Western Landscape Oil Painting "Llano Cactus" 28x22 by Texas Oil Painter and American Artist, Lynn LaRose

"Llano Cactus" 

28x22 Original Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Price:  $1650

Email:      lynn@laroseart.com
Website    http://www.laroseart.com

KMD2944 Ocotillo by Colorado fine artist Kit Hevron Mahoney (5x7 original oil, Ocotillo, desert, Arizona, landscape, cactus)

As I am reviving my small painting routine it is such a fun journey going through my photo reference of many years. It makes me so grateful for all the amazing places I have been privileged to travel to and experience through the lens of my camera. I lived in Arizona many years ago and became acquainted and enamored with the desert landscape. The Ocotillo is one of my favorite blooming cactus as depicted in this small painting.

5"x7" unframed original oil painting
$125 plus $10 S&H

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Desert Landscape, Southwest Art by Arizona Artist Amy Whitehouse

24" x 30," Oil on Stretched Canvas, $700

We have a beautiful trail within a mile of our home,

and soon it will begin to flower.

Southwest landscapes continue to fascinate me,

so very different than the Florida scene in which I was raised.

Mostly I love our mountains, and had the pleasure of driving with friends

up north to Payson earlier this week where we had gorgeous vistas.

To see more of my work in a gallery format, please visit

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"Plein-Air Study in an Arizona Garden" Contemporary Landscape Painting by Arizona Oil Painter Mary Opat

"Plein-Air Study in an Arizona Garden"  Landscape Painting by

Arizona Oil Painter Mary Opat

 

10" x 10" Oil on Canvas $135

 

To view or purchase more of my work, please follow this link:

http://www.cfai.co/maryopat  to check out my blog, please

visit me at http://www.maryopatfineart.blogspot.com

 

Day 28, Prickly Pear Cactus with Blossoms Painting BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy     Prickly Pear Blossoms   oil    6 inches x 6 inches  

Today I spent some time with my daughter and grandkids with a little painting in the morning. This was one of the paintings that I worked on. It was actually a complicated scene with a lot going on in the background. I started painting much more of what I saw then realized I needed to simplify. So, I started by keeping the values close together in all but the shadows on the cactus and what was cast on the ground. I kept the background behind the cactus in different colors and a little cooler and grayer than the foreground creating some distance in the painting.

I pulled out some of paintings from the trip and found that some needed a little more work. Below are a couple of those paintings. I also still need to do some photography for a couple of the paintings from project 125 that I haven't posted. Hopefully, I catch up on all this tomorrow and get paintings ready to ship too.

© 2013 Becky Joy    Idaho Farm    oil on linen     11 inches x 14 inches    

I painted this in Southwest Idaho in the late afternoon before going to my friend Shanna Kunz' house. I love the farms in that area and just had to pull off the interstate to paint. I hadn't eaten lunch by the time I started painting. I was painting away in the heat and felt a little sick toward the end, so I had to pack it up and finish a little bit of the painting in the studio. The clouds needed a little more work and I had to deepen the values of the farm buildings a little. So, that was my job this morning.

© 2013 Becky Joy      Oregon Farm Tree     oil      11 inches x 14 inches  

I painted this one at the old farm in Oregon with my friend Romona Youngquist. I thought I had finished it at the time, but I decided there were two things wrong with it. First, I had a solid line along the field in the light orange color dividing the distant hills and field. I broke that up by adding the small group of trees along that line. It helps to connect the field and the background hills. Secondly, that line was going downhill too much to the right. I raised that line a little on the right. I felt by doing so that it balanced the painting more.

Talk to you all tomorrow when I post some more paintings.

Becky Joy

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Arizona Superstitions plein air oil landscape painting by BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy    Superstitions     oil   8x10    

The superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, I often go out there to paint. This is one the plein air paintings with the warm colors and blue skies of the southwest. The dark saguaro cactus contrasts against the light background rocks giving the painting depth and atmosphere

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This is another painting from my studio sale

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Desert Mountain Scottsdale rock oil landscape painting BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy Desert Mountain Rocks    oil    8 x 10 inches  

I hiked up into the rocks above Desert Mountain in Scottsdale. The valley background has an abstract quality to it keeping the painting a simple design.

This painting is for sale at Daily Paintworks  It is another painting in my studio sale that I'm posting on my blog.

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Fredericksburg, TX      Dahlonega, GA     Pontotoc, MI   Tuscany Italy   go to my workshops for more info.

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Desert Saguaro Cactus plein air oil landscape painting BECKY JOY

© 2013 Becky Joy    Desert Saguaro    oil     10 x 8 inches 

My second painting in the studio sale marked more than 1/2 off. I painted this painting in Tucson on top of a hill overlooking the valley. I like the bit of color in the yellow contrasting with the blues and violets of the background.

Next event will be the Plein Air Convention where I will be teaching at the Basics Course and demoing in the field. Hope to see some of you there.

Still a couple of openings in my Troy, OH workshop Aug 15-17

Becky