The Daily Grind

 The Daily Grind #204

Gouache and Ink on Bristol Paper

NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION

2.5" x 3.5" (6.35 cm x 8.89 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

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This artist trading card or ACEO (Art Card Editions & Originals) is frameable, collectible, enjoyable and can be given as a special gift for a birthday, wedding, new baby, anniversary, thank you or other occasion.  It is a one-of-a-kind original work of art, NOT A PRINT OR REPRODUCTION. It is signed on the back and lends itself to framing in a standard trading card frame or book.

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Blue and Pink Diamond Owl

Blue and Pink Diamond Owl, 2017

Acrylic on canvas board

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus

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The clouds hide the setting sun, diffusing the light on the fresh snow on the ground.  On a branch of the old, leafless maple tree sits an owl.  Watching and waiting.  Listening to every sounds.  Hoping to see an unaware squirrel or rabbit scamper by.  

This painting would look best in a space that is yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, or wood.

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Deeper Experience in Retrospect

 Deeper Experience in Retrospect, 2017

acrylic paint on canvas panel

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

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The crucible has been lit.  It can withstand the intense heat.  But, how will the contents inside change?  Choices have consequences.  What will be the result of this experimental decision?

This drawing would great in a space that is dark red, orange, yellow, dark green, blue, purple, black, white, beige, or wood. 

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Chicago Alley

 Chicago Alley, 2017

acrylic paint and ink on canvas board

8" x 10" (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus
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After a long day of work in the Loop, I take the "L" train home.  It's so much better reading a book on public transit than fighting road rage in a traffic jam.  And today I'm just watching all the buildings pass by.  The brown line runs at street level in the alleys after the Western stop.  The alleys are somehow beautifully utilitarian.  

This painting would look best in a space that is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, beige, or wood

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Rows of Lavender In Provence

Rows of Lavender In Provence, 2017

acrylic paint on canvas board

8" x 10" in a vintage frame (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm in a vintage frame) 

© copyright Mike Kraus

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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.  And every twisting road we turn down has countless rows of purple and blue lavender.  The heat of the Mediterranean sun presses against our backs as we pedal back to the village of Sault.  I'll never forget the fields of France.

This painting would look best in a space that is dark red, yellow, orange, blue, green, purple, black, white, beige or wood

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Vineyards of the Wachau Valley

 Vineyards of the Wachau Valley, 2016

acrylic paint on canvas board

5" x 7" (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm)

© copyright Mike Kraus

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It was a sunny morning along the Danube River and we decided to bike from Dürnstein to Krems an der Donau for some coffee at a local cafe.  There was a cool autumn breeze preventing us from getting overheated on the bike path.  Little villages with ancient churches bathed in the sunlight.  Rows and rows of grape vines stretch from the base of the hills to the side of the river.  Just about to be harvested for the famous Riesling and Grüner Veltliner wines. 

This painting would look best in a space that is dark green, red, orange, yellow, violet, purple, blue, black, white, beige, or on wood.

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