"Morning Mist" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Morning Mist" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

acrylic on canvas

16" x 20"

$575 unframed

Available for purchase from Freshwater Studio & Gallery, Dillon, MT

I finished this painting up at an Art-a-Thon at the Proctor Farmers Market in Tacoma, WA back in July. We were painting all day at the market to raise money for the food bank. It was a great experience, but the weather was so cold, windy, and drizzly - strange weather for July! Alexis St. John, another artist painting at the market that day, said the buffalo had a very meditative look to him, so I decided to keep going in that direction with the painting.

Kristin Jurist Haakenson
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WINTER STROLL, Mule Deer

12"x16" Oil Painting

By Gary J Keimig

"Summer Relief" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Summer Relief" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson
acrylic on canvas
24" x 12"
$625 framed
Available for purchase at Freshwater Studio & Gallery, Dillon, MT

Sketching this moose prior to painting him was my first foray into the world of moose-drawing. They're beautiful creatures - I love those big goofy grins and huge noses. I remember being in the Grand Tetons once with my parents when I was young...we were hiking and spotted a moose calf no more than 20 feet away from us, just off the trail. Its mother was close by, eyeing us suspiciously and ready to trample us if need be. It was really quite an impressive encounter, and I gained a lot of healthy respect for those big animals. And here's my little nod to them: a bull moose getting some relief from the summer heat.

I used my new iridescent pearl paint for this one. It's particularly noticeable when the light hits it from different angles.


"Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it alright will rather preserve its life than destroy it."
-Henry David Thoreau

Kristin Jurist Haakenson
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Unbearably Cute, by Linda Wilder

Acrylic, 14 x18
By Calgary artist LINDA WILDER
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"Uphill" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Uphill" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

acrylic on canvas

24" x 12"

$625 framed

Available for purchase at Freshwater Studio & Gallery, Dillon, MT

The mighty American bison is truly a remarkable creature - it's so solid and powerful. What I love in particular about them, though, is how they're both majestic and goofy - they always have that ridiculous patchy fur in warm weather and they like to roll around in the mud as much as a dog does.

The background for this painting consists of several layers with both palette knife and brush work. I wanted it to have a sort of cave-ish appearance, and the acrylic gels work really well when trying to achieve a rocky, organic look. The buffalo himself is painted in shades of red and yellow, and his horns & hooves have a blue-ish tint to them.

"The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same."

-Heraclitus of Ephesus

Kristin Jurist Haakenson

http://kristinjurist-art.com

http://kristinjuristart.blogspot.com

kristinjurist@gmail.com

The Three Little Bears, by Linda Wilder

Tiny acrylic, 10 x10 inches

by Calgary Artist Linda Wilder

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