Brie Varney

On a Good Day

I took this photo during one our forays into the Garden of the Gods and finally decided to paint it. I like how the clouds’ […]

Happy New Year! Looking forward to another wonderful year of painting, outdoors, and of course, ice hockey 🙂 I’m planning on doing a little more […]

This was a re-visit of a previous painting, Into the Light. I really enjoy all of the colors and how the light makes things appear […]

More from the Pawnee Pass Trail to Lake Isabelle. As much as I love summer, fall/winter is sort of the good life of bouncing between […]

Working on more images I took while hiking the Pawnee Pass Trail to Lake Isabelle. Still playing around with what I call “van Gogh clouds.”

Tried to capture this orange glow against this old tree at Eleven Mile State Park.

A view of Longs Peak from Lake Isabelle hike in Ward, CO. If you live in Colorado and haven’t done this trail, I highly recommend–it […]

When I was a kid, I’d hoard my best art supplies–literally until they went bad–because I was saving them for the right project. I still […]

Continuing my exploration of art deco patterns in nature with this springtime scene from Crested Butte, CO. Randomly not fall, but I do what I […]

For as dry and desert-like as Colorado can be, it sure is colorful. I really enjoyed pulling out all of the colors in the shadows. […]