"Sweet Ride" Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting by Arizona Artist Mary Opat

 

"Sweet Ride" Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting by

Arizona Artist Mary Opat

 

11" x 14" Oil on Stretched Linen $275

 

This is another of the vintage auto series.  It's a '57 Chevy and

is in my favorite color!  I love to paint reflections in the chrome.

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of my work.

 

Life is Art...Paint Your Dreams!

Antique jeep in the field oil painting by Becky Joy

Jeepers 6x6 oil on canvas panel

I saw this old jeep around Taos (a great place for old vehicles). It was on someone's property and not a very good view from the road. No one was home, so I did a little trespassing to get a photo of it. I'm not sure what the original color was, because it seemed like it was multicolored with just that little bit of red on the fender. I love painting the old patinas on the vehicles that have weathered. Fun stuff to paint. No shiny cars for me.

Getting ready for my trip to Oregon and plein air painting on the gorge. Really a great place, can't wait. Time to start setting things aside for my trip now. Talk to you all later.

Becky

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Icon of the West, old truck in field Plein Air

old Truck, The End? 6x8 oil plein air

Hi everyone, Good to be feeling good! Last weekend I started my drive up to Cheyenne to participate in the plein air event, Peaks to Prairies. I was looking forward to some cooler weather and painting in the area. On my way up there, I stopped along a road near Taos to paint this little painting.

All was going well on the trip, then in Colorado Springs I got off the freeway for gas and had an accident. My car was totaled, I was dazed and fortunate. I walked out with a scratch on my knuckle and just plain ol' sore. I had to get a ride to the rental cars, transfer all my stuff as I had the last glimpse of my car.

I called off the plein air event. I felt that I would be too sore to be of much good for a few days. I find that when I paint a lot at an event my neck and shoulder muscles get really sore and I knew that I would have more soreness and stiffness in the following few days and it was a long drive home to Phoenix. I turned around and started back taking it slower and planning more days to get home.

The next day between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, my rental  car broked down on the freeway at rush hour. So, it was call the rental company again, get a tow truck, new car and transfer my stuff all over again. I finally got to Albuquerque for the night, went to a nice dinner, had a drink and got to bed (but didn't sleep well).

I then continued my trip home in the third car and finally made it home late at night. Yesterday, I slept a lot and feel really good today.

So, I was wondering, is the plein air of the old truck just appropriate or an omen?

Talk to you later. Back to business and painting now and looking for a new car.

Becky

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