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"Superstition Mountain" is part of the Superstition Mountains just east of Phoenix. The mountain range is in the federally designated Superstition Wilderness Area. The elevation in the more remote, eastern portion of the wilderness is higher than the western portion, which lowers temperatures slightly. Numerous hiking trails cross the mountains from multiple access points, including the Peralta Trailhead, the most popular. The Lost Dutchman State Park, located on the west side of Superstition Mountain, includes several short walking trails. This is painted in oil on panel and is ready for framing or can sit on an easel or a shelf as is! In this suggestion for frames I have placed it in a floater frame (not included). I purchase my floater frames at pictureframes.com in their floater frame section. The frame shown is CFS3.

LOOK FOR INSPIRATION IN UNEXPECTED PLACES!

Monday, August 8, 2016

"PIXIE" A CAT WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Pixie"

6"x6" oil on panel with slight texture

"Pixie" is a cat that I follow on facebook. She lives and is loved at a shelter in Charlotte NC where a facebook friend's son works. I've seen many pics and a couple of videos, but when this fun pic was posted I wanted to paint it. She makes me laugh...this queen of the shelter as I've come to think of her. I believe she was greeting guests that day, but the look on her face and her body language was a kick!

I chose pink for the background because it enhanced those beautiful green eyes of hers, but I wonder if she would approve as she seems a queen of a cat that might bristle at the lady like color! lol...I am left to wonder...

I like to show my paintings if appropriate, in a frame example...my favorite for these paintings is a floater frame. This gold frame I purchased from pictureframes.com in their floater frame section. I think she looks royal in the gold...

As I said in my last post, I MISS painting pet kids...so I picked her to get me going again!

BE INSPIRED AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR DAYS!!

Friday, August 5, 2016

I WANT TO PAINT YOUR PET KID! © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Gabby"

painted for his pet mom SOLD

part of the 101 Pet Portraits in 101 Days project

He is SOLD, but I want to paint YOUR PET KID!

A little while back I finished a project of 101 Pet Portraits in 101 Days...it was one of my favorite projects of all time! I wanted to paint people's pet kids in the fauvist style...mostly for me that was bright colors and a bit looser strokes...in oil...and I did. It was so much fun I find myself missing painting all those pet kids! SO, if you want your pet painted, all you have to do is take a look at THIS LINK to get the simple details and we can get started! Here are a few more reminders of that project!

Dudley SOLD

Oliver SOLD

Lucy SOLD

Charlie SOLD

Caber SOLD

Riley AVAILABLE

I'm ready to go if you are! Just follow the link and let's get started!

a fun painting I did the other day for my neice is her pup she calls Bernie Mac...I love this dog and have painted him several times...

FIND INSPIRATION IN ALL YOU DO!

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

"MT. SNEFFELS" ORIGINAL OIL OF COLORADO MOUNTAIN © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Mt. Sneffels"

It was time to pull out another summit request for my mountain summit project. Next in line are a few from Arizona that were suggested. I enjoy capturing these summits; though they are the tippy top they all seem to have their own personality.

"Mt. Sneffels" is a mountain in the San Juan Range near the town of Ouray in southwest Colorado. This mountain summit rises to just over 14,150 ft., so is one of Colorado's 14ers as we call them. Mt. Sneffels is named after the iconic peak in the Jules Verne’s novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth. When painting this summit I take care to get the silhouette correct and then add a bit of texture to bring out some of the crags. "Mt. Sneffels" comes ready to frame or can sit on a small easel or just leaned against something on your favorite shelf. The frame suggestion that is my favorite for my 6"x6" paintings is the floater frame. (Frame not included). I get my floater frames from pictureframes.com in the floater frame section. I like these frames as you can see the painting from edge to edge.

frame suggestion

FIND INSPIRATION WHERE YOU CAN!

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

"MT. MORAN" AND "GRAND TETONS" BOTH ORIGINAL OILS OF SUMMITS IN THE GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Grand Tetons"

"Grand Tetons" are a range of mountains found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. This range consists of a few mountain peaks, but as this is a summit project I zoomed in on the two most prominent peaks. The highest peak/summit is Grand Teton which rises to about 13,770 feet. To the left is Middle Teton, rising to 12,804 feet. The space between these two is called the lower saddle and off to the right you can see a bit of Mount Owen at 12,928 feet. "Grand Tetons" is oil on 6"x6" panel and comes ready to frame (the suggestion frame you see here is not included, but shows you how fun they look framed. This is a floater frame you can find at pictureframes.com) or sit on an easel.

"Grand Tetons" was actually the summit that my friend Jackie Johnson requested to see for my mountain summits project...HOWEVER, life has been so busy, I latched on to a different peak when I was doing my research and just painted it instead, NOT EVEN NOTICING it wasn't the Tetons like we know them! WOW! I decided to add it to the collection anyway because it was named after an artist and I kind of was attracted to it in the first place, so HERE is "Mt. Moran"

"Mt. Moran"

"Mt. Moran" is a mountain in Grand Teton National Park of western Wyoming that rises some 12,605 feet. This mountain was named for Thomas Moran, an American western frontier landscape artist. Mount Moran dominates the northern section of the Teton Range rising 6,000 feet above Jackson Lake."Mt. Moran" is painted in oil on panel and comes ready to frame as shown in a frame suggestion (a floater frame I get from pictureframes.com) or can sit on a shelf or easel.

HAPPY CREATING!

Monday, May 2, 2016

"MT. HOOD" GIVE AWAY FOR NEWSLETTER CONTEST © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Mt. Hood"

Winner of the give away was Terri Johnson

Frame suggestion

you can find this frame at pictureframes.com in their floater frame section

"Mt. Hood" was Terri Johnson's pick for the give away mountain summit. Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. I like to show a frame suggestion with these fun paintings...my favorite is the floater frame. Frames are not included, but it is fun to see how they could look all framed up! Congratulations Terri for entering! I'll be sending it off to her as soon as it dries! Stay tuned for the next give away opportunity! All you have to do to enter the next give away is sign up for my website newsletter! saundralane.com

I love to experiment with different materials and subject matter. This mountain/volcano was one where I applied modeling paste in the summit itself. The experiment was to see how it might work using oils. I usually do this when painting these mountains in acrylic. I lay in the paste and then do a wash in a darker color, laying in the white mixture on top. The end result is pretty striking. I noticed in oil I can do the same thing, but the wait time for the wash to dry is longer as it is oil, and I haven't found the same striking end result. Most probably because I paint heavier in oils...hmmm...I will probably play with it some more. You can see the texture in life more than in a photo...that may still make it worth it.

HAPPY CREATING

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

"MT. MCKINLEY-DENALI" ORIGINAL OIL ON PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Mt. McKinley-Denali"

I learned alot when I was researching this mountain. I always knew it was one of the tallest, but didn't know it was THE tallest in North America! I also didn't know it had been re-named it's original name of Denali. It was originally named Denali by the Alaskan natives, and President Obama re-named it in 2015. Denali means Great One. And, it certainly is as it rises to 20,320 ft! I've shown it here in a frame suggestion; a floater frame...one of my favorites. You can find this frame at pictureframes.com.

We had an unexpected fun day with our grandson Ethan and his daddy on Monday at the zoo...Love these grand babies! Love my hubby too!! Ethan loves his "buppa" tons! A great sunny day in Colorado which turned into snow the very next day! AAAAHHH...springtime in the rockies! lol

Stay tuned to my blog in the coming days...I'm going to start a series of lists of my favorite things...first up will by my favorite adhesives and what I use them on!

HAPPY CREATING!

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

"THREE SISTERS" FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY ORIGINAL OIL ON 6"X6" PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Three Sisters"

Available in my Website

The "Three Sisters" Faith, Hope and Charity are a complex volcano of three volcanic peaks of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in the state of Oregon. Each exceeding 10,000 feet in elevation, they are the third, fourth, and fifth highest peaks in the state of Oregon, and are located in the Three Sisters Wilderness about 10 miles south of the nearest town of Sisters. "Three Sisters" is painted in oil on a 6"x6" panel and comes ready to frame or sit on an easel or even just perch on a shelf. My favorite frame for this type of painting is a floater frame shown in the frame suggestion below (not included). A floater frame is one where the painting sits such that all sides are showing. I find my floater frames at pictureframes.com.

You still have time, if you haven't already done so to visit my website at saundralane.com and sign up for my newsletter to get details on how to enter to win YOUR favorite mountain summit painting! Any mountain peak you choose!

HAPPY CREATING!

Sunday, April 17, 2016

"PIKES PEAK" ORIGINAL OIL OF A COLORADO 14ER © SAUNDRA LANE

"Pikes Peak"

6"x6" mixed media on panel

This is the North Face of Pikes Peak. To me it is the most recognizable of this mountain. The point of this project is to capture the summits/peaks of these mountains...which I am careful to keep recognizable. The bottom area is more interpretation...sometimes the close up of a summit is rather bare, so I include color or trees; things of this nature that are found in the area...this I do for composition sake. I always like to show the suggestion of framing so you can see what it might look like. I like these floater frames that I find online at pictureframes.com.

We've had quite a snow storm the past two days...over our 27" from last month...I'm not fond of this kind of weather...it isn't pretty anymore...just lots of work! lol PS...please note the bluish green your screen may see for the sky is really more a little bluish...sigh...just can't seem to edit the correct sky color these days! lol

I usually take a photo of our table on the back deck...you can see what it has done this time!

This broom is what we can count on having got for totals...today it is 38" minus the two inches of melting that happened yesterday...yes, spring is a crazy time!

This may not look like much, but if you consider that there are stairs where that slope is...you get my drift...pun intended! lol

I am happy to say I FINALLY got to visit my wonderful family in Nebraska...my daughter and son in law and my two precious grand children Paxton and Gracyn. Love those happy little faces for sure!

SO, after the survival of this latest storm I'm back at the easel...still working on my largish aspen painting and next in the series of summits is the Three Sisters! Fun Doins!

HAPPY CREATING!

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

"Longs Peak"

"Longs Peak" in Colorado is part of the Rocky Mountain National Park up near Estes Park. When I painted this my husband said it is important to get the "knob". He's a climber from way back, so I listened. The typical view we get here from out east is two peaks...one being Mt. Meeker...BUT, since I was painting the summit of Longs I went with a close up version. This fun little summit (which isn't so little) is

14, 259' high, so one of Colorado's 14ers. I included a bit of acid free paper underneath a few areas, which is why I labeled it mixed media, but the majority of the painting is in oil. "Longs Peak" is 6"x6" oil on panel and comes ready to frame or sit on a shelf or easel. I like to show an example of framing (not included), in this 6"x6" gold floater frame. I love floater frames for a lot of my work as it shows all sides.

frame suggestion

I am still working on my 2'x2' aspen piece on cradled panel. You can see I've now added aspen trees that are in various stages of complete. On this piece, for now, I have added a few trees that do not go to the bottom giving a bit more sense of depth. I am now working to add the holes and dings and lines that make the tree...then branches...then...? fun thinking about what it will become!

2'x2' aspen in process

HAPPY CREATING!!

Monday, April 4, 2016

"Capitol Peak"

"Capitol Peak" is the third in my Mountain Summit series. This one was a favorite of one of my artist friends; Mark Oehlert who used to live here, but now resides in San Antonio. Things I learned about Capitol Peak today as I painted her was she is a 14er; some 14, 137' high. Many consider her one of the most difficult climbs, I'm guessing due to the straight face. She is found in the rugged Elk Mountains and Maroon Bells here in Colorado. Here is "Capitol Peak" in a suggested frame.

I think it will be Longs Peak next; a favorite of another of my artist friends...so stay tuned!

I am also busy in my studio working on my next largish piece that will be aspen. I have started the background in acrylic and stamping, and then added papers...next will be to decide the tree placement and paint them...with a bit of oil to finish up I believe.

2'x2'

I missed a wonderful trip to my mother's on Easter Sunday due to weather...I also missed seeing my grand babies...sure love these people!

Happy Creating!

Thursday, March 31, 2016

"Mt. of the Holy Cross"