Travelogue | Victoria Ekelund

• It's Darkest Just Before Dawn

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1.5. Walking to the beach from our hotel in San Jose del Cabo, I came across this scene. Not only did the color of the sky catch my attention but also the subtle shifts of the foreground with the…

• On The Beach-Sunrise

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 20 x 1.5. I am usually the first one up when traveling with others, and this trip to San Jose del Cabo was no exception. The sunrises last January were amazing and on this particular morning, lots of p…

• Venice Tourists

  Oil, Linen, 36 x 24 x .75. An overcast day in a city I love to roam. What I love about Venice is the alleyways and that nothing seems to be on a grid. More determined by the canals that flow one into another-or so it se…

• Fog at Dawn

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24". From the Yonne River where we did a week on a boat, we had docked here in Gurgy for the night. We were too late to get through the lock to where we had hoped to dock. I am the early riser in the…

• Sunset Spectacle

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24" x 1.5". Walking one evening with a friend at Washington Park in Denver, CO we came across this sunset over Smith Lake. The colors were so vibrant!

• Sausalito House Boat

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20" x .25. One day after visiting San Francisco and on our way back up north where my in-laws lived, we stopped off in Sausalito to walk around where the houseboats were moored. There was so much varie…

• Shell of A House

  Oil, Panel, 9" x 12" x .15. We lived in Orleans, France in the early to mid 60's. On a visit home to visit my parents while I was in Art School in the early 70's my mom and I took a wee road trip from where they were li…

• Road to Mandrakia

  Oil, Linen, 24" x 36" x .75. I don't travel as much as I once did, but I did go to Europe last year, and one country I visited was Greece. My parents lived in Greece while pregnant with me so maybe that has something to…

• Cabin Kitchen

  Oil, Linen, 40" x 30" x .75. While visiting a friend in Arizona we were invited to one her friend's weekend cabin. This cabin was full of potential paintings in my mind, but this is the one that came first. I am still c…

• Please Come In

  Oil, Linen, 30" x 40" x .75". I was sitting on the floor playing with my dog and I looked up and thought, that would make a great painting! And here it is. That is why the perspective is so low...

• Sunset Activity-Lake Garda

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 24" x .25. I was visiting Lake Garda in Northern Italy last fall as it was where we spent summers while living in Munich, Germany when I was a teen. I had so many fond memories of our stays there (I ca…

• Winter Sun

  Oil, Canvas, 28" x 22" x .75". This is at Washington Park in Denver, CO. I walk there most every morning as it is close to my house and it provides 2-3 miles of walking depending on which paths you take. I don't always…

• SoCal Sunset

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 6". We were having dinner along the coast not far from Ventura CA for my sister's birthday. We were blessed with this beautiful sunset as we chose to sit outdoors.

• The Red Door

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x .25. Painting last summer up in Morrison CO with a couple of my friends. I was done first after painting some white lilacs and started walking around the property of the store whose property we were…

• Green Door-Bavaria

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x .25. This door was located outside a castle we were visiting on a trip through Bavaria over Christmas. Part of my 'door' series.

• Still Roofless After all These Years

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. This image is from a trip to Orleans, France back in the early 70's. I lived in Orleans during the early to mid 1960's and this was a trip with my mom to visit friends and revisit our life there. We…

• View from the Uffizi Gallery - Duomo Florence

  Oil, Linen, 30 x 30 x .75. While in Florence, Italy the lines to the Uffizi were so long all day, that I happened it by it late in the afternoon where I could just walk in. That gave me limited time to do much, so inste…

• Sunset Over the Mesa

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 24". On the last evening of my visit to Arizona in April, my friend Debbie and I took our gear to the high school parking lot in Cottonwood to paint the sunset. Instead of painting, as it took its own…

• Reflecting

  Oil, linen, 24" x 24" x .75. Walking the beach as the sun set over the Gulf I happened upon this gentleman sitting alone and staring out to sea. Who knows what he was thinking about, if anything. I sure understand sitti…

• Sunset Over The Gulf

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 36" x 1.5". I love walking the beach at all times of the day. Here is an evening on the beach with few others around and an amazing light display.

• Between The Living and The Dead

  Oil, Panel, 20" x 16" x .25. This scene is from a trip I took to Ireland about 5 years ago. It was in March, so things were wet and starting to come out of winter slumber. I stumbled upon this Churchyard and so wandered…

• Urbino Alley

  Oil, linen, 30" x 20" x .75. Walking up and down streets and alleyways in the medieval walled town of Urbino, Italy. This town had a big market on Saturdays and it was recommended to me by a Brit I had met in the train…

• Homestead Home

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 24 x .1. Near Franktown, CO, an old homestead now on Public Lands and part of a park.

• Venice Crossroads

  Oil, linen, 30" x 30" x .75. Wandering the alley's of Venice you never knew what would be tucked away in any given space. I loved the labyrinth that was Venice!

• Moonshine Yarrow

  Oil, Panel, 30 x 24 x 1. This patch of yarrow is at the corner of our garage. Believe it or not, I have tried to remove it many times over the years. I have given it away, dug it up, sprayed it with round up, you name i…

• Evening Glow II

  Oil, linen, 20" x 30" x .75. A trip to the Gulf would not be complete with a sunset or two. Here is one from a beach near where we were staying on Longboat Key.

• Crossroads

  Oil, linen, 36" x 48" x 1". Is it an abstract or is it an aerial view of roads or is it a crucifix? Or is it a trinity? This painting was a particularly poignant piece for me as I went through a divorce after almost 4 d…

• Day at the Museum

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 18 x 1.25. Leaving the National Museum of Ireland I came upon these great colors and could not resist.

• Marbled Water

  Oil, linen, 30" x 30" x .75. As I was sitting watching the water while dangling my feet in the sea, I noticed that the water patterns kept changing and evolving. I kept taking pictures, intrigued by this unusual to me p…

• Paris Rain

  Canvas, 30 x 20 x 1". Ah, a Rainy Day in Paris...still a great day. I took this photo from where we were having breakfast, Cafe Richard, a pit stop on our way to stand in line to get into the Louvre. Yes, there are line…

• CR 519 Hay Harvest

  Oil, 18 x 24. A scene off a country road in the high country of Colorado during harvest time.

• Cortona Flags

  Oil, Panel, 30 x 15. I loved the shapes and colors and repeating patterns in this scene. It was one of those "must" paint moments when I saw it coming down the hill to the main square.

• Trail Down-Hermans Gulch

  Oil, Paper, 18" x 24". One of my favorite hikes near Denver. It is a heavily hiked trail being so close to Denver so I try to go during the week and not on the weekend! This was summer 2014 when the wildflowers were out…

• Sunday Morning Sea Side Street

  Oil, linen, 24' x 30" x 1". I was wandering around the Irish sea side town of Dun Laoghaire a short train ride south of Dublin last Spring. I had the day to just explore the coast on my own. The town was very quiet this…

• Walk Along the Beach

  Oil, Panel, 24" x 24". My first and only time in Florida and I only had a short time to walk the beach on a glorious October Sunday morning. Everyone was so friendly and of course the birds....I loved seeing all the bir…

• Approaching Tiger Wall

  Oil, Canvas, 40 x 30" x 1. A scene from the Yampa River in Northwestern Colorado. Tiger Wall is well known among the rafting community. It is not only tall and imposing, it has a shelf that the rafts float under as they…

• After The Rains

  Oil, linen, 24 x 36 x 1. This painting is my latest in the alley series I have been doing for the past two years as I explore my neighborhood and try to see it with fresh eyes. Three weeks after I took the photo referen…

• Round the Bend

  Oil, linen, 12" x 16". I had been up hiking on Rollins Pass from the Winter Park side and was heading home. The scenery was so beautiful that I snapped a few random shots on the descent down from Berthoud Pass on Hwy 40…

• Tuscan Field with Poppies

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 24" x .25". Strolling along on a country road south of Sienna in Italy.

• Descending the Pass

  Oil, linen, 30" x 30" x 1". Had spent a night in Vail, Colorado in late April. I took this photo as I was going down Vail Pass. Little did I know that around that bend and not to far ahead I would be in a white out. I c…

• Almost Home

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 36" x 1". Another neighborhood alley that attracted my attention. I saw the hodge podge of the recycle bins along with the yellow buildings and it just seemed a great match. Then the blue car (which a…

• Subtle Fall Colors-St Johns River in Flood

  Oil, linen, 24" x 30". On my road trip through northern Florida we did an Eco tour of the St Johns River. It was November and the colors were so soft and lovely. It was a gray local tone day which was actually perfect f…

• Work in Progress

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 1. I had painted a plein air study of this scene over a year ago. It is something I saw while taking out the trash. I just happened to see these guys working down the way. It was around 11 a.m. an…

• Sligo Fishing Boats

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12 x .25. Small fishing boats tied up in Howth Harbor, Ireland from my 2014 visit to Dublin.

• Blood Moon-Denver 2015

  Oil, linen, 24" x 36" x 1. The night of the blood moon, Denver Colorado; view from Lookout Mountain towards downtown Denver and with Aurora and the plains beyond.

• Rim Meadow, Golden Gate State Park

  Oil, linen, 20" x 30" x .6. This is Rim Meadow in Golden Gate State Park, Colorado. My daughter and I took a day off last fall to enjoy a hike in the not too high country. Golden Gate State Park is located in the hills…

• Texas Hill Country

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24 x 1.5 gallery wrap. Saw this barn while visiting the Texas Hill country around Fredricksburg with the Plein Air Artists of Colorado. Had a great time painting and the Texas hospitality cannot be bea…

• Cade's Cove TN

  Oil, Paper, 12" x 12". this quiet little scene is in Cade's Cove in the Smoky Mountain National Park. I was on a road trip with my aunt through SC and NC and we went to stay with a friend of hers who lives on the NC sid…

• Crossroads - Montepolciano

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 6" x 1.25". Taken on the road in Tuscany. I thought it rather funny that the road curved to avoid the church.

• Adriatic Evening

  Oil, 24" x 24". While I was in Italy last fall, I insisted on a stop along the Adriatic shoreline, which outside of Venice, I had never been to. Since we went to Venice on this trip and it is not that far to go, I found…

• Foggy Morning

  Panel, 12 x 24 x .5". This was taken from our boat. We had rented a boat for the week and were traveling down (up?) the Yonne River in Burgandy, France. This particular day we were docked in Joigny, a quaint town filled…

• Country Lane in Winter

  Oil, Canvas, 32" x 20" x 1". We spent one Christmas in Bavaria staying on a farm. The farmhouse was attached to the barn and it was a working dairy; both my son and I found out we were allergic to something in the barn.…