Iris and Daffodils - o/c 20.5" x 25"

sold

Vivid colors are bountiful with iris and daffodils in spring.  How inviting is this landscape painting for the viewer to imagine walking among these flowers?

http://www.christinenauman.com 

Winter Snow Morning - o/c 19.5" x 22.5"

sold

"Winter Snow Morning" is a recently completed painting depicting the architecture of trees gathered in the forefront of the distant horizon. The application of white, gray, brown and icy blue -- the orphans of the color spectrum conveys tranquility.  Bright yellow hues of the early morning sun barely showing herself, draws one's eye and imagination into the start of a new day.

http://www.christinenauman.com

English Garden Border - o/c 29" x 33"

sold

Throughout my years traveling, many of the estates visited in England have some of the most beautiful "borders" created around their gardens. Often stone or brick, or very high coiffured hedges, I've found none of them to give one an impression of being confined. This particular one is rather more serene in it's design, yet the blue doors are inviting with boxwoods balanced in front, and barren trees dusted with snow.

I have always enjoyed the cycles of the four seasons, yet during winter, I prefer to create my landscape paintings as "unspoiled and pristine."

http://www.christinenauman.com

Early Moonrise - o/c 19.5" x 22.5"

sold

I have created numerous paintings in oil of landscapes with a full moon in morning and evening in order to portray tranquility during that time of day. 

In "Early Moonrise" above, no breeze whispers to pass, so the distant river is without ripples.  Over decades, a section of the river has overflowed dividing the tree lined ridge, causing a stream to cascade downward. The moon, full and bright, is reflected in the water and provides atmospheric realism to my classical landscape painting.

All other "moonscapes" have been acquired, and this painting, recently completed after weeks of work in my studio, will be available for viewing by end of March.

http://www.christinenauman.com

Early Morning Winter - o/c 19.5" x 22.5"

sold

"Early Morning Winter" completed after weeks of working in my studio and returning to sketches and notes for specific details. Early rising required to maintain truth with the various colors in the sky and at the horizon while the light seemingly changes every second.

Yet all this, is worth the time spent as the painting breaths life within and promises the gift of a new day.

http://www.christinenauman.com

A Clearing in Provence with Poppies - o/c 21" x 25"

sold

"A Clearing in Provence with Poppies" recently complete is an original oil painting depicting springtime when the poppies are in full bloom. Growing along the landscape they are limitless and provide beautiful contrast to the blades of grass and foliage on the trees.

http://www.christinenauman.com

Sunset Reflections II - o/c 25" x 29"

sold

The second in the series titled "Sunset Reflections" was inspired from the nature trails along the "Stage Coach Trail" in northwestern Illinois near Galena.

Beautifully serene autumn colors are depicted throughout the oil painting and the bright reflection of the setting sun highlights some trees and foliage not yet shadowed or hidden behind the hill or dense foliage.

While some leaves have already dropped from the trees to lay at the base of their trunks, one can almost imagine the crinkling sound under one's feet before jumping across the narrowest part of the stream to walk upward to view the setting sun at the horizon.

The painting is in the beginning of the drying phase and near the holidays, will be available for viewing.

http://www.christinenauman.com