Catch Me If You Can by Kay Wyne

Catch Me If You Can

24" x 24" Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Palette Knife Painting
This is a painting that I started while taking a Laurie Pace Workshop this summer at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.  I finished it in the studio, and it is drying.  My reference photograph was from my recent visit to Colorado, and this is one of many elk that I saw.  Contact Kay for more information on this painting.  Thanks for viewing! Kay

Colorful Original Elk Painting Wildlife Art by Theresa Paden

Colorful Original Elk Painting

Wildlife Art

By Theresa Paden

"Elk at Sunset"

8 x 10"

Acrylic paint on gesso panel

Available through Manos Gallery in Tubac, Arizona.
Shipping is available.
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Please visit my website to see more of my work

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Western Wildlife Elk Painting by Theresa Paden

Western Wildlife Elk Painting

"Elk at Sunrise"

By Theresa Paden

30 x 24"

Acrylic on 1.5" deep gallery wrapped canvas

Edges are painted, no frame necessary.

Detail of face

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Elk at Sunrise, Contemporary Wildlife Art by Theresa Paden

"Elk at Sunrise"

Contemporary Wildlife Art

Colorful Elk Painting

By Theresa Paden

30 x 24"

Acrylic on 1.5" deep gallery wrapped canvas

Edges are painted, no frame necessary.

Detail

For purchasing info email me

theresapaden@gmail.com

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Contemporary Wildlife Art, Colorful Elk Painting by Theresa Paden

 

Contemporary Wildlife Art

"Elk at Sunrise"

Colorful Elk Painting

By Theresa Paden

30 x 24"

Acrylic on 1.5" deep gallery wrapped canvas

Edges are painted, no frame necessary.

 Gary Keimig posted a photo of this beautiful elk on his

 Wilderness Art Challenge blog at

http://wildernessartchallenge.blogspot.com

What a gorgeous animal, I just had to paint him!

Gary lives in Wyoming and is a very talented artist. 

Check out his beautiful paintings on his blog!

http://www.gkeimigart.blogspot.com

Detail

For purchasing info email me

theresapaden@gmail.com

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Elk by Ruth Andre

This is a busy time of year for most artists.  We are entering shows and painting for coming shows and submitting portfolios to galleries in hopes of winning the favor of a judge or gallery owner.  The painting today is of an elk for the Elk Foundation.  With each new animal I paint there is a learning curve.  The nuance of the facial features is so different with each animal and the Elk was a mighty big boy to paint.  Please enjoy "A Painting Day".

"Elk" 12x12-inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre
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andre@ruthandre.com
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Rocky Mountain National Park Elk

Pastel 24x30 by Dan Vaughan

"Allies for a Season" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Allies for a Season" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

acrylic on gcanvas

24" x 36" x 1.5"

$1100 + $45 shipping (contact)

The pigments have been mixed with incandescent pearl paint, and I laid the colors on layer by layer. A soft purple/magenta shows through the blue layers, but this unfortunately doesn't show up so well in the photographs.

The snow whispers about me,

And my wooden clogs

Leave holes behind me in the snow.

But no one will pass this way

Seeking my footsteps,

And when the temple bell rings again

They will be covered and gone.

-Amy Lowell, "Falling Snow"

Kristin Jurist Haakenson

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"Shy Elk Calf" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Shy Elk Calf" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

acrylic on canvas

11" x 14"

$365 framed

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

I still had wet paint leftover from some recent paintings, so I decided to keep rolling with the elk theme and produced this little guy. I never realized how knobby an elk calf's knees were until I painted them...

April had covered the hills

With flickering yellows and reds,

The sparkle and coolness of snow

Was blown from the mountain beds.

-Amy Lowell, "Azure and Gold"

Kristin Jurist Haakenson
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kristinjurist@gmail.com

"Awakening" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Awakening" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson
acrylic on canvas
18" x 24" x 1.5"
$775 unframed
Available for purchase from Freshwater Studio & Gallery, Dillon, MT


Here's another elk in dawn light with an entirely different color scheme & mood (as compared to Morning's Call). Iridescent copper paint is mixed in with the pigments to give the piece a more subdued glow.

I've been having a lot of fun trying new directions lately - it's far too easy to box oneself in, so I'm working on experimenting more and forcing myself to let go of the attention to composition in my reference photos. Over the past few months, I've been focusing more on the portraying the form of a subject (I waxed philosophical on that in July) - I'm trying to convey the "elk-iness" of an elk, the "morning-ness" of morning, etc. I have a lot of work to do, but it's an exciting journey:)


How fair it comes, the wonderful hour
When nature from sleep awakes,
And over the face of the earth at last
A newborn gladness breaks!
The stars grow pale in the shadowy sky,
And over the mountains creep
The mists that are part of the waking world,
And part of the earth's sweet sleep.
The restless birds in the tree-tops high
Are shaking their wings at last,
And chirp, and twitter their songs of praise,
As the dawn comes on so fast.
But who can tell of the wondrous charm,
When over the distant hills
The day's bright king in his glory comes
And the earth with radiance fills?
Now scatter, ye mists, from the mountain-side,
And die in the sky's soft blue;
For the dawn has passed, and the day is here,
With its light and joy so true.
-Mary Dowe Brine, "The Awakening"

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

"Morning's Call" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

"Morning's Call" by Kristin Jurist Haakenson

acrylic on canvas
24" x 12"
$625 framed
Available for purchase from Freshwater Studio & Gallery, Dillon, MT

This was my first attempt at painting an elk, and surprisingly enough, I found that the antlers were my favorite part of the process...I had assumed that they'd drive me batty. I mixed more of that lovely iridescent gold paint in with my pigments. I dripped paint from the bottom of the canvas toward the top to vaguely suggest the appearance of a field.

Have you ever heard an elk's bugle, by the way? It's a really surprising sound for such a massive creature to make: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYzWmKlZtrU

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

Ruth Andre Painting-Elk

"Elk" 6x6-inches, oil/canvas

by Ruth Andre

$195.00/shipping $10.00

www.ruthandre.com

http://apaintingday.blogspot.com

andre@ruthandre.com

Ruth Andre Painting-Baby Elk

The painting today is of a baby elk, that look just like a little fuzz ball of hair, with a big interest on what is out there in the world. Enjoy!

"Baby Elk", 14x14-inches, o/c by Ruth Andre

www.ruthandre.com

http://apaintingday.blogspot.com