Vines, Train Cars, and Badland Topography
This week we are featured three art pieces here at Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W 200 S, in Vernal, Utah.
First we have a 18”x24” original watercolor piece by Jeanne Newman titled “Vine Covered House”. This is a very detailed work of a beautiful vibrant Bougainvillea vine covering a house in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. This thorny ornamental vine is covered with deep-red blossoms among the green sunlit leaves. The rich greens are complimented by the dark brown vine-wood and the blue sky above as reflected in the windows.
The next work we are featuring is that of artist and photographer Ken Casady with a 28.5”x40” metal print titled “Rusty Boxcar”. Captured in Wyoming, this artistic rendering of a photographic image has the eye-catching complimentary colors of turquoise and rusty-browns and oranges. The old train-car has seen a lot of miles and a lot of weather.
The last image is one I took of badland topography south of Vernal, Utah in the White River area. This 26”x18” image is printed on archival photo paper and framed in matching hand painted frame. It’s an artistic edit with a birds eye view looking straight down on the sediments of an ancient Eocene landscape created by paleo streams, lakes, and rivers.
Blossoms and Blooms
This week here are Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W 200 S, in Vernal, Utah, we are showcasing three pieces of art.
Our first is from artist, Ken Casady titled “Big Bend Ocatillo”. It’s a 22.5”x28” artistic rendering of a photographic image printed on aluminum. The desert plant, Fouquieria splendens (commonly known as ocotillo) has many names: (buggywhip, coachwhip, candlewood, slimwood, desert coral, Jacob's staff, Jacob cactus, and vine cactus) and can grow up to 33 feet tall. For
most of the year it’s long spinally branches seem baron, however after sufficient rain leaves appear along the stems and bright crimson blossoms burst forth at it’s tips. This image was captured in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Next work is from the artist Jeanne Newman. This is a 16”x20” original watercolor titled “Cowboy’s Delight”. This perennial plant Sphaeralcea coccinea, commonly known as the scarlet globemallow, scarlet mallow, cowboy's delight, prairie mallow, red false mallow, or simply as globe mallow, grows in abundance here in the Uintah Basin, Utah. Jeanne captured the beautiful reddish-orange color of the blossoms from this resilient desert plant.
Our last work is an image of mine taken near Henry’s Lake, Idaho. It’s a 12x18 photographic image printed on archival photo paper of two isolated Rocky Mountain columbine blossoms. With the scientific name of Aquilegia coerulea, it is the state flower of Colorado. Other common names are Colorado columbine, or blue columbine. Its name in Latin means sky-blue.
Skyscrapes and Saguaro
This week here are Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W 200 S, in Vernal, Utah, we are showcasing two works from our featured artists.
The first titled “Split Mountain Skyscape”, is an original 17”x21” watercolor by Jeanne Newman. Skyscape images are all about the sky’s dynamic features.
Jeanne’s image features the beautiful white, puffy, cumulus clouds of summer with patches of bright blue showing through. Split Mountain dressed in warm brown and burnt orange with a foreground of green acts as the anchor for the eye.
The other piece for this week is by Ken Casady titled “Saguaro Sunset”. It’s an artistic rendering of a photographic image printed on aluminum measuring 30”x22”. Ken has a very distinctive, bright, vivid style to his works. This beautiful saguaro cactus is drenched in beautiful blues and greens while the background of the sunset sky is a blaze with the contrasting yellow and orange colors.
Come Meet the Artists!
Tomorrow evening, Friday, September 6th from 5:00-8:00pm we will be hosting an open house for artists Jeanne Newman and Ken Casady. Come join us at Sandau Fine Art Gallery, 461 W 200 S, Vernal, Utah for this gala event. Enjoy light refreshments while talking with the artists and viewing their work!
Artist’s Open House
You are invited to share an evening with artists Ken Casady and Jeanne Newman on Friday, September 6th here at Sandau Fine Art Gallery, 461 W 200 S, Vernal, Utah. Come talk with them at our open house and enjoy light refreshments from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
Sandau Fine Art Gallery is open from:
11:00am to 7:00pm Tuesday-Friday 11:00am to 5:00pm on Saturdays.
One More Week!
Only one week left to come and enjoy the wonderful art of Garth Harrison and Cheryl Livingston-Young here are Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W 200 S, in Vernal, Utah.
Sandau Fine Art Gallery is open from:
11:00am to 7:00pm Tuesday-Friday 11:00am to 5:00pm on Saturdays.
The Many Moods of Color
Here at Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W. 200 S, in Vernal, Utah, we feature four wonderful paintings this coming week, two each from our visiting artists Garth Harrison and Cheryl Livingston-Young.
The first from Cheryl Livingston-Young is an original 12x16 oil painting titled “Wood-Duck”. This is a beautiful painting with a variety of alluring greens and yellows in the water, sky and foliage, contrasted against muted browns and purples in the trunks rocks and shadows.
Our next painting is by the artist Garth Harrison titled “Table Fruit”. This is an original 16 x 20 oil painting with deep dark, rich tones and exquisite composition. This still-life has perfect balance and lighting.
The other offering this week from Cheryl Livingston Young is a 12 x 16 original oil painting titled “Quiet Place”. The cool tones of the water are kissed by the warm tones of a setting sun through peach and purple colored clouds.
For our last work this week is an original 12 x 16 oil painting by Garth Harrison titled “Morning Fog”. This winter-scape features three loose stacks of hay with an old-fashioned hay-derrick. Cool purple and blue hues in the shadows are offset by the warm tones of the hay highlighted by morning sun.
From Flowers to Forests
Here at Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W. 200 S, in Vernal, Utah, we feature two paintings this week from our visiting artists Garth Harrison and Cheryl Livingston-Young.
The first painting is a large 22x28 original oil painting by Garth Harrison titled “From Grandma’s Garden”. This magnificent still life is full of color and detail, from the shaded dark green curtains in the back with its mottled light to the glassware and apples on the table. These elements perfectly frame the beautifully arranged bouquet of freshly picked flowers. Each flower with its foliage is beautifully painted with vibrant colors and perfect side lighting.
The second work this week is from artist Cheryl Livingston-Young, a large 24x30 original oil painting titled “Calm”. This is truly calming to look at with is wonderful composition and soft complimentary colors. This beautiful mountain scene invites you in as your eye passes over the reflective surface of the lake, past the pine covered shores up to the snowy heights of the mountains behold.
Prints, cards and more!
This week we are featuring all the wonderful prints, cards and postcards we have available here at Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W. 200 S, in Vernal, Utah.
We have art prints in many sizes ready for you to slide into a frame of your choice to hang on the walls of home or office!
Serene
We have two works we are featuring this week at Sandau Fine Art Gallery at 461 W. 200 S, in Vernal, Utah.
The first piece is from artist, Garth Harrison titled “Last Rays of Day”. This is a large 18 x 24 original oil painting in brilliant colors! As the sun sets behind the wood covered hills in the background, the last light of day touches the tops of the trees illuminating their leaves in a vivid array of green. Reflected in the slow moving river-water, the trees and red blooming bushes create an entrancing scene.
Our other piece of featured artwork this week is by artist Cheryl Livingston-Young. This is an 11x14 original oil painting on canvas titled “Pelicans”. In this serene composition, a few sun-rimmed cottonwood trees, together with the underlying yellow-green grasses, are reflected in the placid blue water. In the mid-ground of the painting, two snow-white pelicans are seen drifting in the water far to the left while soft pastel tones sketch the outlines of the distant hills and mountains near the back of the image.