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Showing posts with label landscape paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landscape paintings. Show all posts
Monday, October 7, 2013
PAINTING PROGRESSION: lupine meadow--a painting in one minute
I mixed things up a bit this week and created a short video of "lupine meadow" coming to life.
A painting in one minute.
To see more like this, click on "progressions" on the right sidebar under labels.
A painting in one minute.
To see more like this, click on "progressions" on the right sidebar under labels.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour--fine art in the Monadnock region, NH
Save the date! My studio will be open on October 12th & 13th, 2013 for the Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour.
The Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire is fast becoming the place to be for fall foliage and fine art tours. On Columbus weekend alone, over 100 artists open their studio tours to the public and invite them to an inside peek at the New England tradition of fine art and craft at its best.
Check out the latest issue of Monadnock Living to read a description of all the tours in the region.
The Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour features 20+ artists in 9 towns. Come experience a glorious weekend of fine art and fall foliage. Artists open their studios for a self-guided tour showcasing sculpture, pottery, painting, fiber, jewelry, drawing, photography, glass, wood turning and furniture. The backdrop is the peak autumn foliage of the rolling hills, mountains, and quaint towns of the Monadnock region. Come for the day or spend the weekend.
Stop by my home/studio and the Happy Camper Mobile Art Gallery. I will have my vibrant colorful paintings new and old on display, affordable prints, and greeting cards and happy camper t-shirts too. Come meet my studio kitties (and say hi to the chickens out back in their extra fancy coop cottage) and enjoy some treats and a glass or wine (or two!)
Pick up a tour map at my studio or print one online.
The Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire is fast becoming the place to be for fall foliage and fine art tours. On Columbus weekend alone, over 100 artists open their studio tours to the public and invite them to an inside peek at the New England tradition of fine art and craft at its best.
Check out the latest issue of Monadnock Living to read a description of all the tours in the region.
The Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour features 20+ artists in 9 towns. Come experience a glorious weekend of fine art and fall foliage. Artists open their studios for a self-guided tour showcasing sculpture, pottery, painting, fiber, jewelry, drawing, photography, glass, wood turning and furniture. The backdrop is the peak autumn foliage of the rolling hills, mountains, and quaint towns of the Monadnock region. Come for the day or spend the weekend.
Stop by my home/studio and the Happy Camper Mobile Art Gallery. I will have my vibrant colorful paintings new and old on display, affordable prints, and greeting cards and happy camper t-shirts too. Come meet my studio kitties (and say hi to the chickens out back in their extra fancy coop cottage) and enjoy some treats and a glass or wine (or two!)
Pick up a tour map at my studio or print one online.
Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour
October 12th & 13th, 2013
87 Ashuelot Street
Keene, New Hampshire
10am to 5pm
Monday, September 30, 2013
PAINTING PROGRESSION: happy camper at the height of land
This next painting progression has two of my favorites in it--the Happy Camper Mobile Art Gallery and the Height of Land. Located in Maine on Route 17 between Rumford and Oquossoc--the Height of Land offers incomparable views of the lakes and mountains of western Maine. I've stopped here every year since I was a child on my way to visit my family in Rangeley.
The snappy green car pulling the Happy Camper is wishful thinking--I actually pull it with a silver minivan.
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The snappy green car pulling the Happy Camper is wishful thinking--I actually pull it with a silver minivan.
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| happy camper at the height of land, oil on canvas, 24x30 inches. ©2013 Kristina Wentzell |
Monday, September 23, 2013
PAINTING PROGRESSIONS: poppy profusion
Poppies! That riot of warm reds and oranges that makes everyone smile.
This is a more stylized version of poppies than my other paintings. I really enjoy playing with the negative shapes that the stems, pods, and blossoms make as the weave together in one piece.
I start with a charcoal drawing on the painted canvas so I can rework the composition until I get it just right. Next step is to paint in the lines with a dark color--my favorite is a mixture of ultramarine and cadmium orange.
Go here to view available paintings
This is a more stylized version of poppies than my other paintings. I really enjoy playing with the negative shapes that the stems, pods, and blossoms make as the weave together in one piece.
I start with a charcoal drawing on the painted canvas so I can rework the composition until I get it just right. Next step is to paint in the lines with a dark color--my favorite is a mixture of ultramarine and cadmium orange.
Go here to view available paintings
Monday, September 16, 2013
PAINTING PROGRESSION: blue ridge
Continuing with my series of progression demonstrations...I present "blue ridge"
Inspired by my hike along the Appalachian Trail with my sweetie, I wanted to this piece to be very simple in composition as I tried to capture the cool and serene landscape of those southern mountains that seem to go on forever in an endless sea of blue.
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Inspired by my hike along the Appalachian Trail with my sweetie, I wanted to this piece to be very simple in composition as I tried to capture the cool and serene landscape of those southern mountains that seem to go on forever in an endless sea of blue.
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| blue ridge, oil on canvas, 12x36 inches. ©2013Kristina Wentzell |
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
series feature: orchards
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white
This series started when I was invited to create the cover art for a lovely local magazine called Monadock Table. It was for the spring issue and as I searched for inspiration of what to paint for the magazine--an image of an orchard in bloom with sunlight dappling through the leaves came to mind.
I created this piece with the road inviting the observer to venture forth into the orchard.
Later, when I was working on a poetry inspired series of paintings, I came across the poem "A Prayer in Spring" by Robert Frost which conjured up such incredible imagery of an apple orchard all in bloom I just HAD to paint it. This spring, I went on a magical mother's day wagon ride through Alison's Orchard in Walpole, NH and took dozens of photos--I see some more orchard scenes in my future.
These paintings are currently on display for the Keene Art Walk at Ann Henderson Interiors through June 9th, 2013, 99 Main Street, Keene NH.
This series started when I was invited to create the cover art for a lovely local magazine called Monadock Table. It was for the spring issue and as I searched for inspiration of what to paint for the magazine--an image of an orchard in bloom with sunlight dappling through the leaves came to mind.
I created this piece with the road inviting the observer to venture forth into the orchard.
Later, when I was working on a poetry inspired series of paintings, I came across the poem "A Prayer in Spring" by Robert Frost which conjured up such incredible imagery of an apple orchard all in bloom I just HAD to paint it. This spring, I went on a magical mother's day wagon ride through Alison's Orchard in Walpole, NH and took dozens of photos--I see some more orchard scenes in my future.
These paintings are currently on display for the Keene Art Walk at Ann Henderson Interiors through June 9th, 2013, 99 Main Street, Keene NH.
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| road to spring, oil on canvas, 20x16 inches. ©2011 Kristina Wentzell |
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| a prayer in spring, oil on canvas, 40x40 inches. ©2012 Kristina Wentzell |
A Prayer in Spring
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.
Robert Frost
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| frequently the woods are pink, oil on canvas, 20x16 inches. ©2011 Kristina Wentzell |
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spring comes to the mountain, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches. ©2011 Kristina Wentzell
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Grand Harbor Light seascape--progression
My painting progression posts seem to be a hit with folks so I am going to post more of them this year. I've created a "progression" label--see the sidebar on the right--so you can look up past paintings I have posted about.
I recently finished a commission for a seascape of Grand Harbor lighthouse in Michigan. The painting presented a compositional challenge in that the the canvas was very long and narrow (20 x 60 inches) and I had to figure out how to incorporate the buildings in a visually compelling manner.
step 1: base coat of cadmium orange and basic composition sketched in with charcoal
step 2: underpainting (a mixture of ultramarine blue and cadmium orange) of basic shapes and darkest values
step 3: laying in the sky--I added a lot of drama and diagonal lines to add visual interest
step 4: adding more color to sky
step 5: I opted for a choppy surf for more visual interest
step 6: I must have gotten lost in right brain mode because I forgot to photograph a few steps ;-) The sky is mostly completed with a slightly setting sun and lots of dramatic clouds, choppy surf and architectural features laid down.
final piece ready to send off to clients!
I recently finished a commission for a seascape of Grand Harbor lighthouse in Michigan. The painting presented a compositional challenge in that the the canvas was very long and narrow (20 x 60 inches) and I had to figure out how to incorporate the buildings in a visually compelling manner.
step 1: base coat of cadmium orange and basic composition sketched in with charcoal
step 2: underpainting (a mixture of ultramarine blue and cadmium orange) of basic shapes and darkest values
step 3: laying in the sky--I added a lot of drama and diagonal lines to add visual interest
step 4: adding more color to sky
step 5: I opted for a choppy surf for more visual interest
step 6: I must have gotten lost in right brain mode because I forgot to photograph a few steps ;-) The sky is mostly completed with a slightly setting sun and lots of dramatic clouds, choppy surf and architectural features laid down.
final piece ready to send off to clients!
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