"Changing Garments" 12 x 16 Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Artist, Margretta Smylie Perry

"Changing Garments"

  12 x 16 Original Pastel Painting 

by 

Margretta Smylie Perry

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"Changing Garments" 12" x 16" Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Landscape Artist, Margretta Smylie Perry

"Changing Garments" 

12" x 16" Original Pastel Painting

 by Colorado Landscape Artist,

  Margretta Smylie Perry

I love the soft colors of the Wyoming and Colorado prairies--soft blues and purples of the mountains, the layers of the terrain, and the soft greens, tans, yellows that dominate, and the rich reds, rusts and orange that add the pop to the landscape. So often, we take these scenes for granted and fail to really see the beauty of these little vignettes. 

"Summer Woods" 4" x 6" Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Landscape Artist Margretta Smylie Perry

"Summer Woods"

  4" x 6" 

Original Pastel Painting 

by Colorado Landscape Artist 

Margretta Smylie Perry

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"High Park Fire" 9" x 12" Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Landscape Artist Margretta Smylie Perry

"High Park Fire" 

9" x 12" 

Original Pastel Painting 

by Colorado Landscape Artist Margretta Smylie Perry

The High Park Fire of 2012 was devastating in the Rocky Mountains west of Fort Collins, CO. It could be seen and smelled for miles.

“Blowing and Drifting…” 9-12” Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry

“Blowing and Drifting…”

 9"x12” Original Pastel Painting

 by Colorado Artist

 Margretta S. Perry

$225.00...+ Shipping

 

This pastel painting is a painting of memory and a little bit of fiction. It is an impression piece, I suppose. While growing up in Montana and Wyoming (and a host of other places which are not important right now) the weather forecast was often, “blowing and drifting snow”. If you’ve spent any winter time in the windy plains north of the Rockies, you’ll know what I mean. You might not be having falling snow at the time, but the ground blizzards can be ferocious and deadly. I remember riding many times with my family and having everyone at a car window calling out the white, (can you believe it???) center lines on the highway or the edges of the barrow pit and mile markers on the other side so that whoever was driving would know where he or she was on the road. So, when I painted this piece, I wanted to capture the isolation of the ranch, the mountains in the background, and the effects of the ground blizzard, reshaping the landscape by the minute. These were cold winter days which were miserable outside, but warm and cozy when you went into the house.

I used Wallis sanded paper as the ground and a mix of soft pastels. This painting is matted and framed out to a 12 x 16 size, ready for hanging. Although, if purchased matted but unframed, the shipping would be less but will need to be framed under glass.

 

Contact me for purchasing details at smyliemp@gmail.com

I will accept landscape commissions if you have a favorite scene. Prices vary by size

“Sunset's Glow” 5” x 7” Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry

“Sunset's Glow”

  5” x 7” Original Pastel Painting

 by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry

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I used Wallis sanded paper as the ground and a mix of soft pastels. This little painting is one of my recent favorites. The photo was taken by my daughter-in-law and passed on to me. I loved the complementary color scheme and the brilliance of the light. I hope you like it!

This painting is matted and framed out to an 8 x 10 size, ready for hanging. Although, if purchased matted but unframed, the shipping would be less and will fit in a standard-sized frame. This painting has been entered in a miniature show at the  Gallery 3698 in Westminster, CO and is available for sale there through November.

Contact me for purchasing details at smyliemp@gmail.com

I will accept landscape commissions if you have a favorite scene. Prices vary by size.

“Ducks at Dusk” 5” x 7” Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry

“Ducks at Dusk” 

 5” x 7” 

Original Pastel Painting by Colorado Artist Margretta S. Perry

$125.00...+ Shipping

I used Wallis sanded paper as the ground and a mix of soft pastels. I love to try to capture the variations of light in the evening and early morning. The ducks gave ripples to the water which caught various reflections. The sun is red reflecting through the trees…what an enjoyable little painting to do.

This painting is matted and framed out to an 8 x 10 size, ready for hanging. Although, if purchased matted but unframed, the shipping would be less and will fit in a standard-sized frame. This painting has been entered in a miniature show at the 3698 Gallery in Westminster, CO and is available for sale there through November.

Contact me for purchasing details at smyliemp@gmail.com

See this and other paintings for sale at http://PerryPastels.blogspot.com

Scroll down or click on various pages to the left to see more of my paintings. I will accept landscape commissions if you have a favorite scene. Prices vary by size.