The Grand View

Art of the Day! Call of the wild at Geyser Basin - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. IN this painting I wanted to recall a confrontation of an elk that was surprised to see an artist painting early one morning near a geyser in Yellowstone. I make it a habit to get up at sunrise with easel and brush in hand, and of course a fresh canvas and paints, and jou...

Art of the Day! Half Dome Yosemite Nationa Park - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. Journal page Sept 19, 2020 My hike up the edge of Yosemite Falls off the trail has proven impossible. Exhausted and we are now looking to find the main trail back to the valley floor. We stopped for a moment to regroup, when from the edge of a cliff, a slight disturbance....

Art of the Day! The Old Redwoood city drive-in - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. I painted a 2001 memorable experience capturing the final moments of the old Redwood City drive-in before its demolition. It was a bittersweet moment, knowing that the era of the drive-in theater was coming to an end. My quick thinking allowed me to position myself in the...

Art of the Day! The Old Bunkhouse - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. In this painting, I painted the old bunkhouse of a historic estate that was established in Mt. Shasta in the late 1800s. The ranch was located on Old Stage Road and was a landmark that old stagecoach passengers would witness as they traveled north from San Francisco to Po...

Art of the Day! "The Rut" By Stefan Baumann - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. In this dynamic painting, Stefan Baumann Illustrates four male Mountian goats as they pursue a young female goat and corrner her at the edge of the cliff. Do not worry the email is safe as she cleverly maneuvers her suitors to the edge of a cliff so she can get away, and....

Art of the Day! Stefan Baumann "Fawns Early Light" - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. Deep into the forest, at The Grand View Ranch, Stefan Baumann Travels and comes upon a fawn nestled in a thick pile of oak leaves, hiding still, while his mother searches for food. Stefan Baumann "Painter of the American Wilderness" brings the experience back to his studi...

Art of the Day! Chinatown Bakery San Francisco - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. 東亞餅食公司 EASTERN BAKERY is the oldest Chinese bakery in Chinatown. It was founded in 1924 by the Lee Family and has been continually operating for 93 years. This painting was totally painted on location a few years ago. Concerned that the old-style of Chinatown ...

Art of the Day! Christmas Day in Yosemite - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. Journal December 25 I left the comfort of my bed at 4 am to start this journey that I have started so many times before. Christmas is such a magical time of year but Christmas day is a day where I want to be by myself painting. Every year for the past 5 years I have trave...

Art of the Day! Majestic Interlude Mt. Shasta - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. This painting "Majestic Interlude" is a captivating painting by Stefan Baumann painted on location on the hillsides of the magnificent place Mount Shasta. Inspired by the paintings of Moran and Bierstadt, Stefan captures the true essence of a location in all if its grande...

Art of the Day! Garden Bloom - Stefan Baumann Available now for purchase. In this painting, Stefan Baumann captures the essence of a summer bloom in his studio that is just feet away from his personal flower garden on The Grand View Ranch. This study excites the viewer with his expressive brushstrokes and his use of color that Baumann is a mast...