A Painting Day: Plein Air paintings

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Solo Showing - Gallery 10 - Ruth Andre

Solo Show - Ruth Andre - Gallery 10

The New Year is here and speeding away in time. I have been busy getting paintings ready to present at Gallery 10 in Sutter Creek, California. The gallery asked that I show my animal and landscape paintings. With the reception being just a few days away I am starting to feel the excitement of seeing a gathered group of friends and meeting new patrons of the arts. I hope to have some fun photos to share while at the reception in my next post. Stay tuned as they say.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Mountain View - Ruth Andre

"Mountain View"

5"x7" oil on canvas

by Ruth Andre

I spent a few days in Joshua Tree, California with my husband and dog, Sadie. I love the desert but find it almost alien and a landscape that one needs to spend time with to feel at home. I had several things to do while in Joshua Tree and started this plein air painting late in the afternoon. The colors of the surrounding mountains just glowed in the late afternoon light. We are taking a trip with our small RV trailer. It is cozy to say the least but tons of fun. The cactus photo below represents one of the reasons I love the desert. The colors found in the desert are amazingly subtle. It has been a great day and "A Painting Day".

On the Trail in Joshua Tree

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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Grassy Bluff - Ruth Andre

"Grassy Bluff"

6"x8" oil on canvas

by Ruth Andre

This is another painting from my time in Fort Bragg, California. The beautiful ocean was just over this grassy bluff. I loved the quiet peaceful feeling of the meadow. It called to me as the paint went down making for, "A Painting Day".

Note: I will be posting paintings from Fort Bragg for a few days and then I will be posting paintings as I travel across the country to the Mid-West. It should be a fun trip and one that I have been looking forward to making for a long time.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Sea Bluff - Ruth Andre

"Sea Bluff"

6"x8" oil on canvas

by Ruth Andre

This past week I had the opportunity to travel to Fort Bragg, California. I met up with a group of artists and painted the beautiful vistas available along the sea coast. The weather was just about perfect except for a couple of days with high wind that buffeted our easels and made for some interesting brush work at times. This painting, "Sea Bluff" was painted in Mendocino right across from the old town shops. Mendocino was bustling with tourists visiting the shops and strolling down to the bluff's edge to see the coastal waters as the waves pounded the rocky coast. It felt so good to paint plein air and enjoy the sounds of the sea. The day made me grateful for, "A Painting Day".

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Shadowed River - Ruth Andre

The painting today was painted on the shore overlooking the Mokelumne River. The trees came right down to the river's edge shadowing the shore and the river for a few feet. The river and the forested mountainside meeting at the shore made for, "A Painting Day".

"Shadowed River" 8x6 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Forest Canopy - Ruth Andre

Today was a plein air painting day with friends, Julie Trail, Bruce Hancock and Howard Rees. We were at the Mokelumne River just 30 minutes from home. The river was gorgeous but I concentrated on the forest canopy and the beautiful greens and blues reflecting from the river's edge. We all had a lot of fun enjoying the rushing river, visiting and painting. It was, "A Painting Day".

"Forest Canopy" 6x6 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Back Country Oaks

When I went out to paint this grove of oaks they looked as if they were huddled together to stay warm. The breeze was a mixture of cool and warm air currents and the sun was just starting to move their way.

Each month the Moses Botkin Challenge group picks a subject or a technique for the group to paint. This month Robin Cheers chose the Challenge. She asked each artist to make a painting using only 15 brushstrokes. I have to say I dragged my feet on this challenge but once I got started, what fun I had. The little landscape above is very close to 15 strokes and I learned it is hard to count and paint at the same time. I used a palette knife since it seemed to be what was needed to get the paint to go where I wanted it to go. The paint was moving fast and made for, "A Painting Day". The other paintings for the Moses Botkin Challenge are shown below. Enjoy!

"Spring" © $70.00
6x4-inches
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"7 Stroke Apple"

4"x 4.5" Oil on canvas

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Robin Cheers

Contemporary Life Painter

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"7-stroke to Place"

13x9" oil on canvas

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Friday, November 5, 2010

What A Painting Day

Today I met up with my artist friends, Bruce Hancock and Howard Rees. We met in Drytown and then headed down to Turner Road. It is really pretty any time of the year here in the foothills but right now the hills are just starting to turn from gold to green. You can see the grass just peaking through the taller dry grasses. I have posted a few photos of both Bruce and Howard and a final painting from my easel. It is always fun to attempt the challenge to capture nature's beauty with brush and paint.