Impressionistic aspen tree painting

Between Two Trees 30x48
acrylic / oil
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It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Abstract expressionistic fine art painting

Winter Blues 20 x 24 acrylic
I get the blues in the winter, do you?
This painting is my interpretation of
Color Field Painting;

What Are the Key Characteristic of Color Field Painting?

Bright, local colors are presented in specific shapes that can be amorphous or geometrical, but not too straight-edged.
The works emphasize the flatness of the canvas or paper, because that is what a painting is literally about.
The excitement comes from the tension set up between the colors and shapes. That is the subject of the work.
The integration of shapes through overlapping or interpenetration's blurs spacial distinctions, so that there is almost no sense of the image versus the background (what art historians call "figure and ground"). Sometimes the shapes seem to both emerge and submerge into the surrounding colors.
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Contemporary impressionistic fine art oil painting

Amethyst Aspen
oil 24x48
I love to try to capture the light this time of year.
This field of Aspen trees had all lost their leaves and as the
sun was setting the light played off their naked trunks.
"Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company.
  Only a few love to be alone."
  ~Jens Jensen, Siftings, 1939'
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Contemporary impressionistic fine art painting

Aspen's Nocturnal
Another in my "aspen" series. This was created with layer on layer
of vivid color, texture and depth.

"Impressionistic artist tasted the world through their eyes.
The new painting was all about the thrill and delight of the visual sensation, which means becoming intimately involved with the sensation of light or 'painting the light' (you can see how far a field we have come when Thomas Kinkade uses the same phrase). It is about painting directly from nature and expressing the rush of your visual (as opposed to ideational) sensation on the canvas in such a way that the activity itself is the point, not the painting!" (about.com)

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Autumn Aspen diptych by Colorado artist BSYates

Autumn Aspen diptych
48x48 acrylic on canvas
An abstract/expressionistic approach to my Aspen series.
Each panel is 24x48 and can be hung together or separate.
These were painted with layers of translucent color applied to the
canvas with a palette knife which create bold texture.
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Aspens in Moonlight by Colorado artist BarbYatesDudding

Aspen in Moonlight
oil on canvas 36x48
My favorite grove of aspen during a full moon.
Now on display at
Bits and Pieces in Bergan Park, Co.
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Triptych Autumn Aspen by Colorado artist BarbYatesDudding

Finally I completed this triptych oil painting;
Autumn Aspen (c) 2011
3 panels 20x60 each = 60x60
These beautiful trees greet me every morning, in every season.
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A triptych journey, creating a large oil painting

This is the second of three canvas blocked in.

I usually use a base color in each section that can show through the finished painting.

i have found useing and shipping a very large canvas can be a challenge, so I love to use several.

                                    This painting is continuous and  painted in series.

                                                           These aspen trees are from the past Autumn,

                                                           they are  so beautiful and always changing.

                                                   Stay tuned to see this painting evolve
  I will post my progress weekly on this blog. Enjoy!

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"Aspen in Autumn" triptych, fine art oil painting, color in painting

"Aspen in Autumn" triptych
24x60 oil on canvas

This is part of my series, "Aspen Story"(c).

There will be 2 more to form a very large triptych hanging.

I walk among this aspen grove daily and love to paint the ever changing

light and color.

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Barb

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