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Vintage Winter

Finished this small painting today - an abandoned auto in a winter aspen forest. Titled Vintage Winter, 6 inches square, $80 unframed.

Storm's Reveal

The mood of the mountains shift quickly. On a stormy day, the sun momentarily seeps through the clouds to reveal a bright cluster of aspens.

24 x 18 inches 

Oil on linen panel, unframed, $800.

Al fresco

My first painting since having our daughter in December! This is one I have been wanting to paint for some time and decided it would be the perfect painting to begin with after my absense from painting since baby Silvia's arrival. Although it took several more days than usual (painting during nap times of a new born...), I am happy with the results. It brings back wonderful memories of our trip to Italy. We were walking back to our bed and breakfast in Bergamo, Italy, when we spotted these beautiful hydrangeas lit up by this quaint cafe. Dining al fresco in Italy, what could be better?

Aspen Guardians - New large painting

I finished a large painting in my aspen series and thought it would be nice to post some progression photos as the painting evolved.

My first step is to sketch out the general layout/relationships in an oil wash.

After premixing a few colors, usually a light and shadow for each, I paint from top left to right.

After two days of painting.

At this stage, I have the entire canvas covered and let is sit for a few days while I decide what to change, add, etc.

I added some dark tones behind the mid-ground aspens and added a fir tree to the foreground to break up the stark tree trunks of the three aspens on the left half of the composition.

For the final touches, I added more dark tones behind the mid-ground aspens and filled out the fir tree in the foreground and gave it less detail so it would not compete with the Aspen Guardians.

Forest ACEO

Forest is a mini painting - an ACEO, which stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals (aka artist trading cards). This is an original oil on canvas paper with a 1 inch border for easy matting and framing. I painted this after a hike on the Inner Basin Trail in northern Arizona - in the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff.

Available on my Etsy website: https://www.etsy.com/listing/117488082/original-aceo-oil-painting-impressionist

Award at the Arizona Art Alliance Exhbition and Sale

Among the Aspens, third place winner

I am pleased to announce I received third place in the oils category for "Among the Aspens" at the Arizona Art Alliance Give the Gift of Art Exhibition and Sale! My husband and I attended the artist reception on Saturday, December 1, 2012 when I discovered the ribbon, which of course is always exciting. The exhibit and sale is through December 23, 2012. Original art is the gift that keeps on giving! The gallery is open Wed.-Sun. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at the Scottsdale Pavilions at Talking Stick, 9011 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Holiday Boutique this weekend and new Zoo painting

Reminder for those local - I will have a booth at the Holiday House Peoria this Friday and Saturday (November 16 & 17), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. The holiday boutique will feature my original artwork, prints and notecards, as well as works by many other artisans and crafters. The house is located at 73rd Avenue and Deer Valley Road in Peoria, Arizona; watch for the easy to follow signage.

http://theholidayhouseaz.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Holiday-House/409057269148579

This painting is of a young female Nyala Antelope based on a photo I took on a recent plein air painting outing to the World Wildlife Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona.

Giraffe

A colorful giraffe - perfect for the animal lover. This little gem would look sweet in any nursery or child's room.

Image size: 8" x 8", unframed
Executed in oil on archival canvas panel

Turtles at the Zoo

On Sunday, October 27, I went plein air painting with a group of artist friends from Art League West. We went to the World Wildlife Zoo in Litchfield, AZ. I painted the start in plein air and finished it up in the studio a fews days after the outing. Two slider turtles sunbathe in the October sunshine.

6 x 8 oil

Available here.

Satsop River

View from the river on our tree farm in Washington.