Colorado Mountain Pass
9" x 12" acrylic on paper
- matted and ready to frame
Available at Bella Maison - Dallas, Tx
Before moving to California, I lived in Colorado for 12 years. I feel so fortunate to have experienced so many parts of the country: Texas, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California - and now Kansas. Each has its own mysqtique and beauty and charm and personality. For some reason, this morning I had a longing thought that I'd love to live in every state - and then some other countries, too! Life's too short but that would be way cool! When I left Texas for graduate school at Penn State, it was "okay" because I knew I'd go home in 4 years. As much as I love Texas - and I'll always be a Texan at heart - I'm glad I've known other places and people, too. ANYWAY - Colorado was just too beautiful for words! We often went to the mountains for a day or a weekend, and I'd think - people plan their whole vacations to do this! I just felt like the luckiest gal in the world.
People often wonder where artists get their inspirations. This painting was inspired by the Nov/Dec 2006 cover of Western Interiors and Design - a beautiful magazine. The photo shows a view of the mountains, looking out from an outdoor dining area - the table and floral arrngements are in orange and red tones. No problem painting the mountains - the colors so caught my eye! But I didn't want to do a table so the colors in that table turned into a mountain path! Oh - it's so fun being creative!!!
Okay - after posting this, I'm going to be very brave and post my website. This is very scary!! Early next week I'll do a big email promotion - after I get the kinks worked out. If you happen to visit the site (claudiatrue.com) and see any thing that needs to be fixed, I'd greatly appreciate a note!!
Here's to a beautiful weekend for all!
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