Comanche Lake Looking East, watercolor, 2018, copyrighted by Jean Krueger with all rights reserved
I hike to go fishing here. This lake has great big cut throat trout.
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Comanche Lake Looking East
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Platte
Platte, watercolor, 9×12″, 2018, by Jean Krueger copyrighted with all rights reservedI was hiking and found a rock that impressed me . It looked like a landscape. I’ve started a series of landscape paintings based upon the colors, shapes and contours I see in the rock. I am doing this as an exercise to paint quickly without too much analysis, letting the paint flow and granulate in watery washes. I’m limiting my pallet to no more than 5 colors. I tilt and turn the painting to direct the water’s flow. I plan to create a least landscapes from the same rock.
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Oregon Grape
Oregon Grape, 2018, watercolor, 9×12″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger Fine ArtOregon Grape displays the colors of the rainbow as it cycles through the growing season. The phase I’ve painted is what we see in the mid to late summer months here in the Rockies where I’m now staying for awhile.
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CR 140, Westcliffe, Colorado
CR 140, Westcliffe, CO, 2018, Professional watercolors on 140# hot press paper, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
This view is my drive home in the summertime. Typically, the clouds gather and a bit of rain falls each afternoon. After the shower, everything is a bit greener and the sky is full of sifted light filtering through to the mountains and western pastures. My painting is about the light as it slides through the clouds.
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Poppies, Second St. and Edwards Ave., Westcliffe, CO
Poppies, Second St. and Edwards Ave., Westcliffe, CO, 2018, 12×16″, Professional watercolors on 140# hot press watercolor paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerThis week I’m painting poppies because they’re blooming all over town. They don’t last long and will all be to seed by next week.
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Red Poppies, 2018, 12×16″, professional watercolors on140# hot press watercolor paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Red Poppies have taken over my grandmother’s yard.
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Poppies, 2018, 12×16″professional wa tercolors on 140# hot press paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
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Sometimes It Rained in Rome – Piazza del Popolo
Sometimes It Rained in Rome – Piazza del Popolo, 2018, professional watercolors on 140# hot press watercolor paper, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerGray day, long ago, Eternal City.
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Thistles
Thistle, 2018, professional watercolors on 184# wet media recycled, acid free paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
This studies a small thistle I found while on a walk. The paper it’s painted on is a Strathmore product, that has a tan-ish cast and contains 30% recycled material. It’s the first time I’ve painted on it…it’s okay. I prefer white papers but it’s nice for experimenting with color and imagery.
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Thistle, 2018, Permanent black pens on Japanese notebook paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerThis studies a dried Canada Thistle I found while taking a walk. It’s drawn with ink…I think this is the first drawing I’ve posted in that media.
A few weeks back while teaching beginners watercolor and pastel classes I became aware how REALLY important drawing skills are to any person learning to paint.
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Schoolfield Road and Macey Lane, Westcliffe, CO
Schoolfield Road and Macey Lane, Westcliffe, CO, Professional Watercolors on 140# rough watercolor paper, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
I go by this place almost daily. It’s a lovely view, always different owing to the weather or time of year.
This painting studies the movement of sky and the pattern of light in the fields as the the winds shift the sun’s rays. -
Cattle Cutting, A Painted View Ranch, Westcliffe, CO
Cattle Cutting, A Painted View Ranch, Westcliffe, CO, , 2018, professional watercolors on 140# hot press watercolor paper, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Each year in Westcliffe, CO, A Painted View Ranch sponsors the Sangre de Cristo Classic Cutting Horse Show. I go and take photos. It’s a great show, the horses and cattle are magnificent and the action is non-stop.
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Cattle Cutting, Westcliffe, CO
Cattle Cutting, 2015 –Artists’ pigments on 140# CP watercolor paper with machine-laid texture, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
The painting is about equestrian action and skill, back-lighting and the capture of motion. It was fun to paint.
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Winter Opuntia
Winter Opuntia, soft pastel on sandere paper, 12″ x 9″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerFlat, late afternoon sun on a cold winter day in a dry Arizona desert made this prickly pear cactus jump with color and shadow. I saw it on the way back to the car after fishing…no bites that day.
Detail, Winter Opuntia
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Paintbrush and Purple Fringe
Paintbrush and Purple Fringe, watercolor, 12×9″, 2018, copyroghted with all rights reserved
This painting shows alpine flowers as they start to bloom in the late spring. They are shown in the late afternoon sun as I started back from a day of fishing at Comanche Lake, elevation 11,000+ feet. I caught four large cutthroat trout and this image to reminds me of that day.
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Pretty Babies
Pretty Babies, watercolor, 6×4′, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Life is fabulous!
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Mexican Fence Post Cactus – Pachycereus marginatus
Mexican Fence Post Cactus – Pachycereus marginatus, pastel on hardboard, 20×16″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
The Mexican Fence Post is a species originating in Central Mexico. These grow to heights of 12 or more feet and have a diameter of 3 to 8″. Its star-shape cross section can have from 5 to 9 points..its thorns are far less vicious than other species of cacti. Flowers are pink-yellow or green-yellow. When planted side by side they make an effective fence. They like it hot, tolerate afternoon shade and are hardy to zone 9 (28 Deg F overnight).
I think they’re marvelous.
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Opuntia
Opuntia, watercolor, 8×6″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerDozens of varieties of Opuntia are in bloom in these early May days in Arizona. I found this blossom at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. I’m inspired in this painting by the semi-transparent petals and the contrast of vermilion against aquas, greens and purples.
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Buck the Cat
Buck the Cat, Original Watercolor, 8×6″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Buck is the family cat. He’ll be a year old at the end of May so he’s still technically a kitten. We really love him. Meow.
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White Tanks Park, Maricopa County
White Tanks Park, Maricopa County, Pastel on paper,2018, 12×9″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerThe desert blooms in the spring. This is a variety of Cholla with mostly green blossoms.
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Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea, pastel on paper, 2018, 9×12″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerBack-lighted bougainvillea as seen on a morning walk.
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Musicians
Musicians, Original Watercolor , 2018, 12×9″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerMusicians of Ahmedabad, India,
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Argentine Giant Cacti – Echinopsis candicans
Argentine Giant Cacti – Echinopsis candicans, 12×9″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean KruegerThis cactus grows in our neighborhood. It is low to the ground and spreads by growing outward from its middle. It blooms at night and has deliciosly fragrant blooms.The blooms when open are about 12″ across and closely spaced. A Giant Argentine Cactus in bloom is quite a sight to see.
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