"Hot Fields of Lilac" by Lynda Cookson
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Showing posts with label hills. Show all posts
Sunday, December 2, 2018
"Hot Fields of Lilac" by Lynda Cookson
This is a painting created and sold some years ago ... but I was feeling cold this morning and needed something warm to look at!! LOL
Thursday, March 1, 2018
"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson
A double challenge for me - watercolour is always a challenge, and this is Painting no. 22 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.
Inspired by my years living in Connemara in Ireland :
"Cottage in the Hills"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (25 cm x 36 cm)
Inspired by my years living in Connemara in Ireland :
"Cottage in the Hills"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (25 cm x 36 cm)
"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson
All the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge paintings are for sale here :
Sunday, July 3, 2016
"Blue Mountains" by Lynda Cookson
Being a self-taught artist ... with a handful of well-selected art courses thrown in there ... I've tried my hand at various styles, even within the palette knife spectrum. This is one of them, only recently uploaded for sale.
Please CLICK HERE or click the image or its title
Saturday, April 16, 2016
"Southwest Panorama in Reds" by Karla Nolan, watercolor on paper
There is something about the colors of the cliffs, hills, mesas, and mountains in the Southwest United States that is so intriguing to me. There is no one shade of red involved, instead there are underlying purples, oranges, yellows, browns. Usually there is a bright blue sky with incoming storms fully in view when observing the clouds. I love it here in Colorado and also seeing the view in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.
"Southwest Panorama in Reds", 11.5"x22" watercolor on paper, $195 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, contact me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Sunday, December 6, 2015
"Happy Fields" by Karla Nolan, original framed and matted watercolor and ink painting
This is a wonderfully priced framed and matted artwork available at EsScentuals in Fort Collins, Colorado, owned by beautifully designed by my dear friend, Meg. It is, of course, depicting my dearly loved Italian and French poppy fields and will, as the title attests, make you happy (I hope)!
"Happy Fields" original 5"x7" watercolor and ink painting, matted and framed as shown, $75 contact EsScentuals at 970-484-7862 for more
information
Thanks for looking!
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Friday, November 6, 2015
"Carmine Hills" by Karla Nolan, original watercolor painting on paper
You know, sometimes simpler just seems to be better and in the case of this watercolor painting, it seems to work! Almost pure color, although at a close up view you'll see different hues and shades of reds. Ah, I just love color!
"Carmine Hills", 10.5"x4.75" watercolor (unmatted), $95 which includes s/h in continental U.S., contact me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information, Paypal accepted
Thanks for looking!
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Impressionist Landscape, Palette Knife Painting, 12x18, Acrylic on Canvas by Karin Neuvirth
Hills Back Home
by Karin Neuvirth
12"x18" Acrylic on Canvas
$250.00
To see more of My work check out my website.
Check out my Daily Painting Blog.
Being born and raised in Minnesota, I am very emotional about the seasons here in the Midwest and it shows in my work.
Color is the predominant Element in my art. I love color because it can express so many of the feelings that I want to incorporate into my work.
I paint in an expressionistic style. I use dramatic colors and loose brushwork to give the impression of familiar shapes and objects without focusing on the details.
I do both the fused glass and the silver work involved in creating my jewelry.
Monday, December 1, 2014
"Poppy Field Near Aveyron, France" by Karla Nolan, matted watercolor painting
I've
been flipping between watercolor painting and painting onto glass
lately. It's not that I can't make up my mind, I rather enjoy the
variety. I know some folks say "stick with one genre or medium" but
that's simply not in my nature. It's educational, at least for me, to
go back and forth and even sparks my imagination and experimentation!
Yes, it's yet another poppy painting, and yes, it's another painting of
France, but, hey, why not? Can you have too much of a happy flower or
lovely country (along with Italy, of course, and, while I'm at it,
Israel, England, Wales, Ireland....need I say more?)
"Poppy
Field Near Aveyron, France" by Karla Nolan, matted 8"x10" watercolor
painting, $75 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button listed on my blogspot
below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Thursday, November 20, 2014
"Green Hills of Ireland", 9.5"x13" original watercolor painting by Karla Nolan
There
are so many shades and hues of green in Ireland, I don't believe that
one could name them all. Accompanied by the grey clouds overhead, there
are subtle, rolling hills, walls of stone separating lots, quaint old
houses surrounded by bushes and trees, wildflowers growing in the green
(!) meadows. What glorious memories I have!
"Green Hills of Ireland", 9.5"x13" original watercolor painting, $135
includes s/h in continental U.S., click
Paypal button listed at my blogspot below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Thursday, October 9, 2014
"Gold in Those Red Hills", original watercolor painting by Karla Nolan
A
little more experimentation on the old watercolor paper! I really
enjoyed painting this one -- "gold in them thar hills" sounds a bit
tacky but -- it just reminded me so much of the southwestern part of the
U.S., part Colorado, Utah, Arizona and so on. You just never know what
lies in the red rocks, hills, cliffs, with the turquoise skies
overhead. To me these are the quintessential Western colors of our
terrain out here. Happy, happy!
"Gold in Those Red Hills", original watercolor
painting, 5"x8.5", $65
includes s/h in continental U.S., click
Paypal button on my blogspot listed below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
Thanks for viewing my art! Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."--French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving treasured moments...the reasons I paint and make artwork. The creative acts are surely the most pleasant and yet difficult of all. Color and form are special friends. The challenge of perfecting artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life. Judaica is my most challenging art...Hebrew and I don't always get along!
I'm mainly self-taught in art, relying on intuition, experimentation, benefiting from studying books, visiting museums, galleries and learning painting techniques from other artist friends/relatives. I've studied pastels with Clive Tyler, taken oils with Daniel Edmondson. My newest medium is painting on glass, inspired by an Italian master, bringing this art technique home and applying my own topics. My oils are mainly with palette knife.
This art style might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. Favorite contemporary artists include Cruciani, L Horowitz, Berberian, S Stork, C Tyler, D Edmondson.
"Life is short, use color!"
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Day 43, Project 125 Yamhill, Oregon Red Barn oil landscape painting BECKY JOY
© 2013 Becky Joy Nightfall oil 6 inches x 6 inches $125.
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Today I played with color after finishing my large barn painting, Yamhill Barn, 30"x40" oil. I felt like a nocturne. I had had this one in my mind for a couple of weeks. It was one that I was going to paint larger, but I thought I would try it first in a small size. I'm not sure if I will go larger with it or move on. I need to get some sunsets going in larger sizes. That may be next on the agenda.
In this painting I used a small range of colors keeping them grayed with subtle differences between them. It is always tricky to get enough light in the painting, but dark enough to tell the viewer it is nighttime. Without enough light it is just a dark painting. I like to have some definite light hitting an object to create more interest in a nocturne. In this one the moon is outside the field of vision.
A few openings in my workshops:
Hood River, OR Sept 4
Carmel, IN Sept 27 - 29
Superstitions, AZ Oct 3 - 5
E-Book: How to Create Better Paintings Using Foundational Concepts
Preview the book, click here.
I'll talk to you all tomorrow.
Becky Joy
I paint. Using oils and recently rediscovering pastels I paint primarily landscapes in plein air and the studio. I'm known for my sunsets and skies. I'm passionate about passing on what I have learned from nationally known artists in workshops that I teach.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Day 21, Project 125 Stoller Winery Willamette Valley Oregon plein air painting BECKY JOY
© 2013 Becky Joy Stoller Winery Vineyards oil on panel 6 inches x 6 inches $125.
Hi everyone and Happy Fourth tomorrow!
This morning I met up with four artist friends at Stoller Winery in Dundee (the heart of wine country in Oregon) to paint at these vineyards. I was first to arrive, then came Brenda Boylan, a fabulous pastel artist who is making a name for herself and Michael Orwick, who is a funny guy and wonderful painter of atmosphere and sunsets. Later Romona Youngquist and Don Bishop. All of them I have painted with before in various places. The four of them will soon be having a show together at Elements Gallery in Newburg.
We laughed, talked, gave art therapy and of course, were served some wine. And, oh yes, we painted too. I started the day with my little painting. I was starting get too caught up in it with all those lines, taking too much time. Then, toward the end, I finally grabbed a larger brush and went for it with a few larger strokes.
Below are some photos of the day. The first is a cute one of Brenda on the hillside painting. Next, Don and Mike talking art, maybe.
Then there is the photo of Romona and us girls laughing under the tree about a typo using spell check on the phone. That can get you into trouble.
Before the laughing scene I painted my second painting of an oak tree.
© 2013 Becky Joy Willamette Valley Oak Tree oil on linen panel 10 inches x 8 inches
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Now, a little lesson in pronunciation here. For those that have never been to Oregon or Willamette Valley. They are pronounced Or-ee-gone and Will-aa (like bat) met. Now put it all together, Willamette Valley, Oregon. That's right, you got it right now! That's something all Oregonians talk about, everyone else pronounces it wrong!
Well, tomorrow is Fourth of July, have fun.
I paint. Using oils and recently rediscovering pastels I paint primarily landscapes in plein air and the studio. I'm known for my sunsets and skies. I'm passionate about passing on what I have learned from nationally known artists in workshops that I teach.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Day 19, Project 125 Gaston, Oregon Farm House plein air oil painting BECKY JOY
© 2013 Becky Joy Day 19, Gaston, Oregon Farm House oil on panel 6 inches x 6 inches $125.
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Hi everyone, Another great day here in Oregon. I didn't post yesterday, although I did paint in the morning. It was a busy day! This painting was painted along a small quiet gravel country road near Gaston, Oregon in the Willamette Valley. Another place not too far from my parents and sister.
This house was abandoned and it was obvious that no one had lived there for quite some time. In fact, a neighbor who watches the property, came out to check on me, what was I doing there in front of the house. It turned out just fine and she went back into her house up the hill. I love some of the big old farm trees. This one was a maple tree. It towered over the house and such bulk to it.
After painting, I came back home and my sister picked me up just before noon with her 3 Chinese daughters. The oldest was celebrating her 18th birthday. She picked the activities and off we went to Portland. We spent the day there going through a few meager shops in Chinatown in Portland, which is pretty small. A lot of restaurants, but not many shops. After that we went to Voodoo Donuts, interesting shop and a waiting line, but overkill on the sugar. Below is the lineup for the shop. We also went down to Portland State, where she will be going to school in the fall and met my older niece who works there. After starbucks and time to kill before dinner, we walked up to Powell Books. Powell's has always been a stop of mine when I come up. It is the largest bookstore in the US. It's at least 5 stories high and takes up a city block. Over the years different stores were added to it, so it is a maze and each subject has it's own room. Guess where I went! Yes, the art room. I didn't have enough time to really look at a lot and sadly, left with nothing but memories.
At dinner time we met up with my older niece again and went to a Chinese Hot Pot Restaurant. It was a small little restaurant, but the interesting part of this is that the place looked really familiar. The longer I sat there the more I realized I've been here. I asked the owner how old the building was. It was built in the late 60's. That was when the waterfront area was starting to be developed and rebuilt. I realized that this was the same building and space that I worked at for my first job out of beauty school (I was a hairdresser for 19 years). When I walked outside to the parking lot and surveyed the scene, yep, it was the same place. A few changes in 40 years, including apartment buildings in the back of the commercial space, but it was all there. Strange coincidence. Now that brought back memories.
I was too tired and hot to post when I got home, so a day late on that end.
Talk to you later,
Becky
I paint. Using oils and recently rediscovering pastels I paint primarily landscapes in plein air and the studio. I'm known for my sunsets and skies. I'm passionate about passing on what I have learned from nationally known artists in workshops that I teach.
Day 20, Project 125 Yamhill Oregon Farm plein air oil painting
© 2013 Becky Joy Yamhill Oregon Farm Field oil on panel 6 inches x 6 inches $125.
This morning I went out in the Yamhill area and painted two paintings. First was a 10"x8" on linen, which is posted below. I liked, of course, the group of trees and the road, but also the lay of the land. It was quite sunny and nice this morning. The only real shadow was the group of trees. The dirt road and the field were in sunlight. It was a nice quiet road again, a pattern here on those quiet roads.
After driving around and taking some photos of more farms, hills and trees, I found a spot to pull over and paint my 6"x6" today, the Yamhill Oregon Farm Field. There was a variety of colors in the field with the flowers and different grasses and weeds. It made an interesting pattern.
© 2013 Becky Joy Gaston Oregon Drive oil on linen 10 inches x 8 inches $800.
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Still spaces available in the one day plein air workshop in Hood River, OR Sept 4
Check out my other workshops including Italy and Croatia.
Talk to you all tomorrow. Who will I be painting with tomorrow?
I paint. Using oils and recently rediscovering pastels I paint primarily landscapes in plein air and the studio. I'm known for my sunsets and skies. I'm passionate about passing on what I have learned from nationally known artists in workshops that I teach.
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