Moke Hill - Ruth Andre

Sunday was a perfect day for painting plein air and I met up with my friends, Howard Rees and Bruce Hancock and we drove to Mokelumne Hill or as the locals call it Moke Hill. We started out painting in a remote area just before Moke Hill and then moved into town for an afternoon painting session. It was a full day of painting and good fun. It definitely was, "A Painting Day".

"Moke Hll" 10x10 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre SOLD

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April

April 2010 was the beginning date for my Blogger Blog. I started by painting the old apple tree just across the fence line from our ranch. The apple tree is gorgeous filled with white blossoms. Rain is expected tomorrow so it was a must do Painting Day.  I have enjoyed blogging and meeting patrons and other art bloggers. Blogging has its own community that gives support with comments and following. Thank-you all for making my Blog special and for following, "A Painting Day".

"April" 6x6 oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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Giclee Sale - Ruth Andre

Today I am showing two Giclee canvas prints. Both prints are printed on canvas 

with heavy duty 1.5 inch stretcher bars and they are ready to hang.

"The Stocker"

18x24x1.5 inches -Ready to hang

Giclee Canvas Print

$250.00

"Yellow Horse-Grey Horse"

24x24x1.5 inches - Ready to hang

Giclee Canvas Print

$250.00

Back Country - Ruth Andre

It looked like spring today after a few days of hard rain and when I received an invitation from my friend, Bruce Hancock to go out and paint, I jumped at the chance. After driving through two raging creeks getting to town to meet up the weather changed with the sun going into hiding making for a very cold day. Memories are born, making for "A Painting Day".

"Back Country" 12x6 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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Photo-Less Monday - Ruth Andre

I have seen blog posts where the title is, "Wordless Friday or Wordless Wednesday". Well this post is "Photo-Less Monday". I took off for the Cattlemen's Western art show without my camera. I know not a good thing to do. So the show news is rather limited except for the fact I met a lot of great people and got to see a lot of great art. I also sold a few paintings so you know that is a happy event in itself. Artists love to get feed back about their art and when someone just cannot live without a painting that you just happen to have for sale, your day is complete. The trip to Paso Robles was also a bit of a vacation. Walking downtown and having dinner at the very nice Robert's  restaurant made for a lovely evening. A stop at the the Chocolate Factory after dinner made it even better. It was good to get away and it made me love having many, "A Painting Day".

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ChicWrap - Ruth Andre

This is a little off topic from my usual art ramblings but it is about a great designed product called ChicWrap, The World's Best Plastic Wrap Box! This is a very special product that is not only beautiful with its six gorgeous designs but it is also safe and easy to use. The box is sustainable allowing for the use of refill rolls. ChicWrap is also special to me because my son, Ian Kaiser. and his business partner, Sean Neiberger, designed ChicWrap for the home kitchen. Take a look at the video and see for yourself.

I love art and design and it makes me very proud to see my son has followed his own path

 joining design and functionality with ChicWrap. 

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Raven

I decided to explore a little with this wild raven painting, I used a palette knife and oils to express a likeness of this feathered creature. From what I have read the black feathers of a raven shine with a blue cast when caught by the sun's rays. They can also grow to be 24 inches tall. Ravens are proud intelligent birds that like to forage in quiet areas. Thinking about these beautiful wild ravens made for, "A Painting Day".

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Solitude - Ruth Andre

I am a fan of quiet and solitude. I love people and love being chatty as anyone that knows me knows first hand.  I also love to find a quiet place and solitude. I guess the quiet time is a privilege of sorts,  an added bonus to having good friends and a loving family. The painting today was painted

 on and outing with my friend, Julie Trail, at a local winery in the Shenandoah Valley. 

We hiked along a vineyard trail to find this quite little pond. 

Painting along the pond shore made for, "A Painting Day".

"Solitude" 6x8 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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