Somewhere in the West

"Somewhere in the West" is an 8 x 8 oil on panel, can be seen at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery in Santa Ysabel, North San Diego County in California. There's information below on an upcoming exhibit at the Santa Ysabel Gallery.  I'd love to attend but I'll be there in spirit. It's a long way from Opua, New Zealand to Santa Ysabel, California! 

Somewhere in the West

8 x 8 oil on panel

Drift Away

 I painted this piece a year or two ago. It has since sold at Horton Hayes Fine Art Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina.  

Drift Away

15.5 x 7.5 oil on panel

SOLD

Oldie but Goodie

This small oil was sold a few years ago. When I lived in Arizona, I taught several painting workshops at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum where I had the privilege of staying in a casita on the grounds of the museum. Going to sleep each night to the sounds of coyotes yipping (and a scorpion sharing the shower with me) was quite an experience. 

Perhaps I need to paint more cacti...

Sonoran Gems

8x8 oil on panel

Wish I Might

Wish I Might

8 x 8 oil on panel

SOLD 

A New Painting Project!

My son, Shane Rebenschied, has challenged me to a painting project. He's the boss for the project but all we've agreed upon at this point is that it won't be a painting-a-day (maybe 3 a week?) and we'll work on 6 x 6 gallery wrapped canvases. At this time, we're unsure of subject matter or the total number of paintings.

Aren't I supposed to be enjoying my golden years? Oh well - as I've realised over the past five years, I'd rather be an old artist that just an old lady and most days, I am in the studio anyway. I guess I'll just be in there a bit longer.

Stay tuned!

New Zealand Tui - 8x6 oil on panel

This oil study is from a previous painting project and has sold

“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”

― Jack London

 Silent Witness

10 x 8 oil on panel

This recent oil has just arrived at Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Arizona.  

Aspen in progress

This little piece isn't finished, therefore it isn't titled. It's an 8 x 8 oil, work in progress. When I'm not sure if a painting is finished, I turn it to the wall for a week or two, then will take a fresh look. Sometimes it has miraculously improved while against the wall. At other times I can see that it needs to be tweaked, or occasionally, it goes straight into the bin.

Aspen - work in progress

8 x 8 oil on panel