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Title:  Beck's View

Artist: Tracy Haines

Medium: Pastel on Ampersand's Pastelboard

Size:  8x10

Unframed

Winding up Antler Ridge in Indian Mountain, my sister Becky and I were struck by this gorgeous view.  

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Mount Elbert is a 9x12 oil on linen canvas attached to masonite. This piece was done plein air.

Thrice I've tried to climb this 14er!  Each time we were forced to turn around and beat a hasty retreat. At one point we were a mere 30 minutes from the peak.  One day, perhaps. (although this ole body is starting to kick back against things like 14ers.....)

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Title:  Aspens in Springtime Artist: Tracy Haines Medium: Pastel on archival Canson mi Tientes paper Size:  8x10 Unframed I was attracted to the gorgeous colors of the scene here and also liked the vertical light aspen trees against the parallel arrangement of bands of colors from the ground on up to the sky.

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Title:  O'Fallon Park Artist: Tracy Haines Medium: Oil on linen canvas on masonite Size : 9x12 Unframed This painting was done en plein air on a beautiful spring day in the mountains of Colorado.  It was delightful to paint on such a crisp, fresh morning to the music of a swiftly flowing stream!

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Title: Cool Lair Day Artist: Tracy Haines Medium: Acrylic on 140 lb heavy watercolor paper Size: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2  (Standard ACEO size) Spring is my favorite season for painting at Lair of the Bear in Colorado.  The golden yellow glowing willows seem to shout for pure joy against the melting snow. The streams run high and very blue this time of year: just a gorgeous array of colors for the painter!

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Title: Breckenridge Fall  Artist: Tracy Haines Medium: Acrylic Size: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2  (Standard ACEO size) On this gorgeous, crisp, cool fall day I set up my easel and painted this sweet aspen tree.  It glowed against a sublime backdrop of deepening blue-purple mountains as the sun began to descend.

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Title:  Neighbor Artist: Tracy Haines Medium:  acrylic on 6x6x11/4 inch wrapped canvas  Size: 6x6" Unframed :  This piece can hang on the wall from a nail as is, or can stand on a tabletop I see this view from my upstairs window each morning.  The light this day was just lovely. My work varies from impressionistic to occasionally expressionistic.   Expressionism seeks to depict the feeling of the place, pushing colors and values as needed to relate the scene as experienced by the painter at the time. On this occasion, I did not need to push color much, except in the foreground  lawn a bit to make the painting really "sing".

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Title:  Beautiful for Spacious Skies

Artist: Tracy Haines

Medium: Pastel on sanded professional and archival Wallis paper mounted to foam core 

Size:  11x14  

Unframed

The colors of the landforms underneath the lovely night sky at dusk begged to be painted. This scene was found near our cabin in the Indian Mountain area near Como,  Colorado
The painting will be carefully sandwiched between two pieces of foam core, with glassine taped over the image.  The painting should be taken to a framer once you receive it and will need to be framed behind glass. I have shipped pastels in this manner without problems thus far.

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Trees Convene
11x14 Pastel

I was attracted to the interplay between the tree trunks and yellow lit field.  The trees seemed to be in conversation.  The calligraphic quality of the foliage was interesting, too.

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In the Midst is a 7x9 oil on wrapped canvas.

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This 5x7 oil on board is entitled,  Dramatic Sky Series #3.

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Dusk in the Mountains is an 8x10 oil on board.  This scene was discovered one evening as I was hiking behind our cabin. Loved the colors! The Colorado sky at night is often spectacular!

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Dramatic Sky Series#2

This scene was found as I was rollerblading along the Platte River near Santa Fe one evening. I was glad I had my camera with me.

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Dramatic Sky Series #1

This 8x10 oil was painted on PVA treated, gessoed board.  It is on eBay auction starting at 5 pm July 15th.

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Shadows is an 8x10 oil on masonite board.  This was painted en plein air at a park in Centennial, Colorado.

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Neighbors ( EB 136) is an 11x14 oil on Artist's Canvas Panel

For years I have enjoyed this scene through my upstairs window.  It varies greatly with the lighting and time of day.

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Colorado Fall, 5x7 oil on canvas panel,  $ 35

One of my favorite things to do in the fall is ride my little motorcycle along the barren dirt roads near our cabin.  Often, campers have fires going. The crisp fall air combined with the smell of burning logs and pine tree is simply intoxicating. I break out in song as I ride. Can't help it.

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This painting, entitled  Pretty Bird ( EB #133) is a 5x7 oil on canvas panel. 

Love birds.  We used to have a nasty conure named Sal.  He was pretty, but he liked no one.  He was just a miserable bird.  I felt bad constantly, seeing Sal cooped up in his cage.  We finally gave him to another person who loved birds and was willing to put up with Sal's lousy attitude.  I don't know this bird that I painted here.  He looks like a nice bird though.....

Field of Poppies

8x10 Oil on masonite

$ 35.00

I have a poppy plant in my garden. Just one. I would love a field of poppies to call my own.

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Ken Caryl Valley Hike( EB 132) is an 8x10 oil on 1/4" masonite prepared with PVA sizing followed by 3 applications of gesso.

This scene has been on my mind a long time. The composition from the photograph wasn't quite right, but still, I continued to love the photo every time I saw it.   Finally, a thumbnail sketch, moving the elements around until I was satisfied, helped transition it into a painting.

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Fall in the Mountains

8x10 oil on masonite

$55 ( or best bid on eBay- bidding starts July 7 at 6 pm mountain time)

One of my favorite things to do in the fall is ride my little motorcycle along the barren dirt roads near our cabin.  Often, campers have fires going. The crisp fall air combined with the smell of burning logs and pine tree is simply intoxicating. I break out in song as I ride. Can't help it.

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Towards Steamboat Springs ( EB 130) is an 8x10 oil on 1/4" masonite prepared with PVA sizing followed by 3 applications of gesso.

Painting pal Holly and I drove towards Cataract Lake to plein air paint. Took us forever to arrive though, because we wanted to stop to photograph the breathtaking scenes all along the way.  Have I mentioned what a blessing upon blessing it is to live in the great state of Colorado?

Painters Paradise.

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Ken Caryl Sprinklers

8x10 Oil on masonite

Walking my dog along the Ken Caryl Ranch greenbelt around 7 pm I was struck by the beauty and simplicity of the scene before me.  I liked the night sky and loved the look when the sprinklers came on;  just the perfect element needed to make the scene an original  painting!

Buildings, along with obnoxious tall, bright lights are starting to pop up all over the area, ruining my lovely sky line.   This peaceful walk along the belt towards the mountains is not what it used to be 18 years ago.

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California Coastline ( EB 127) is an 8x10 oil on 1/4" masonite prepared with PVA sizing followed by 3 applications of gesso.

This is just one of the many scenes I happened upon on my recent plein air painting trip to Carmel, California.  A little slice of heaven is the entire region around Carmel, isn't it?  Loved the calm and quiet against the active and noisy parts of the sea, the lone cypress taking it all in, and the warm greens of the surrounding land.  

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Rustic Barn Blue roof ( EB 126) is an 8x10 oil on 1/4" masonite prepared with PVA sizing followed by 3 applications of gesso.

The blue roof on this rustic barn caught my attention. The shapes of the trees, branches and shadows set the scene off beautifully. The time of the day added to the nicety of the scene.  Wouldn't you love to plop yourself down on a nearby hammock , take in the warmth of the sun, the sounds of the birds and read a good book?  Whatever happened to the so- called lazy summer day?  

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Late Aspen ( EB 125) is an 8x10 oil on 1/4" masonite prepared with PVA sizing followed by 3 applications of gesso.

Typical yellow-orange fall foliage in Colorado is gorgeous, but there is something spectacular -looking to the post-peak appearance of bands of aspen in the late fall.  The grayish, pastel-like, soft, almost billowy cloud of tree top against distant mountain line pleaded to be painted.