Showing posts with label northern colorado. Show all posts
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Friday, January 2, 2015

"Ecstasy" by Karla Nolan, unframed palette knife oil painting




One might say that I am ecstatic about sunsets, as shown in the above painting, "Ecstasy".  No two are alike for any day or any amount of time in the day, just a quick, split second in time.  And since I live so close to the Rocky Mountains, the Continental Divide, I love the mountains just below the clouds!

"Ecstasy", 12"x4" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

 

Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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Friday, September 12, 2014

"Sunset Waves", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting




There just is nothing much more satisfying than seeing a sunset over the Rocky Mountains here in Colorado.  They are favorites for painting material, of course, and I just never grow weary of them.  You never know what you'll see and it occasionally seems to be raining color! 

"Sunset Waves", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

 

Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado


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Saturday, August 9, 2014

"Majestic", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting





Having the Rocky Mountains to the west of us makes for some amazing sunsets, especially with the silhouette of the peaks below.  I love the dusks that have just a tinge of blue in them, more pinks, corals, yellows than anything.  I would have to say that they are "majestic"!

"Majestic", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, available at Grand Lake Art Gallery in Grand Lake, Colorado 
(phone:  970-627-3104 for more information)

Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

"Busy Night Skies", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas




My take on painting in any medium is this:  have fun!  Don't take yourself too seriously.  Experiment.  Try not to stress (good luck with that!)..  

"Busy Night Skies" is my interpretation in palette knife oils of what any given moment in the skies -- moon shimmering through the clouds, possible lightning strikes occurring, clouds rolling in, satellites blipping over the landscape.  And of course it all occurs over my beloved Rocky Mountains!  I had fun!  

"Busy Night Skies", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information




Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado



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Thursday, June 26, 2014

"Furioso (Furious)", 4x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas




This is the sort of sunset I'm used to seeing in the summer evenings here in northern Colorado.  Sometimes it almost seems as if the clouds have their own personalities, whirling about in the atmospheric winds overhead.  Bright, bold colors with blue hues, hints of turquoise, the silhouette of the foothills leading to the Rocky Mountains, the Continental Divide, the backbone of North America.  Am I a lucky girl or what???  

"Furioso (Furious)", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

"Moon at Midnight", unframed palette knife oil painting





Yes, I am at it again, another night sky scene.  There is always so much happening in those dark skies, the moon shining, the stars shooting, the hint of a possible storm.  I am most intrigued, as I hope you are, also, by the mystery of the night!  

"Moon at Midnight", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
 

Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

"Searing", unframed palette knife oil painting




 Luckily it hasn't gotten this hot so far this summer -- but you know the kind of day I'm talking about, don't you?  The "you can fry the egg on the sidewalk" sort of day, searing, mind boggling heat.  Not a cloud in the sky.  The living isn't necessarily so easy when you're sweating your way through the day!  Well, for the first time in the 27 years  that we've lived in our sweet Fort Collins, we have air conditioning in our house and, while I'm not in any hurry to use it, it is comforting (no pun intended) to know we have access to cooler temperatures. 

"Searing", 16"x20" unframed palette knife oil painting on gesso panel, $640 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

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Monday, May 19, 2014

"Feroce (Fierce))", 4"x4" unframed miniature palette knife oil painting


This is a fierce sunset, the sort that just glows at you, reminding you that the day has ended, it may have been a tough one, but you carry on, nonetheless.  Or at least that's my take on this painting.  Yup, some days are like that!  

"Feroce (Fierce)", 4"x4" unframed miniature palette knife oil painting on gesso panel, $48 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information



Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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Friday, May 16, 2014

"Fuoco (Fire)", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas





 John Denver wrote about the fire in the sky and I've seen it occurring here in Colorado many times over the Rocky Mountains silhouette.  A brilliant red at one point in the sundown, it is surrounded by oranges, yellows, turquoise (if you look hard) and blues and just absolutely captures the emotions. 

"Fuoco (Fire)", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information

Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

"Blue Moon", unframed palette knife oil painting



I noticed the other night that we had a full moon.  It was just before our snowstorm struck, yet again delaying Spring.  Weather is rarely dull here in Colorado; wait 20 minutes, it'll change.  Then I started thinking about the "blue moon" -- two full moons in one month.  I have no idea if this is the month for such an occurrence but I am enraptured with painting moonscapes.  They are just so much fun!  Here's one for you....

"Blue Moon", 4"x12" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $100 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

"Rocky Mountain Sunset: Clouds in Motion", unframed palette knife oil painting


Well, it's time of year again, amazing northern Colorado sunsets to view.  It's easier with Daylight Savings Time, dinner's finished and I can out my front door and see incredible sights.  The clouds move quickly some evenings and that's inspiring -- can me if you can!  

"Rocky Mountain Sunset:  Clouds in Motion", 8"x24" unframed palette knife oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, $395 includes s/h in continental U.S., click Paypal button below or write me at KarlaNolan@gmail.com for more information



Thanks for viewing my art!  Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado

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