Artist Ian Fisher poses in front of his unfinished painting titled Atmosphere #127 at Tank Studios in Denver. (Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post) Fisher recently walked away willingly from his long ...

Ian Fisher's "Atmosphere No. 50 (Follow You Into the Dark), 2014." Oil on canvas, 72 x 96 in. Joel Swanson's "Sincerely," stretches about 36 feet along the wall of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Inspired by the sky, Canadian artist Ian Fisher paints large-scale skyscapes that capture the beauty of billowing clouds.

“It’s definitely not easy for me to make these paintings.” He has gone through phases over the years. I’ve seen Ian Fisher paintings that look like realistic renderings of National ...