A Visual Feast

Renewing your faith in colour

Fall is the time of year where we, as artists, renew our faith in colour and just let it out - loud and bold!

I use this time of year to reflect on why Fall is important to me as an artist - great scenes with strong light, high drama and cool, clean crisp air with that distinct smell of fallen leaves. Nothing better than walking down the path in the woods shuffling the leaves under your shoes!

Here's a new Fall painting. I was driving home from our cottage on Lake Superior when I saw this passing storm and the sunlit hills. It left an indelible mark on my memory, just like the smell of fallen leaves!

After the Storm by Warren Peterson 12" x 12"

Two Paintings Can Go A Long Way!

Letting Your Babies Go!

Funny how things just come together sometimes! The collector who purchased the two paintings in my previous post just bought one more based on an email that I sent out! Here's the painting.

"It's a Good Day" by Warren Peterson - 16" x  20" 

In addition a new collector contacted me to commission a sunrise painting based on the one above! That painting is in the works.

I had a solo show this past July and also had a jury select me for inclusion into the Queens Walk Art Show in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. New works were shown including:

"One Spring Morning" by Warren Peterson - 16" x 20" 

 "One Spring Morning" is a departure for me in that I was more interested in the tonal effects vs. a panoramic landscape. This painting has been submitted to the Northern Ontario Art Association jury show.

"Nature's Paintbrush" by Warren Peterson 5" x 7" 

"Nature's Paintbrush" is sold as well, to local collectors who also have one of my works. They saw it at the Queens Walk Show and called me a few days later to purchase it. This painting is one of my smallest works and I really like the way it turned out so more are in the making at this size. For example, here's...

"Taking the Long View" by Warren Peterson - 5" x  7" 

I think I will try this size plein air!

My solo show generated a lot of publicity and two of my favourite paintings sold, both to new collectors!

This one, "Standing Guard, Agawa Canyon" can be seen from start to finish in the Demonstration page in my web site here http://www.warrenpetersonfineart.com/demonstration.html

I have my "special" ones and this is one of them:

"Standing Guard - Agawa Canyon by Warren Peterson - 9" x 12" 

I do a lot of plein air painting in the Fall and one of my favourites, "Sand River Rapids" was also sold at my solo show.  This was bought as a gift to the purchasers' son as a new house warming gift. They love the painting! Here it is:

"Sand River Rapids" by Warren Peterson - 10" x 12" 

Next up -  From Doodle to Painting! How to take an idea to a completed landscape painting.

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Getting Intimate With Nature

New Works

I chose the title to help convey a very real feeling I get every time I put brush to canvas. It's hard to describe but if you can get outdoors to sit, hear, smell and taste the great outdoors with it's clean air and natural sounds you'll know what I mean. These new paintings are intimate "portraits" of those special moments. 

I've been busy preparing for a new art show and here's a few pictures of some new paintings that will be in my upcoming jury entrance only Queens Walk Art Show in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. 

Belleveu Morning 16"x20". Our local park on an early morning walk

The Long View 5" x 7"

Island Hopping 5" x 7"

"One Of A Thousand" 8" x 10" - One of the thousand or so islands in the Thousand Islands

"The Landscape Art of Warren Peterson" solo art show is now on!

25 Paintings on View July 1-31, 2012

I haven't blog for a while and this is why! You can now view the largest selection of my paintings in one place from July 1-31 at the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

All are for sale and a portion of every sale goes to support the CBHC.

Some of my largest and smallest works are on display including a selection of my plein air works that I am selling. Here's a few that you can see live!

"Fall on the Goulais" 10"x12" plein air

"Fall" -  9"x12" 

"Hanging On" - 9"x12"

"Storm's a coming" 24"x36"

" The Wild One" 18"x24"

"What a View" 24"x48"