show is up!

I just got back from hanging my show at the Jaffrey Civic Center. Phew! I usually have a helper but did this one on my own. It was a lot of work but I think it looks great! The opening is Friday--hope to see you!

Appalachian Spring

March 22nd - April 20th, 2013

Jaffrey Civic Center

40 Main Street

Jaffrey NH

Opening Reception

March 22nd

5-8pm

Here is a little sneak peek:

Appalachian Spring-- vintage campers hit the road

The Happy Camper Mobile Art Gallery has inspired a new little series as part of Appalachian Spring collection. (The opening is coming up on March 22, 2013...have you made your reservations for our Art & Dine evening?)




Here's a sneak peek at a couple of my new vintage camper pieces--hitting the road in the Smoky Mountains and the highlands of western Maine.

on the road in the Smokies, 30x30 inches, oil on canvas. ©2013 Kristina Wentzell

on the road in western Maine, 30x40 inches, oil on canvas, ©2013 Kristina Wentzell

These paintings are part of my upcoming show:

Appalachian Spring

paintings inspired by the landscape, flora & fauna of the Appalachian corridor

March 22nd- April 20, 2013

Opening Reception

March 22nd, 2013

5-8pm

Jaffrey Civic Center

40 Main Street

Jaffrey NH

More details HERE

 

Art & Dine

The opening for my upcoming Appalachian Spring show is fast approaching. When I discovered it was coinciding with another art opening at the Jaffrey Civic Center and the start of spring I decided to put together a little something special to mark the occasions.
Join me for an evening of fine art and fine dining in Jaffrey, NH. All the details can be found here.

Art & Dine

March 22nd, 2013

5-8pm

Jaffrey NH

Appalachian Spring-- a painting collection

About a year ago, I painted a little series of paintings called walking with spring.

Kristina on the AT

I was inspired by a journey I had taken long ago with my new sweetheart (now husband) to hike the Appalachian Trail. It was sort a love story, adventure, and marvels at the wonders of nature all rolled into one.

walking with spring, oil on canvas, 8x8 inches.  (c)2011 Kristina Wentzell

Since those first paintings, I find myself returning on canvas to those mountains again and again. To the southern section of the Appalachian Trail where the spring beauties transformed the forest floor to a carpet of snow.  To the northern parts of the Appalachians in the western mountains of Maine-- our family home and a place where I have spent every summer.

spring beauties, North Carolina  ©1992 Kristina Wentzell

I have lived most of my life along the Appalachian Corridor--hiking its mountains, berry picking, bird watching and later hiking the Appalachian Trail.  It has been a constant muse for my artwork.  What better way to pay tribute to the grand mountain chain than to bring together an entire collection of paintings inspired by this landscape?

The Appalachian Mountains are a series of ranges that stretch from Georgia in the south all the way into Maine in the northern US. It actually continues north from there into the Canadian Maritimes and ends in Newfoundland. They are home to the Great Smoky Mountains in the south, the Shenandoahs in Virginia, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. So many diverse places of beauty all rolled into one.

Gros Morne Mountain, Newfoundland  ©2011 Kristina Wentzell

My collection entitled Appalachian Spring: paintings inspired by the landscape, flora & fauna of the Appalachian Corridor will be on display at the Auditorium Gallery in the Jaffrey Civic Center. March 22nd- April 20th, 2013. There will be an opening reception on March 22nd, 5-8pm.