Constant Change at Dream Lake
Western Brotherhood
Luminous. Dramatic. Joyful.
Mitch Caster is a Colorado-based fine artist and life drawing instructor. In his oil paintings, pastels, and drawings, his subjects come to life with exceptional use of light and shadows, and extraordinary depth.
New and Featured Works
Birth of a Painting
Here is another painting in progress, of “Early Morning at Dream Lake” 24 x 36.
Showing at Earthwood Collections, Estes Park, Colorado
“I’ve been painting and drawing for as long as I can remember. After many years as a news and courtroom artist, I covered some of the nation’s most notorious trials, and now want to concentrate on showcasing the positive aspects of the world. I love capturing bits and pieces of the good that is around me.”
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
Loveland Museum
Loveland, Colorado
May 3 – June 14
The Colorado Governor’s Art Show & Sale, one of the largest fine art shows to exclusively feature Colorado artists, introduces the public to 62 of Colorado’s top fine artists. The show is truly “Art with Heart,” as it benefits Loveland and Thompson Valley Rotary Clubs’ charitable projects and causes.
Image: Hollyhocks of Taos, 24 x 18
Curtis Center for the Arts
Greenwood Village, Colorado
May 17 – June 28
The Pastel Society of Colorado celebrates its 21st Annual Mile High International Pastel Exhibition, a highly competitive event featuring exceptional pastel paintings
Image: Dancers from Giselle, 18 x 14
The Art Center of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
May 15 – June 30
The Art Center celebrates some of the nation’s leading artists who draw and paint together once a week at the Denver Wednesday Night Drawing Group. Figure works will also be featured in a separate gallery space.
Image: Ladies at the National Gallery, 22 x 28
The Art Center of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
May 15 – June 30
Varying approaches to naturalism in art produced innovation not only in painting but also in architecture, engineering, and the natural sciences. Linear perspective, sfumato, and chiaroscuro can be seen in the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Johannes Vermeer, and John Singer Sargent. The works of such monumental figures still inspire the imagination and captivate the eye.
In conjunction with the Wednesday Group’s display of drawings and paintings, The Art Center will feature artworks from its Permanent Collection chosen to highlight the theme “Contemporary Masters.”
The selection of artworks emphasizes material mastery and observation as a means of rendering. In some cases, works in the display will overlap artists also represented in the Wednesday Group’s exhibition, including Daniel Sprick’s Pots and Pan, oil on canvas, and Mitch Caster’s Ballet Shoes, pastel.
Image: Ballet Shoes, 25 x 19
June 1 – July 1
The National Maritime Historical Society (NMHS) and the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) strive to preserve and promote a better understanding and appreciation of American maritime history and marine art. The inaugural 2025 Art of the Sea is an online exhibition and sale featuring original maritime art.
Image: Snowy Egret, 18 x 24
Cantril School Building
Castle Rock, Colorado
Through June 29
Explore a showcase of incredible works created by Tri Arts Project instructors – artists living and working right here in Colorado.
Image: Traveling Companions, 24 x 30
See more exhibitions I’ve taken part in. Click here.