Bling

I decided to call this painting "Bling" because I almost didn't add the sparkly hangy bits, and am so glad I did! This is a Marwari horse at an Indian horse fair from an image taken by photographer Manu Sharma and used with his permission. The painting is 6X6 in soft pastels (Nupastels, Caran de Ache, Rembrandts, Mount Visions, Senneliers, maybe even a Unison or two) on PastelMat:





"Bling" is now framed, pics and PayPal button coming soon!

Rare plein air

With little time available lately for painting I thought I'd share another older painting. This is from October 2012 on a camping trip in Comb Wash, Utah:

"Campsite Cottonwood"

NFS

 

I started painting in August of 2012, so this is with a few months of experience under my belt. We had our horses with us and were there to ride, but I was coming off a cold and then my husband got it, far worse than what I had had. So, there was some down time and I took advantage of it and did a few small paintings from our campsite, just south of highway 95. This one is approximately 5" X 7".  So far I have done very little in the way of plein air, but I did enjoy how it was like a meditation of place, and how it stays with me, how it looked, how it felt. I miss being there so much, plans are in the works to spend more time there soon, after we have caught up with our sculpture business work :) I can hardly wait, it always feels like a part of me waits there for my return.