Arizona Pine Cone, watercolor on paper, 8×6″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
I picked up this pinecone while walking past a golf course in my neighborhood. The tree that grows is over 60 years old and is quite tall. The needles on the tree are 4-5″ long.
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Quillback Rockfish, watercolor on paper, 9×12″ 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
This is a fish native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico, they can be up to 24″ in length and live to 95 years. Its biological name is Sabastes maliger. It lives in kelp covered rock outcrops with smaller fish preferring the shallower depths of the Pacific Ocean. Larger fish can be found in water up to 900′ deep.
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Indian Lake Inlet, watercolor, 9×12″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Filtered light, deep water, fishing from a canoe, mid-summer.
Pumpkinseed, watercolor, 2018, 6×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
These North American natives are commonly called Pumpkinseeds because of the black flap at the edge of their gills.Lepomis gibbosus is included in the common sunfish family (Centrarchidae). They can grow quite large for a smallish fish (i.e. over 9″) but most that I’ve seen are from 4-6″. They’re the most colorful fish that is found in a warm water lake or pond. Bass and crappie are some of their fishy relatives.
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Honey Bee, Watercolor, 2018, 10×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Ubiquitous bee.
BZZZZZZZZZZ.
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Agave in the Shade, 2018, Watercolor, 8×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
There are over 200 species of agaves and I have no idea which this is. If it happens to be a blue or tequilana agave, tequila can be made from it. The Agave is part of the genus Yucca.
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Arizona Bird of Paradise – caesalpinia pulcherrima, 2018, Soft Pastel on Board, 10×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
The Arizona Bird of Paradise (caesalpinia pulcherrima) is a member of the Fabaceae (pea) family. Where we stay they are trimmed into medium height shrubs but they can grow to small tree proportions. They have every color from deep red to deep purple. Blossoms are in the red orange yellow range with leaves from green to deep violet. They are very delicate with a lacey fragility.
This is painted with a combination of soft pastel pencils and sticks. The surface is lightly fixed to discourage dusting.
$50. USD
Bee and Cactus, 2018, watercolor, 8×6″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
BZZZZZ.
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Rangler, gouache, 9×12″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Not his first rodeo.
Grasshopper, watercolor, 9 x 12″. 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Summer, summer, summer. Grasshoppers beg to painted when they wear complimentary colors.
$25 USD
Pinus, 5 x 7″, watercolor, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger.
So many pine cones to paint and life is so short.
$18. USD
Stallion, watercolor, 10×8″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Nakota stallion from the praires of the American northwest.
Desert Botanical Garden, watercolor, 12×9″, 2018 by Jean Krueger with all rights reserved.
This plant grows in a pot by the entrance to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ. I have to find out its name. I paint it for its shape and crisp silhouette.
Honey Bee, 6×6″ watercolor, 2018, by Jean Krueger with all rights reserved.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Prairie Coneflower – Ratibida columnifera – by Jean Krueger, watercolor, copyrighted with all rights reserved, 2018 .
These prairie cone flowers are easing their way into autumn, missing a few of their 4-12 petals, a little bent at the stems with leaves starting to turn ruddy. The cones are typically longer than the petals. They like it dry and hot and they self-seed. The leaves and stems are said to be analgesic, good for head and bellyaches. Decoctions are used to treat poison ivy and rattlesnake bites. Handy, eh?
I found these growing in Westcliffe, CO.
Music Meadows Ranch, by Jean Krueger, 2018, 10×8″, soft pastel copyrighted with all rights reserved
Painted en plein air.
Ponderosa by Jean Krueger, watercolor, 5×7″, copyrighted with all rights reserved
Utah by Jean Krueger, 7×5″, watercolor, copyrighted with all rights reserved
I saw this landscape on the way to Arizona where I will winter. Textured and sunwashed.
Ponderosa Twig, watercolor, 6×4′, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
One of my favorite topics, the intricate pine cone. It spirals from top to bottom in predictable 12 to 14 spirals, each leaf hiding a seed that will eventually blow away. I love them.
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Wild Rose in Autumn, oil on board, 4×6″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Wild roses in the autumn move from the pink and green of spring and summer to the crimson an yellow leaves of fall. I painted this with leftover paint from a larger work in order not to waste the leftover pigments. The image of the leaves, stems and surrounding ground litter was made by removing paint tith a rubber sculpting tool.
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