Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting

Contact Kay Wyne for more info

on this painting.

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Kay

Vibrant Contemporary Abstract Wildlife Art by Theresa Paden

Vibrant Contemporary Abstract Wildlife Art

"Pronghorn Doeling"

Original Painting

By Theresa Paden

20 x 20"

Painted on a 1.5" gallery-wrapped canvas

with painted edges so a frame is not necessary.

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Whiteout (Deer) by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

Whiteout (Deer)

8" x 8"

Acrylic on canvas

Available for purchase at Carnation Corners, Carnation, WA


Kristin Jurist Haakenson
http://kristinjurist-art.com
http://kristinjuristart.blogspot.com
kjh@kristinjurist-art.com

"Falling Snow" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

Falling Snow

acrylic on canvas

24" x 24" x 1.5"

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

This winter, I've been aching for peaceful, snowy days that make the world a lot quieter and hot chocolate all the more delicious.

Since it's mostly just a rainy mess out here in Washington, I found a lot of my atmospheric inspiration from reading a poem by Joanna Klink called "Porch In Snow." It helped to put me in the right mindset for this painting. Originally featured in Klink's amazing book of poetry called Circadian, I first came upon "Porch In Snow" in an absolutely outstanding anthology called Montana Women Writers: A Geography of the Heart (seriously...this is an amazing book. I highly recommend it). Klink is a professor of graduate creative writing at the University of Montana-Missoula.

I just want to share a few lines here to give you an idea of how lovely it is...but you should read the full version via Google Books' preview of Montana Women Writers here. I hate to excerpt from poetry, since the poetry gets so mangled as a result...it's especially hard to share a brief excerpt of Klink's poetry, since every line is so darn good.

"There you are, snow filling the air,

in the midst of silence [...]

Winter, there is no prayer but this,

to hold fast in the time of few choices.

An animal moves through the backyards, its eyes

precise and lit, the premise of everything I believe"

-Joanna Klink, excerpted from "Porch In Snow", from Circadian (Penguin: 2007)

Isn't that just stunning? I hope you'll check out Klink's work and find as much inspiration in her poetry as I have.

Kristin Jurist Haakenson

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http://kristinjuristart.blogspot.com

kristinjurist@gmail.com

Ruth Andre Painting-Doe

When I go out to feed the horses I see a family of deer under the apple tree.  They don't seem to mind my movements around the horses and are content to munch on the fallen green apples.   Enjoy!

"Doe"-9x12-inches, oil/canvas - Framed by Ruth Andre
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andre@ruthandre.com

Watching

I live in the foothills of northern California and there are deer grazing in our pasture daily. The deer are beautiful to watch as they head for the creek for a drink. Seeing nature up close makes for, "A Painting Day".

"Watching" 9x12-inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre

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