Saturday, July 31, 2010

Autumn will be here soon


When you live at 9300 feet, the seasons are short, except for winter! Our aspen trees will look like this in about 6 to 8 weeks. By mid-October we won't have leaves left on the trees and ski season will start at the end of October.
I finished this painting this morning, and it is the first one I have done in a month or so. It has been a very busy summer!

15 comments:

  1. A wonderful painting. I love the sloping terrain.

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  2. Joanne this painting helps me get through these summer days until my autumn finally will arrive. My favorite season. Your paintings, all of them including this one, are gorgeous!!! I wish that I had a whole houseful of these wonderful paintings!!! Great artwork!

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  3. Thanks guys! As you know, I love to paint fall colors and am excited that it will be here soon so I can run around and take lots of photos for future reference.

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  4. Lovely piece Joanne, I also love the colours of the fall. I like the way that you handled the foreground. It has a lovely painterly feel.

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  5. Joanne, this is beautiful! Can't wait for fall colors to arrive! Fall is beautiful too bad it is so short-lived!

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  6. Painterly! Now that makes my heart sing! Thanks Amanda and Lori for your visit and comments!

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  7. Beautiful painting, the colors and strokes. wonderful.

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  8. Thanks Becky, it is good to see you here. Aren't you in Windrush gallery in Sedona?

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  9. Love the warm aspens against the blue sky, such clear, gorgeous light at this time of year, and you captured it wonderfully Joanne!

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  10. Liz, I have been checking out your blog in detail and I love your plein air paintings! Your greens are wonderful! Thanks for your visit here...

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  11. It's beautiful. Our fall around here is not very showy but we'll just be glad to get some cooler weather after a record-breaking hot summer.

    Just looking at the fall colors makes me feel good!

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  12. But you have the beach to make up for no fall color. And I have fabulous mountains, which I am still learning how to paint!

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  13. Hi Joanne,
    Thanks so much for visiting, it gave me an opportunity to revisit your lovely blog. I think we can officially state that you have learned how to paint the mountains! Love the fall colors!

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  14. I can paint the trees on the mountains, but getting more distant mountains with shape and volume is tough for me still! Thanks Claire!

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  15. Re: we have the beach... true... but I'd rather have the mountains! LOL!

    Guess I need to pack my bags and head west :-)

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