Tracy Haines pastels landscapes paintings impressionism plein air colorado crested butte

Title:  Streams Sing Artist: Tracy Haines Medium: Pastel on Wallis professional sanded paper mounted to foam core. Size: 9x12 Unframed This is one of many plein air pieces I did on a trip back to Crested Butte, Colorado earlier this July.  The scenes everywhere were simply show-stopping.  It was the week of the wildflower festival.  This year the color purple seemed to dominate over the yellow we saw in abundance last year.  I loved the way the beautiful cerulean-cobalt blue stream cut and zigzagged through the summer-green, flower- laden fields. The purple mountains in the back set the scene off nicely.

Tracy Haines pastels paintings landscapes crested Butte Colorado wildflowers mountains hills streams

Title:  Hill's Pattern in Crested Butte

Artist: Tracy Haines

Medium: Pastel on black Canson mi Tientes mattboard

Size:  8x10

Unframed

This is one of many plein air pieces I did on a trip back to Crested Butte, Colorado earlier this July.  The scenes everywhere were simply show-stopping.  It was the week of the wildflower festival.  This year the color purple seemed to dominate over the yellow we saw in abundance last year.  I loved the pattern the hills and trees made, and the hint of the stream leading the eye comfortably into the composition.

Tracy Haines pastels landscapes paintings art plein air crested Butte Colorado mountains

Title:  Evening in Crested Butte

Artist: Tracy Haines

Medium: Pastel on sanded archival-treated MDF board

Size:  8x10

Unframed

This is one of many plein air pieces I did on a trip back to Crested Butte, Colorado earlier this July.  The scenes everywhere were simply show-stopping.  It was the week of the wildflower festival.  This year the color purple seemed to dominate over the yellow we saw in abundance last year.