Paintings of Time and Place

"Reaching for the Stars," Contemporary Nude, Oil on Paper

Reaching for the Stars, Oil on Paper

"Pueblo Wonder," Oil Painting of Taos Pueblo

Taos Pueblo is full of wonder and magic.  So many people come to experience its power and energy.  I live only a few miles from the source of this life changing force.  It changed my life.  I expected to leave and head back to the West.  The magic of the Mountain kept me in Taos.  You, too, can take a small part of this magic home with you.

 

Pueblo Wonder, Oil on Gessoed Board, 5 X 5" (image size), framed, $110.00

 

"Moo, Am I Blue," Impressionistic Oil Painting of White Faced Hereford

A modern impression  expressing my fascination with the white-faced herefords of the Carson Valley ranch lands of northern Nevada.   It is difficult to understand how people cannot be intrigued by cattle munching away in rich grasslands.  When the little ones popped out, I often stopped by the side of the road to watch their play. 

 

 

 

"Statue," Monoprint Reminiscent of Jim Dine Drawings from the Glyptotech

Several months ago I visited the Morgan Library in New York City--one of my favorite stops in NYC--where I viewed the drawings of statues, broken fragments of statues, executed by Jim Dine in visits to the Glyptotech Museum in Munich.  I was so impressed by the passion and power of these drawings that I decided to try one of my own.  Not a copy of any statue other than the statue in my mind, this is the result.

Statue,  Monotype, oil crayon on paper, 7 X 5"

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"Nude," Contemporary Pastel and Oil Rendering of the Female Human Figure

 

 

Nude, Pastel and Oil on Paper

 

 

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"Fragments of Time," Snippets of Archaeological Artifacts, Monotype

Fleeting time caught in visual snippets that can last for centuries.  So many of those snippets have endured in caves, artifacts excavated from the soil, and memories of man.   Scratches in the rocks have told us much.  Blotches of color and pigments have done the same.  Archaeologists put them all together, interpret, and tell us much about the history of man.  From the time that I was a child until this part of my life, I have been intrigued by the fragments left behind--so much mystery and still so much to learn.

 

Fragments of Time, Monotype mounted on archival mat board, 6 X 4" (image size), framed in contemporary black frame, $100 USD

 

"Prayerful Meditation," Oil Painting of a Medieval Woman in Meditation

 

 

Another of my women from medieval times and another redhead waiting to be seen.  About what is she meditating?  Could her loved one have gone to war while she waits at home?  Special thoughts for his safety and a meditative prayer that he may be watched over wherever he may go.  Not much different from our decade when loved ones have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan.  Always someone left behind.  The historical era may have changed, but the emotions remain--human emotions that will always be with us.

 

Prayerful Meditation,  Oil on Masonite, 12 X 2 1/2." $62 USD

"In the Abbey," Oil Painting on Paper, Mystical Image of Medieval Times

 

I have to wonder some days if there is such a thing as past lives, lives other than the one we are currently living.  For some reason, images of abbeys, especially in Europe, pop into my paintings.   The Cisterican abbeys of France hold special appeal for me.  On my last trip to France and a visit to Fontenay, I could almost feel the feet that had walked on the stones, hear the chants, and so much more. This is one of those images, appearing as if from nowhere.  There is a mysticism open to the interpretation of the viewer.   

 

In the Abbey, Oil on Paper, Monotype with Oil, 6 X 4," $55 USD (matted but unframed)

 

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"Medieval Mother-in-Waiting," Oil Painting

"Medieval Mother-in-Waiting, Oil on Masonite, Unframed, $62 USD

"Thinking About Nothing," Oil Portrait of a Woman Staring into Nothingness

I don't know this woman.  Bits and pieces of her appeared on the canvas and all of a sudden there she was reminding me of the power of thought and imagination.  It has been a while since I have painted a redhead--my husband claims that becoming a redhead is one of my hidden desires.  This is the first portrait painted since "Searching for my Muse in the Paleolithic Caves of the Alps."  Quite a contrast.  Perhaps one is as I see myself and this one is what I would like to see myself. 

Thinking About Nothing, Oil on Canvas, 12 X 12," $275 USD