Photo Gallery
"The Blueberry Pickers"
18 x 24
Oil on Canvas
Mark Szymanski
I was up at Hoeft State Park wandering along some scenic trails and came upon an area which reminded me of my youth. I remember my future Mother and Father-in-law taking my future wife and I out blueberry picking in a meadow in the woods. This area was so similar that it brought those long forgotten memories back to me and helped me relive a
"Rivers Repose"
16 x 20
Oil on Canvas
Jacob Szymanski
A view up the Rifle River. I was taken by the chaos of the greenery, the reflections of the sky on the water as well as the snags in the river. The trees, some leaning quite far over the river, valiantly holding the banks back; while the river, ever winding, never minding anything except it flowing towards the Great Lakes.
"Shifting Sands"
18 x 24
Oil on Canvas
Jacob Szymanski
One of my favorite places in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is at Hoeft State Park on the shores of Lake Huron. The patterns of the dunes there are complex and ever shifting. The dune vegetation claiming its spot and making order out of disorder and the dunes drifting themselves depending on the wind and dissolving and reforming. A red cargo ship
"Morning Revealed"
24 x 36
Oil on Canvas
Mark Szymanski
One of my favorite times of day, the sun just breaking the horizon. There are tall dunes here and the wind was strong creating loud and tall waves. I could hear the crashing of the waves on the beach long before reaching the beach. Carefully making my way up the dune, the morning hid the view from me until I crested the top of the dune and the da
"Closing Light"
24x24
Oil on Canvas
Mark Szymanski
This is a composite of two places along the Rifle River. The two views are portions near each other - one is looking upstream of a footbridge and kayak launch, In that view there were some tall pines grounded and holding strong and reminded me of a cathedral. On the left in the same location was a chaotic growth of shrubs, grasses, and reeds. The riv
"Silent Watcher"
24 x 30
Oil on Canvas
Jacob Szymanski
A painting made from a wonderful visit at 40 mile Point Lighthouse. The wind was blowing briskly, cooling an otherwise warm day. It was a refreshing walk along a warm sandy beach with many shells and detritus washed up along the shoreline. From this view much of the lighthouse was in shadow cast from the trees making for an interesting a creatin