
Poolside in Costa Rica.
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Poolside in Costa Rica.
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COSTA RICA! Spring break, arrived late night. So much sun!

Wha dat down dare?
Meow.
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In mid-autumn, the Raquette River in New York’s Adirondack Park start to freeze at the edges. The river still rushes on down the rock towards Long Lake in Hamilton County, icing the banks with its spray.

Perched and curious.

The long reach of a limber cat, legs are hair-triggered springs, so quick.



What’s that I see? Meow.

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

These are edible member of the Genus Allium.
This is another installment in my florilegium.
$60 USD, $8 to ship

This cactus grows in the neighborhood. The abstract shape struck me. The plant really looks just like this, nature never ceases to amaze me. I painted in the little cottontail rabbit for scale. It lives nearby the cactus.
$40 USA, $5 to ship


$15 USD each, $4.00 shipping

The common ubiquitous onion is a bulb, a member of the Allium family, the same botanical clan that brings us the garlic.
$25. USA, $4 shipping
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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

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.
Elevation 11,400 ft.,oil on canvas, 16×12″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
It’s late, late summer and I can still hike the eastern foothills of the Rockies. The weather has bee wonderful, warm and all clear cobalt skies. The grasses that thrive at timberline are yellow ochre and white, the evergreens remain their consistent mix of cadmium light, ultramarine with burnt umber. I’m amazed at the colors one can mix from 6 or 7 tubes.
Comanche Trail, pastel on board, 12×16″, 2018, copyrighted by Jean Krueger with all rights reserved
The late summer air in the alpine landscape is still warm, 60-65 degrees F, although the wind can gust and make it feel cooler. But when I hike I’m in a sleeveless shirt and with pantlegs rolled up, working up a head of steam. The sky is just as blue as the pastels show and the grasses are drying, dying to naples yellow and light buff. However, those evergreens will weather all seasons looking just like they do today.