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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.