Jean Krueger Fine Art

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Arizona Bird of Paradise – caesalpinia pulcherrima
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

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November 11, 2018
Grasshopper
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
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November 1, 2018
Prairie Cone Flower – Ratibida columnifera
https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/902191Prairie 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.

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October 27, 2018
Utah
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.

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October 24, 2018
Ponderosa Twig
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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September 21, 2018
Wild Rose in Autumn
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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September 21, 2018
Comanche Peak
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.

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September 21, 2018
Plein Air Study
Plein Air Study, oil on board, 6×4″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger

I’m scoping out places to paint next week during the Wesctcliffe, CO, Alla Prima Plein Air event, that starts 9/24/ Still time to register! https://www.sangresartguild.org/3rd-street-gallery/calls-to-artists/alla-prima-westcliffe-2018/

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September 21, 2018
Comanche Trail
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.

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September 21, 2018
Douglas Fir Cone
Douglas Fir ConeDouglas Fir Cone, watercolor, 6×4″ 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger

When walking in the woods around my mom’s house, I always pick stuff up, like grasses, rocks, tree twigs and pine cones. I added the one painted here to my growing collection of conifer cones. The geometry of these fruits amaze me with their spiral symmetry.

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September 3, 2018
Comanche Lake Looking East
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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September 3, 2018
Platte
Platte, watercolor, 9×12″, 2018, by Jean Krueger copyrighted with all rights reserved

I 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.
This is a simple concept but an effective way for me explore the watercolor media.

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August 29, 2018
Oregon Grape
Oregon Grape, 2018, watercolor, 9×12″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger Fine Art

Oregon 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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August 11, 2018
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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August 6, 2018
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 Krueger

This 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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August 3, 2018
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.

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/873168

Thistle, 2018, Permanent black pens on Japanese notebook paper, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger

This 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.
I now want to learn to draw better.

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August 2, 2018
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.

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August 2, 2018
Winter Opuntia
Winter Opuntia, soft pastel on sandere paper, 12″ x 9″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger

Flat, 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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June 8, 2018
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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June 8, 2018
Calypso Bulbosa – Fairy Slipper
Calypso Bulbosa, watercolor, 12 x 14″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger

Fairy Slippers, Calypso bulbosa are orchids, somewhat rare and a delight to find. These flowers were emerging along the Rainbow Trail in southeast Colorado.

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June 8, 2018