tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54307021406133708972024-03-13T09:13:57.092-07:00 Mike Rangner's PaintingsMike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-37906764315700701922014-11-05T16:25:00.000-08:002014-11-05T16:25:34.838-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-45393648787126495362014-02-25T11:37:00.000-08:002014-02-25T11:37:37.743-08:00A Winters Walk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-48631036292180397072013-12-02T20:37:00.000-08:002013-12-02T20:37:12.483-08:00Early Moon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-55272358850987148272013-11-11T13:05:00.000-08:002013-11-11T13:05:02.448-08:00Evening Passages <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-33810527489678037852013-10-31T23:11:00.000-07:002013-11-24T16:30:26.842-08:00Dancing Waters <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-5168671940174562012013-10-18T14:14:00.000-07:002013-10-18T14:14:12.903-07:00Full Out Fall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-58248781410725063182013-08-30T17:31:00.000-07:002013-08-30T17:31:37.001-07:00Lost Creek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to start by saying a huge THANK YOU to Matt Smith. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He put together a great workshop experience along with Skip Whitcomb, DanYoung and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kathy Wipfler. The whole week was more than I could have imagined. Each day was filled with challenges and constructive input </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to stretch my abilities and open my eyes to even bigger possibility. </span></div>
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-78546543468999128762013-08-07T07:21:00.002-07:002013-11-24T16:31:42.373-08:00Dave's Drift Boat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-58913294043408493272013-07-26T22:10:00.000-07:002013-07-26T22:10:23.719-07:00 To Much Fun <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-10197375001465006882013-07-17T11:48:00.000-07:002013-07-17T11:48:27.702-07:00Road Trip<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I drive around my area all the time and have a great time going down roads that I have not explored. This was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a great fined the trip yield several sketches and some studio works. I'll defiantly will return again with the change of light and season. This painting will be one of several at this years <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #76a5af;">Art in the Heart </span>in down town Vancouver Wa. I'll be in front of<a href="http://www.artontheboulevard.org/"> </a><a href="http://www.artontheboulevard.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cfe2f3;">Art On The Boulevard Gallery. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cfe2f3;"> </span></a></span></div>
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-13235697937043858382013-05-29T12:14:00.000-07:002013-05-29T12:14:25.110-07:00Early Moon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-28955382728300363192013-04-29T14:15:00.001-07:002013-04-29T14:15:36.959-07:00Tool Shed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-54523480082539974322013-03-29T13:24:00.002-07:002013-03-29T13:24:53.998-07:00Bounty and Community<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over this last year I was invited to participate in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> <i>Bounty and Community</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">invitational</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><i> at OSU</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. I am very pleased to have been selected to show in this long standing event. The painting above was based on a strong sense of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">light and a glimpse rather than a hero painting of just livestock .</span></div>
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Oregon State University is organizing its 31<span style="font: 10.0px Arial;"><sup>st </sup></span>annual Art About Agriculture exhibition for 2013, embracing artistic perspectives on the theme, <i>Bounty and Community – Beginning with Food and Agriculture</i>. The College convened a committee of art professionals to nominate artists living in the Pacific Northwest region for this invitational.</div>
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About Agriculture theme. The College invited seventeen artists to participate in the exhibition, and asked them – in creating and selecting their art – to consider people, places for coalescing around the availability of food and agricultural products, and relevant ideas and communities.</div>
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-1135802820280609762013-02-25T14:21:00.000-08:002013-04-29T14:24:14.515-07:00Caswell Gallery <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">I am having a solo show this March through April at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.caswellsculptures.com/gallery-location.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #fce5cd;">Rip Caswell Gallery</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> .</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The opening will be on the first Friday </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">of March from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">5 to 9. The above Painting accompanied with 19 others will show the continuation of my</span></div>
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-36482572589090079082013-01-07T09:38:00.000-08:002013-01-07T09:38:05.478-08:00Back Pasture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-29658165235631244562012-12-12T22:15:00.000-08:002013-05-29T13:39:52.395-07:00Let it Snow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-86911218598721404492012-10-26T22:36:00.000-07:002012-10-26T22:36:24.719-07:00Fall Light<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Last year I spent some time in Jackson Wyoming and could not resist the temptation of painting some</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The above painting along with 5 other landscapes are now being represented by <a href="http://grandtetongallery.myshopify.com/collections/mike-rangner" style="color: #f9cb9c;">Grand Teton Gallery</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The above painting is one of thirty eight paintings of mine on display at the</span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;"><b> Giustina Gallery</b> in </span><b style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The La Sells Stewart Center at </span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><a href="http://oregonstate.edu/lasells/gallery" style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">OSU</span></a>.<span style="color: white;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The show will feature three Oregon artist William Shumway, Michael Gibbons and Myself. So</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5430702140613370897.post-12647785523697983332011-11-21T12:16:00.001-08:002011-11-21T13:34:26.846-08:00Gros Ventre reveal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrBwqj_RjflYdX4Sb7qYLa7cJP_x1BNoV_m1-sWcIdbiqO5ieru5kC7uffeYXXrjAeSqrYrdGVhKwhzczHm8QtuivFG4GkJqQXO7bjUcHmKsXqKn-vLNlymL89KMXGUAj2klVUdoPR4U/s1600/Gros+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrBwqj_RjflYdX4Sb7qYLa7cJP_x1BNoV_m1-sWcIdbiqO5ieru5kC7uffeYXXrjAeSqrYrdGVhKwhzczHm8QtuivFG4GkJqQXO7bjUcHmKsXqKn-vLNlymL89KMXGUAj2klVUdoPR4U/s320/Gros+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677561993453228562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I had the great fortune to spend 16 days of eye bending beauty camping in the Grand Tetons</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">and Yellowstone.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> The experience was a solo moving and grounding moment.I want to thank<br />my good friend Bud Fields for talking </span><span style="font-size:85%;">me </span><span style="font-size:85%;">in to going. He had been after me for three years.<br />I only can say I'm glad he is so persistent. Thank You - Thank- You- Thank You</span>.<br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >The painting above is not a panoramic of the Tetons but there are several in the works.<br />This painting was part</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" > of the Gros Ventre River next to our camp ground. There alone a<br />paintings in every other step, again just incredible.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >I can only hope to capture the feelings I have for this experience in the<br />paintings that will come from my first visit.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Mike Rangnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14340350275898487444noreply@blogger.com3