Serenity Reflected and Red Mountain Majesty, #24 and #25 in 60/60 for $60

Quite the struggle trying to get caught up! There are so many paintings dancing in my head that I am dizzy! Not sure which to create first!

I am planning a few large, detailed paintings, but feel I must complete these 60 in 60 for $60 first...these two are just really special aintings to me, as they evoke a real emotional response as I travel back in time to the moment I was standing in that very spot! The west is so full of eye candy for the artist and nature-lover.

#24

 

Serenity Reflected

8 x 10" oil

 

$60

 

 

 

#25

 

Red Mountain Majesty

9 x 12 oil

 

$60

 

 

 

 

# 29 Finley's Valley, Dubois, WY

Oh, how the Aspens did glow last fall in Wyoming! What a sight of bright oranges and golden yellows punctuating the landscape in clusters large and small. Add a river to that scene and a few mountains and not a neighbor for MILES....then you might be at Finley's ranch.

                                                           # 29   Finley's Valley
                                                            11 x 14" oil on canvas    $125

Marking this off my bucket list...........but I just might have to return for a 2nd, 3rd or even 4th look!

Thanks so much for looking.............Ruth Ann

# 27 River's Gold

To an artist, some things can be more exciting than real gold..... Like seeing a glowing,  bright golden bush down the river, while in Montana painting with a bunch of like-minded creative souls! I seem to have my camera in hand more often than the paint brush. Sometimes, it is a good thing, as you can only paint so many hours on location in a days time! That's when the camera comes in handy. I started this plein air and scrapped it....it almost made it to the burn pile, but instead, it got a reprieve today and I tried again. The good thing about the studio is you are more relaxed and have more time to make color/value decisions.

It takes me right back to that afternoon, to standing on that road while dodging the huge, lumber trucks that were hauling trees to the mill. ( We thought we had chosen a quiet little back road that no one used!)

                                      #27 River's Gold
                                     8 x 10" oil on mat board   $75