was done using several photos I took to compose them into one piece of art. It took me a while to come up with this composition. I sketched the draft in pencil a few different compositions and settled with this result. This painting has been juried and accepted in the Artoberfest Fine Art Show in New Braunfels, Texas. The show runs from Oct 3 through Nov 14, 2009.
Oil on canvas board, 12x16