Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is the second painting that I have done from the photos I took on my recent trip to Arizona. I love the way the cactus look against the red rocks. This painting, “Prickly Pear”, is an oil on canvas panel measuring 10″x8″ and is available for $195. kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com
This was my reference photo for the painting.
Posted in daily painter, Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, daily painting, impressionism, Landscape, oil painting, Virginia Artist on September 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I told you about our trip out west to Arizona and shared all the photos of the red rocks.
I finished a painting of one. This is the reference photo of Bell Rock, just outside of Sedona, Arizona.
And this is my painted version of Bell Rock. It is an oil painting on canvas panel measuring 9″x12″ and is available for purchase at $195 by contacting me at kwalker@doubledogdesigns.com .
Posted in Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, Vacation on September 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Cactus amazes me. I don’t understand how it works exactly but it is beautiful in its own way.
I especially like the Prickly Pear cactus seen here.
Cactus makes a nice foreground for landscape shots in the west.
I love the way it looks in the landscape of the west.
One thing I didn’t get a shot of was the cactus trees. And the amazing thing I learned about cactus trees is that they are at least 50-70 years old before an arm shoots out. I never thought about them being that old. And we passed several “cactus forests” north of Phoenix but didn’t get to stop for photos. Too bad. 😦
Posted in Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, Vacation on September 10, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I’ve always wanted to see the Grand Canyon. Everyone who had been to it said that it was amazing….not possible to describe…you had to see it to believe it.
And they were right!
It was a beautiful clear day when we were there and you could see for miles and miles. There were huge puffy clouds hanging perfectly over the cliffs. It was almost fake looking. I said that the same people who perpetrated the fake “moon landing” must have painted a huge screen and hung it up here for people see. It just didn’t look real.
But it was real. We had a great view of the Colorado River running through it. Unbelievable!
The tower overlook at the southeast end of the canyon gave wonderful views of the canyon not to mention that it was quite photogenic itself.
Allen and Bob didn’t miss an opportunity to read about all that we were seeing.
And Sally risked standing on the edge of the world!
Posted in Travel, tagged Arizona, daily painter, Vacation on September 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Just back from the Labor Day Weekend in Sedona with friends. I hope to post some red rock paintings soon. Saw many wonderful views and landscape there. It’s hard to believe how different everything there looks compared to the Shenandoah Valley.
We hiked each day. Bell Rock and Cathedral were right down the road from our hotel so we were able to hike there easily. We saw rattlesnakes on one walk. I HATE snakes!!!
I’m not crazy about lizards either but we saw lots of them so I had to get at least one shot.
So many nice landscape views with the arid countryside in the foreground. I hope to paint many of them.
Tomorrow, our day at the Grand Canyon. Awesome!
The Studio 