Oil | Ulrike Opitz

• Changing Landscape - Midway Geyser Basin Hot Springs

  Oil, 16in x 20in. It never fails to fascinate how the landscape can change. Sometimes a hot spring can be full to the brim, next time it is almost empty, and yet the neighbor can be full. To me walking among these natur…

• Grand Prismatic Spring Enjoying the Sun

  12in x 24in x 1in. The different faces of Grand Prismatic Spring fascinate me. The weather, of course is always a factor, like the wind chasing the steam, or it is so cold that you can hardly see anything but thick stea…

• Down by the Yellowstone River

  Oil, 16in x 20in x .5in. The 7 Mile Hole hike leads you down into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and to the river (via the closer campground). As the hike is 10 miles in and out, so why 7 mile? The story goes that…

• Mammoth Hot Springs

  Oil, 16in x 20in. It is amazing how Mammoth Hot Springs are changing. When we saw them for the first time the main terrace was covered with hot springs in their varying colors. By now this terrace is mostly dry, but the…

• Slot Canyon, Escalante

  Oil, 20in x 16in. The slot canyons in Escalante always amaze me. You can walk for miles sometimes squeezing through narrow passages, climbing over boulders in your way, often feeling really chilly even though at first y…

• The Colors of Grand Prismatic

  Oil, 22in x 28in x 1in. The colors of Grand Prismatic Spring are fantastic and inspire me to paint. Especially the thermophiles in the rising steam that cause the lovely yellow never fail to amaze me. It is such a feast…

• Oak Creek Canyon

  Oil, 18in x 24in x 1in. The West Fork Trail near Sedona winds through a wonderful forest that gets you deeper into the canyon. Before long you can admire awesome rock walls towering above Oak Creek. At the end of the tr…

• Sunset in the Grand Canyon

  Oil, 30in x 40in x 1in. Hiking back up to the rim of the Grand Canyon we stopped frequently to watch the setting sun and draw a few quick sketches, take some photos... We reached the rim after the sun had already set. I…

• Sunset Reflections

  Oil, 16in x 20in. An evening walk rewarded with a beautiful sunset and its reflection on the little ponds of the wetland.

• Meadow along Yellowstone Lake

  Oil, 14in x 18in

• Loghome Comfort

  Oil, 18in x 24in

• Firehole River

  Oil, 22in x 28in

• Cody Foothills

  Oil, 18in x 36in

• Partition Arch

  Oil, 20in x 24in

• Springlight

  Oil, 16in x 20in

• Aspen

  Oil, 16in x 20in

• Works of Wind and Water

  Oil, 40in x 30in. Zion National Park is one of our favorite destinations. Working your way up to Observation Point you come through this not quite closed "tunnel". Seeing amazing formations like this is like getting rew…

• Jewels of Nature

  Oil, 18in x 24in

• Giant Fountain Geyser

  Oil, 18in x 24in

• Heart Mountain on a Sunny Day

  Oil, 24in x 36in

• Heart Mountain

  Oil, 20in x 30in

• Last Sunrays Before the Storm

  Oil, 16in x 20in

• Zion Canyon

  Oil, 30in x 40in. Zion National Park is one of our favorites. Hiking never gets boring. There is such a diversity of rocks, flowers, cacti, water, desert...it is amazing. One of our hikes took us to Observation Point. I…

• Crystal Flower

  Oil, 12in x 16in. Beside all the breathtaking things to see in Yellowstone National Park, there are many of the smaller wonders like this "Crystal Flower". Would it be in any other place, it would be a sight, yet in thi…

• Peaceful and Calm

  Oil, 12in x 12in

• Not Even a Gentle Breeze, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

  Oil, 20in x 24in

• Fall in Cody

  Oil, 8in x 10

• Enjoy the Ride

  Oil, 30in x 24in

• Sentinel

  Oil, 16in x 20in. Riding our bikes along the flume trail offered lots of amazing views of Lake Tahoe. The weather was amazing, too. While we felt quite hot at the beginning, the weather changed rapidly. We could watch c…

• Granite Lake

  Oil, 12in x 12in. Tucked away in the mountains surrounding Lake Tahoe is Granite Lake. It is a wonderfully quiet place. A place to rest, or just to enjoy the beauty.

• A Walk in the Woods

  Oil, 16in x 12in

• Hera's Throne

  Oil, 12in x 24in

• Fall at the Lake

  Oil, 18in x 36in

• Subway Pool, Zion National Park

  Oil, 30in x 40in. After a few hours of hiking through a beautiful canyon we arrived at "the Subway". Walking in a shallow creek, with a number of pools, then in about waist deep really cold water, at the end of the box…

• Sleeping Giant

  Oil, 16in x 20in

• Sunset over Wotan's Throne, Grand Canyon

  Oil, 24in x 36in

• Yellowstone Morning, Yellowstone National Park

  Oil, 18in x 24in. On a rather chilly morning in Yellowstone National Park the surroundings seem to steam even more than usually, giving everything a mystical touch reminding me of Tolkien's stories.

• The Subway, Zion National Park

  Oil, 24in x 30in. The Subway is a well deserved name for this natural wonder, even though the tunnel never closes completely until you come to the chamber behind the waterfall. Even on hot days it is a rather chilly sho…

• Colors of Fall

  Oil, 9in x 12in

• Fall Colors

  Oil, 20in x 16in