/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Our bikes race up and down the gentle hills of Provence. Everything has a distinct texture, the colors are vibrant, and the perfume in the air is intoxicating. Every twisting road reveals new rows of lavender stretching endlessly under the sun.
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty The weekend before my birthday has a rhythm I look forward to all year. My wife and I drive out to the orchards near our home in upstate New York, past the loud ones with rides and crowds and toward the quieter places that simply grow apples. We
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty This drawing holds a chapter of Muskegon history that many people remember in their bones. The Russell Block and the Century Club stood through the 1970s transformation when Western Avenue was roofed over to become the Muskegon Mall and surround
/artI just shared an Exclusive First Look at a new piece with my past collectors. I release work to them first, directly and without noise, as a thank you to the people who support what I do and want a closer connection to the work. The public release will come later (if available
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Where this path will end is a mystery. The trees rustle in the breeze stirring up the aromas of the forest. A freshness one always has to remind themselves of in civilization. The light refracts in strange ways at this time. It's when the surrea
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Our bikes race up and down the gentle hills of Provence. Everything has a distinct texture, the colors are vibrant, and the perfume in the air is intoxicating. Every twisting road reveals new rows of lavender stretching endlessly under the sun.
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty At first glance, the scene feels quiet. A single birch stands centered and upright, rooted between color and shadow. But the longer you look, the more you sense that this is not a passive landscape. The tree sees. Each eye holds a different way
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Our bikes race up and down the gentle hills of Provence. Everything has a distinct texture. The colors are vibrant, and the perfume in the air is intoxicating. Every twisting road reveals countless rows of purple and blue lavender. The Mediterra
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Where this path will end is a mystery. The trees rustle in the breeze stirring up the aromas of the forest. A freshness one always has to remind themselves of in civilization. The light refracts in strange ways at this time. It's when the surrea
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty Our bikes race up and down the gentle hills of Provence. Everything has a distinct texture, the colors are vibrant, and the perfume in the air is intoxicating. Every twisting road reveals new rows of lavender stretching endlessly under the sun.
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty When I painted this piece, I was thinking about what it feels like to move through the world while quietly holding a much larger sense of possibility inside yourself. The great fish drifts forward with calm confidence, its body buoyant and stead
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty I stepped into the winter woods expecting quiet and cold, but instead I felt a warmth waiting for me, glowing low and steady behind the bare trees like a held breath. The snow softened my footsteps, the branches reached upward in patient lines,
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty I was walking the same quiet street I always do when I noticed the fox standing perfectly still, as if it had stepped out of a thought rather than the brush. It didn’t rush away or look afraid, just watched the world with a calm that felt earned
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty I stand proud. Even if I'm stripped down to bone I still remember how it feels to be seen with warmth instead of judgment, the air around me humming with quiet laughter and the soft pulse of affection that does not ask for perfection. I have lea
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty I step into the forest and feel my shoulders soften as the air turns cool and clean, the ground whispering with the crunch of leaves under my boots while a pale birch rises ahead of me like a quiet guardian, its branches holding a warm glow of g
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty 🍰 Cheesecake Daydream no. 605 🍰 To purchase for your collection, please visit: https://mikekrausart.etsy.com/listing/217808258 I found myself staring at this cheesecake as if it were a tiny moment of quiet wrapped in cream and cherries, t
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/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty 💜🌻 Sunflowers and Lavender in Provence 🌻💜 To purchase for your home, please visit: https://mikekrausart.etsy.com/listing/534467771 Our bikes race up and down the gentle hills of Provence. Everything has a distinct texture, the colors ar
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/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty 🦔 Lookin' Sharp, Hedgehog no. 599 🦔 To purchase for your collection, please visit: https://mikekrausart.etsy.com/listing/193877751 I know I look small curled up in my little ball of quills, but I promise I am braver than I seem. The world
/art🍂🍁 Fall of Freedom: Join the Movement! 🍁🍂 This November 21–22, artists everywhere are uniting to celebrate creativity as an act of courage and connection. We believe art is truth, empathy, and voice. When we create, we remind the world what it means to feel free and wha
/artBrightscapes: The Way To Beauty 🩷 Brownie Points no. 598 🩷 To purchase for your collection, please visit: https://mikekrausart.etsy.com/listing/531384469 The first bite of a brownie always makes me pause. Warm, soft in the center, with a little crumble at the edge, it t