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Sierra Oil Painting - Lundy Creek Aspens - Eastern Sierra Landscape by Karen Winters KWinters

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Eastern Sierra Oil Painting
“Lundy Creek Aspens”
12 x 12 inches
Oil on linen panel
More Sierra Nevada paintings here
As you go up Lundy Creek, after passing by the lake, you encounter two beaver ponds. There is evidence of a lot of beaver activity, (fallen gnawed logs) but the crew has never been working the times we’ve been there. […]

California Plein Air Vineyard Painting - Vineyard Dawn Temecula

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Vineyard Dawn, Temecula
Wine Country Oil Painting
8 x 10 inches
oil on linen plein air painting
See more of my vineyard paintings here
This is another in the group of paintings that I did recently at the Falkner Vineyard in Temecula, in San Diego County’s wine country. We arose early so that I could be in the vineyard as […]

High Sierra landscape miniature oil painting - This Side of Paradise - by Karen Winters

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

“This Side of Paradise”
Bishop, California
Eastern Sierra oil painting
6 x 8″ miniature
Oil on linen panel
More Sierra Nevada paintings here
This little study features an area along highway 395 near the Sherwin grade, as the road climbs out of Bishop and leads up to June Lake and Mammoth Lakes.
In October the aspens are starting their transition from green […]

Sunset Walk - Los Osos Central Coast California Oil Painting by Karen Winters KWinters

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Sunset Walk
Los Osos, Central California
Oil Painting
9″ x 12″
oil on canvas on hardboard
See more of my California Central Coast paintings here
When we were in the Central Coast area of California last spring, this scene suddenly caught my eye as we were driving back from Montana de Oro. The towering eucalyptus trees (a favorite of mine) framed […]

California Vineyard Painting - Morning at the Vineyard - Karen Winters

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

“Morning at the Vineyard
Plein Air Oil Painting
9 x 12 oil on linen panel”
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Last Saturday we spent an enjoyable but busy day at the Falkner Vineyard 2010 invitational paint out hosted by Segil Fine Art. The weather was fine, starting with a stunning pink clouded dawn (painting to follow in […]

Carpinteria Bluffs Painting - Central California landscape by Karen Winters - KWinters

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Carpinteria Bluffs Sunset
Oil Painting 8 x 10
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The end of the day at Carpinteria bluffs provides an opportunity to work out with the secondary colors - orange, violet and green. The Santa Ynez mountains glow in the fading light.
Ecologically, this is described as a coastal sage environment. Typically […]

Yosemite Half Dome Oil Painting - California Sierra Landscape - Karen Winters KWinters

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Half Dome, Yosemite
Oil painting on canvas
8 x 10 inches
SOLD
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In the summer, Half Dome, the iconic representation of Yosemite (it’s even their park logo) rises about a meadow filled with marshy grasses and strewn with wildflowers. When we were there in mid summer, I noticed something moving […]

Sierra Breezes Oil Painting - California Sierra Landscape by Karen Winters KWinters

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Sierra Breezes
11 x 14 oil on canvas
Sierra oil painting
SOLD
More Sierra Nevada paintings here
For the last few years, fall means visits to the Sierra and, at its feet, the Owens Valley. Not only do I love it for its serenity but also the exhilarating complementary color palette. This time of year everything is orange/gold and […]

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