the land | Nancee Jean Busse

• Sunrise, Grand Mesa

  Acrylic, Board, 12 x 12 x 1/4. This painting is part of the Aspect Ratio series: Aspect Ratio is a series of 12x24 and 12x12 paintings that capture the rugged beauty of the American West through a contemporary lens. Ins…

• WATSON LAKE

  Acrylic, Ampersand Cradleboard, 24 x 12 x 3/3". This painting is part of the Aspect Ratio series: Aspect Ratio is a series of 12x24 and 12x12 paintings that capture the rugged beauty of the American West through a conte…

• GOES ON FOREVER

  Acrylic, Panel, 24 x 12 x 3/4. This painting is part of the Aspect Ratio series: Aspect Ratio is a series of 12x24 and 12x12 paintings that capture the rugged beauty of the American West through a contemporary lens. Ins…

• Mocking the Garmenture of Kings

  Acrylic, Ampersand Cradleboard, 36 x 24 x 3/4”. There is nothing more magnificent than a high country, Colorado autumn display. The colors take my breath away!!

• Gone Fishin’ - Colorado Style

  Acrylic, Panel, 18 x 24 x .25. Silverjack Reservoir is high above Cimarrom, Colorado. The mountains there are dramatic; high and jagged. On this day, my then sixteen-year-old son and dogs Rascal and Annie headed out to…

• The Halcyon Days

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 48 x .75. I find that, when the world seems dreary, painting something full of cheer with a color-saturated palette is good medicine. Even though this painting was time-consuming and visually compl…

• Surprise at the Stock Tank

  Acrylic, Board, 11 x 14 x 1/2". Out back of our house is an old corral, windmill, and stock tank. Our land is no longer a working ranch, so our stock tank is for our enjoyment and the pleasure of passing deer, coyotes,…

• The Old Loading Dock

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24" x 48". When my husband and I bought our home this old loading dock was left on the property. For us, it’s a symbol of the days when it was still a working ranch. The hills behind it change their dis…

• Mushroom Rock

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 x 48 x .5. "Mushroom Rock" is a commission piece, painted for a couple who lives at the foot of the Colorado National Monument. There are so many views of the Monument, but they are all stunning at s…

• Above it All

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. The American Southwest has a variety of ecosystems. One of the most appealing to me is the pinyon/juniper forest ecosystem of the high desert. Camping above Monticello, Utah, we stood on a high ridg…

• The 3 Sisters in the Devil's Garden

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• The Church Off the Burr Trail

  Acrylic, Cradleboard, 24” x 18” x 7/8”. When one loves the American West, the reasons vary. For some, it’s where they were born and raised, and the love is deep and generational. For others, it’s a place they call home…

• Sacred

  Acrylic, Board, 24 x 36. A few years ago, I was in Monument Valley and saw a group of monks experiencing this sacred American place. The image has stayed with me for years. Raven regards Monk; Monk regards you through t…

• Mount Garfield Flies Her Flag

  Oil, Canvas, 40 x 40 x 3

• Odd Light

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. Western landscapes are suffused with light; light from different angles, light filtered by particulates, light obscured by quickly moving clouds. When I looked at this landscape I was enamored b…

• A Mirror for Moran

  Acrylic, Board, 36 x 24 x .5. Mount Moran of the Grand Teton range, reflected in the calm waters of the Snake River on a cloudy day.

• The Old Loading Dock

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24" x 48". When my husband and I bought our home this old loading dock was left on the property. For us, it’s a symbol of the days when it was still a working ranch. The hills behind it change their dis…

• SUNRISE ROUNDUP

  Acrylic, Board, 12 x 28. Sunrise Roundup, a 12"x24" acrylic painting, depicts a horse roundup in McElmo Canyon, a Sedona-like setting in Southwest Colorado. There are over 5000 documented archaeological sites in this be…

• FROM MEEKER TO SLEEPYCAT

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12" x 9" x 1"