"Feathered Sky Over the Dead Sea (Israel)"

Well, we're just skipping all over the world these days, aren't we? It feels like an armchair tour to me and it's a blast to relive these memories.  I had the most wonderful time painting this piece of art, absolutely loved it!  It's sort of a different size, just realized that a few moments ago when I measured it, but I don't really care, it's worth a special frame, in my (modest) opinion.  Skies are an absolute blast to paint and who wouldn't like the colors of the Dead Sea?  Much of Israel seems reminiscent to me to parts of Utah, red earth, blue skies.  The top of the sky can be deep blue, the middle almost a turquoise color, and the bottom an aqua, hints of green.  Not to mention different sort of clouds, these being the most intriguing.  I am so happy with this baby!!!! 

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"April Sunset, Montepulciano, Italy" miniature oil painting

Sometimes it's just good to keep things simple.  Sunsets are simple, aren't they?  One each day, even if it's cloudy and we aren't fortunate enough to observe them.  We stood at the top of the hill in Montepulciano and waited for this one -- it was unnervingly beautiful, a wonderful way to end our Italian day in a hill town in Tuscany.  Yum. 

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"Blue and Yellow Irises Against A Green Sky", framed painting on glass

Yes, still in the Spring mood....it's freezing cold here, single digits, and a lot of snow on the ground here in northern Colorado.  When you think about it, how do these dear plants survive the depth of Winter?  I have no idea, we humans struggle with staying warm!  The irises are always such a welcoming plant to me -- we've had all different sorts and colors of them over the years.  These two just looked to be a perfect pair!  What do you think? 

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"Salmon Poppy Trio"

A little more Springtime heading your way -- these three salmon colored poppies were growing in our garden several years ago and were reminiscent of poppies I saw growing in Monet's Giverny gardens.  They are more unusual in their hues, we're used to bright red or orange poppies.  The seed heads are fun to poke into, as the poppy seed is very, very tiny -- think poppy bagels, that's how small these little bits of life are -- and just look at what it gets to be when it's planted and comes full circle!  Beautiful, colorful, happy poppies...

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"Wyoming's Indian Paintbrush", framed painting on glass

Okay, let's assume that the 12/21/2012 apocalypse does not happen tomorrow.  Should that be the case, and I think that will be the case, I would encourage all of you to visit Wyoming or Colorado in the late springtime and look through the fields, up and down, in the mountains or foothills of the great Rocky Mountains, so as to see this marvelous wildflower.  The petals vary in range of color from a soft coral to a bright orange to a mid-tone red.  Truly worth the effort to find it! 

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"Night Falls" by Karla Nolan, painting on glass

I haven't posted any of my paintings on glass recently, as I am on hold painting them.  It's been quite the haul with my health issues, just recently returned to oils, so am taking it slow(ly)!  (I was an English major way back when, after all!) 

This is one of my favorite paintings on glass.  Who isn't mesmerized by the night?  There is so much more around us that we can't see in the light of day -- then the stars come out and strange clouds appear.  This is my take on it!  Hope you enjoy viewing it, too! 

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"The Three Musketeers of the Pansy Patch" by Karla Nolan

I'm already longing for spring.  I say that a lot when I blog but it is true.  It's barely snowed here in Colorado, at least where we live and, although I am a winter baby, I am just not the winter type.  So I painted something to warm me up, get out of the cold with some warm colors, flaky looking flowers!  These three were so much and yet not the easiest to paint -- it varied by the day. 

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"Yum! At the Mahane Mehuda Market, Jerusalem" by Karla Nolan

Another tale of traveling in Israel.  We met up with some of my relatives and toured around the Mahane Mehuda Market, a primarily open air market in Jerusalem, loaded with seasonal specialties, lots of action and activity.  The mounds of savory and sweet spices were tantalizing, there was not only food available to buy but also purses, clothes and other ethnic or religious items.  Just looking at the multitudes of oils, meats, fish, cheeses, nuts, and cooking/serving dishes was intriguing.  One could sidle up to the olive bars, salivate at the many varieties of vegetables, fabulous fruits, baskets of breads, dazzling desserts, and be awed by the wide variety of people in action, buying, selling, gazing (or being tourists like we were!) 

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"Traveling Up to Masada, Israel" by Karla Nolan

Well, my art blog is in Israel as of late.  I enjoyed going there so much, my expectations were high, and they were more than met!  My husband and I took an English speaking tour with about 18 other fellow travelers to the Dead Sea and Masada in the springtime.  Oh, it was hot and humid!  I cannot imagine what summer must be like and I'm used to hot but dry weather in Colorado during that season. 

We took a very large gondola up to the top of the mesa, where the Jews committed suicide en masse rather than lose their lives, literally and figuratively, to the Roman army.  It was either kill themselves or the women would be raped, the women and children enslaved, the men slaughtered.  I guess they felt little in the way of choice.  How horrible! 

The skies were blue and cloudy, with a bit of a haze overhanging the plains and hills below, the rocks were ochre, sandy, beige -- and the gondola was packed with other tourists and Israeli schoolchildren, ready to exit and explore Israel's past. 

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"Colorado Blues, Columbine" by Karla Nolan

What a pain in the neck and other assorted places these flowers are, the state flower of Colorado!  I have grown them, seen in them in the wild, and at the nurseries -- their petals go everywhere, they have dimples near the stamen, and it almost seems as they also have "wings" fleeing behind them!  Very testing, very trying for palette knives and brushes.  But I still love them a lot! 

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"Lobelia in Terra Cotta, Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem" by Karla Nolan

Back to Jerusalem in May.  Yemin Moshe is the section of the city in which we stayed and it's a floral paradise, especially in the spring before it becomes very hot.  I walked around, camera in hand, ready to document all of the beautiful foliage I saw.  Lobelia tend to attract me, especially, probably due to the range of colors available and I saw all the hues there were!  The old stones on the walkways and the exterior of the dwellings only added to the lush effect.  The people living in this area take great pride in their container gardens and olive trees and bougainvillea also abound.  Avissar House, our studio apartment for the better part of a week, is a seven minute walk to Jaffa Gate and I would truly urge you to make the trip to this historic part of the world!   

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"Winged Residents of Masada, Israel" by Karla Nolan

Israel is such a fascinating land.  The desert is vast, there is such an ancient feel to it.  When we traveled there in the spring, we signed up for an English speaking tour of The Dead Sea and Masada.  Our guide was Emmanuel, a gentle blue eyed, white haired man who must have been in his seventies and had given tours for decades.  We hiked all around after riding to the top of Masada in an enormous gondola.  We looking down from the mesa top to the flats and hills below, seeking out the sites the Romans set up for their campsites from which they would begin their campaigns to drive the Jews from Masada.  As we walked around, I noticed that the birds seemed to own this place.  There were many Israeli school groups, a number of other tour groups, such as ourselves, and then those birds, sitting on the rock walls as if they were waiting for you to come to them and take their photographs.  Naturally, I did just that!  They were willing subjects, posing as if they were paid to do so. 

As we traveled about from spot to spot on our tour, my thirst increased.  I gulped my water and refilled the bottle a couple of times.  At one point, several of the other tourists and I noticed that Emmanuel had not broken a sweat nor had he drunk anything.  I approached him about this, asking how he managed to get through an hour without any fluids.  His reply:  "I am a man of the desert".   I was amazed by this man and his knowledge of his desert and the Holy Land.  What a thrill it was to be there and I would encourage any and all to travel to Israel if you possibly can. 

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"Vegetable Stand, Gordes, Provence, France" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

There is nothing like fresh produce.  Grown in the region, picked at the height of ripeness -- I enjoy going to the local farmers' markets during the warm months around here in northern Colorado.  Can you imagine my delight when we went to Provence, France, specifically Gordes this day, and saw this absolutely incredible vegetable stand just waiting for the picking and photographing?  Lavender, eggplants, different types of tomatoes, fennel, onions, and so on....yum, a meal in the making, both in the kitchen and in the art studio.  This painting honestly took at eternity to paint and I learned much by trial and error.  I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I did painting it!  Au revoir for now!  

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"Yellow Boat Waiting, Venice, Italy" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

Walking down a flight of stairs and then directly outdoors from the bed and breakfast in Venice, there was a small canal -- not like the Grand Canal where the vaporettos run (like buses on water) -- just a small side street, if you will.  Here floated a small yellow boat, next to an old red brick building, under the red geraniums, waiting, waiting, waiting for its owner to take it further out onto the water -- maybe owner would be planning to pick up some groceries, get to work, meet up with friends?  I'll never know, but it was a Venetian sort of comfort to see this yellow vehicle ready for the day....

"Yellow Boat Waiting, Venice, Italy", 8"x6" miniature oil painting on canvas, $95 includes s/h in the continental U.S.

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"Dusk on Lake Como" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush oil painting

Recently we traveled to Northern Italy and stayed at a B&B in Plesio, on Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian, the most musical of languages).  I was quite surprised at the size of the lake, miles longer than I dreamed it would be.  My husband does all the research and makes the reservations for dwellings on our trips, I'm sort of like the little puppy dog, tagging along.  Mind you, I do make my special requests periodically, but I'm a perfectly happy camper with him lining things up.  Maybe I'm lazy.  Naaah!  

Piero and Fiametta were the most wonderful, gracious hosts at their bed and breakfast.  This was our view from the front door of our one bedroom apartment.  It was breathtaking!  Piero also paints and Fiametta is an avid and enthusiastic cook.  We had the most splendid of times in Northern Italy, close to the Alps.  I hope I've done this one evening justice and conveyed to you the warmth of that special time.  

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"Castiglione Falletto and the Full Moon" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

Oh, this was just so much fun to paint -- and to research!  I'm a lucky lady, my husband and I went to Italy, to the Piedmont region where the nebbia grapes grow and Barolo wines originate.  We walked around this tiny little village for a bit -- it's really small, so we didn't walk at that long -- and came to the edge of the town by the stone wall.  There it was, the moon, in its full glory during the day.  The hills were distant, the next town over just shone, and I was just glad to be where I was at the moment, with my sweetheart and in Italy.  What more could a woman want?  (Other than homemade Italian food and drop dead wonderful wines, of course!)  

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"Lily Pad Progress" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush oil painting

A number of years ago I painted "Poppy Progress" in pastel.  This depicted the early stages of the poppy pod, on to the bud stage just before the flower opened, and then the fully opened poppy itself.  I decided to try this again, but in a more complex layout.  This time the subject is:  lily pads.

My husband and I traveled to Maui a number of years ago and addition to touring the Road to Hana, going to a luau, and being touristy, we also visited a tropical garden.  This was my very first viewing of lily pads and, although I have painted them onto glass, I don't believe I ever attempted to paint them in oil.  I must say, it was a very difficult, challenging task but, as it came together over many hours, I feel that it worked.  Yaay!  

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"Dazzling Dahlia" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush oil painting

Flowers are so much fun and yet so challenging to paint.  We've only grown dahlias here and there, in fact it's been years since we've planted them in our garden.  Now that I've finished this painting, I may just have to look into making this effort again, as I fell in love with all the colors in this particular flower.  More dreams of spring, although it's not even winter.  Can you tell my favorite season? 

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"Soft Tinged Mountain Dusk" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

Honesty is important.  This image just showed up in my mind one day and I decided to paint it.  I have no "reference" other than my memory.  Mind you, I see so many sunsets...they seem to merge together, show up, and I need to apply them to a canvas!  Does that make sense?  It does to me -- looking at classical art (such as Cassat, Monet, Manet, Picasso, Degas...you get the gist), up and coming/contemporary art (Kassan, Edmondson, Vlandereen, Tyler, Hartman)...ar this just seems to come togetherr in some sort of seed form and it evolves from there in my head....I don't want to copy anyone, just want to be myself, in my own realm, no imitation (although, yes, that is flattering, but not for me!)....So, just ride along, please, and enjoy the show as much as you can! 

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"Red Mountain Colorado Fall" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

 

Okay, I'll be brutally honest here.  I have painted this scene before, a number of times, in fact.  I never tire of it.  Between Silverton and Durango, Colorado, sits Red Mountain Pass.  My husband and I went through here in the mid-1970s and have been here since that long time ago.  The falls here in the Rocky Mountains are different from Back East.  The aspens tends to flutter around in their vibrant gold and yellow tones, rarely orange or red, but that does occur occasionally.  The skies are bright blue, the underbrush turning hues of ochre.  I love this time of year, be it on the plains, the foothills, or the mountains of my sweet state.  I hope you get the feeling of autumn, before the high piles of snow, blizzards, and cold just around the bend.  

 

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"Abstracted Iris Trio" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, oil painting

Oh, this was just so much fun to paint!  After an 18 month absence, I was a bit unnerved about the prospect of putting palette knife into oil, never mind onto canvas, but I have always enjoyed seeing irises in springtime, so I thought, why not?  The colors are just vivid as can be and with the prospect of winter around the corner, we all need a bit of cheer!  

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"January Moonrise", by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting, canvas

Skies fascinate me.  Living near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, I've seen many beautiful sunset over the mountains.  This particular evening I was standing and looking in an easterly direction, by the trail which begins at the end of our street.  Some dusks appear in layers, it seems, and the moon was almost full this January evening.  Twilight seemed to be sparkling through the leafless branches, the air was chilled, the quiet of nighttime just minutes away.  

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"Dead Sea Colors", by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting

Well, we waited a very long time to take our dream trip to Israel.  I'll admit it, I was rattled by the thought of going to a nation which is surrounded by other countries who aren't so fond of it -- but once I was on the airplane, I calmed down considerably.  Accept your fate, nothing's going to happen, you'll never get to do this again, not rationalizations but reality.  We stayed five nights in Jerusalem in a section named Yemin Moshe, one of the most beautiful parts of the world I've ever seen, full of old stone buildings, old stone pathways and steps, and flowers blooming everywhere, particularly my all time favorite, bougainvillea.  

As you can see from the painting, we saw a wide range of colors in the Dead Sea -- and, yes, we did float in it, very buoyant feeling there.  The little tour bus full of English speaking folks from all over the world made its way past the Dead Sea to Masada, another painting subject for the future.  All I can say is, I am thrilled that we finally made it to the other side of the world, a place in which I felt safe every day and inspired by the young men and women in uniform, the religious and archaeological sites and a world class museum filled with Pissaro, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Judaica from centuries gone by.  

While in Israel, we visited my cousins, visited the tunnels under the Western Wall, visited the Lower and the Upper Galilee, and had a marvelous time with one of my best friends from high school, Rachael, and her dear husband, Harvey.  Life is so short, go see your friends and relatives, okay????

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"Venice Canal Twilight" by Karla Nolan, palette knife, brush, oil painting on linen panel

Well, folks, I'm finally back!!!!  What a haul it has been, rather unbelievable.  I was diagnosed with Stage One breast cancer in the spring of 2011 and, boy, did it take a toll on me and my family...I sympathize and empathize with anyone who has been afflicted with this disease or any other form of cancer, of course.  

It was the week before last that I resumed painting -- 22 hours of cleaning out odds and ends from my modest art studio preceded the return to art work.  It has been both fun and challenging trying to remember how to proceed in producing a piece of art, so bear with me, if you would!  

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