
Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed.

Looking north in the late afternoon sun the fence posts march into the autumn pasture bleached by summer sun now departed.

This is the view out our western window…sorta.

Just three trees in the late afternoon sun, washed and warmed by the horizontal light.

I walk in this montane woods. When the wind moves so do the trees, interacting with one another as the gusts direct, sorta choreographed, I think.

Plein Aire in Victor, Colorado, September 2019.

Painted at a Plein Aire event, Victor, CO.
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This was painted at a plein aire event in Victpor Colorado. The elvation there is above 10,000 ft. The air is very clear and clean making the sky a brillient cerulean blue.

There’s been a lot of rain this summer, the farmers have mowed a couple times already. Late in the afternoon, sometimes towards evening, the clouds gather along the mountain ridge. When they hit the tops of the mountains they just dump all the moisture they hold. The sun shines through the veil of water and is quite lovely.

We up here to Goodwin Lake to fish in the summer. The elevation is about 11,200 ft. There’s deer and marmots there, eagles and crows. Elk are also around, but I’ve never seen one.
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Summer time recreation includes camping. This site is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and it’s a National Parks Facility. Come visit someday, the natural beauty is stunning.

Sunset in central Arizona.
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The Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, has so many little niches, secluded corners and hidden respites. They’re are all delightfully designed and full of life and beauty. The little fountain shown here is one such place. Come visit the garden.
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Painted en plein aire at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ.

I’m trying a small Qor brand travel set of paints, 12 different pigments in a small metal case. The colors are really saturated and spring to life when water is applied to them, they have tremendous flow. This was painted at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden en plein air.
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Aloe Vera, Pastel on Paper, 14×11″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
This plant is found at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona. I’ll add the the botanic information as soon as I can, probably after a trip to the Garden itself. I was attracted by the red-yellow blooms supported on purple stalks, cradled in a wreath of green-aqua-magenta-alizarin foliage. What’s not to love?
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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.