A print of an original painting that was inspired during a western loop trip we took in our 19’ Flying Cloud. We traveled through South Dakota to Yellowstone, then on to California to courtesy park in a friend’s driveway before heading off to the Yosemite. Leaving Yosemite through a forest service “controlled burn” along the […]
Don Lake, Painter
Don is a watercolorist who enjoys the slow process of drawing and coaxing real and imagined forms into being. As a painter, he builds up thin layers of transparent watercolor over a neutral “map” or underpainting, gradually rendering depth and atmosphere into the flat initial shapes. His work is strongly representational and dedicated to the visual facts of a place.
Don’s travels inspire him to paint his experiences in the remarkable places of the western U.S., national parks, and abroad. In recent years, Don began making paintings of his Airstream travel trailer in interesting places. His Airstream art has an authentic playfulness to it and always an interesting story behind it. Airstream Life magazine has featured Don's pieces on the cover of several issues.
Because Don primarily paints landscapes and industrial imagery, his Airstream paintings and prints are created in very small editions, making them quite cherished by their owners.
Arizona Campground Sunset – Print
At a campground in Holbrook, Arizona near the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, we set up for the night near another Airstream whose owners came over to greet us and visit briefly. We learned they were from Georgia, and the Airstream bond we’ve now enjoyed for years was demonstrated. This painting depicts our rig […]
Two Belles at Jackson Center
This painting is meant to convey the sense of history that is important to Airstreamers and the importance of the Jackson Center home base. On a repair visit to the Airstream Service Center in Jackson Center, a restored and customized 47 Ford Woody towing a 63 Airstream pulled into the parking lot. I took a […]
57 Airstream Caravanner
This 57 Caravanner was restored by a Colorado couple we met at the Alumafandango rally and was a spectacular example of the painstaking efforts that classic owners take to restore their trailers. In this piece, I wanted to focus on the reflective surface and the color of the awning and matching Zip Dee chairs, and […]
Arizona Campground Sunset – Watercolor
At a campground in Holbrook, Arizona near the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, we set up for the night near another Airstream whose owners came over to greet us and visit briefly. We learned they were from Georgia, and the Airstream bond we’ve now enjoyed for years was demonstrated. This painting depicts our rig and […]
