New Paintings from the Studio

 

Rock Ledge with Ferns
Sylamore Creek in the Ozark--St. Francis National Forest
22x28” | Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

Bakersfield Sunrise
In southern Missouri
18x24”  |  Oil on cradled hardboard panel 

Scenic Magnolia Falls
Upper Buffalo Wilderness area near Pettigrew, AR
18x24”  |  Oil on cradled hardboard panel 

Wildflowers on Devils Knob  
12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

Sturgeon Bay Sunflowers  
12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrapped canvas

City Rock Bluff Wildflowers
12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrapped canvas 

Steel Creek Hiker
12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrapped canvas 

Here’s a sneak peak of my newest paintings prior to The 2022 Art Odyssey self-guided tour - Thurs., Fri., Sept. 29 and 30 & Sat. Oct. 1, 10am-5pm, in which my art studio/gallery will be open to the public. I hope to see you then. 

Or to view my studio/gallery in person, email me at KatheAltazan@gmail.com.  Online, visit my Daily Paintworks storefront gallery at www.KatheAltazan.com.

I hope you enjoy viewing some of these larger paintings referenced by previous hikes, water hikes, and adventures in these great Arkansas Ozarks.

Recent Plein Air Paintings

Point Return

Lakeview, Arkansas 

12x16”  |  Oil on masonite panel

Lakeside
Panther Bay on Lake Norfork

9x12”  |  Oil on masonite panel 

 Rootbound, Hicks Creek in Mountain Home  |  9x12”  |  Oil on masonite panel 

Riverside, White River below the Bull Shoals  |  9x12”  |  Oil on masonite panel 

Day is Done, Lakeside Trail along Bull Shoals Lake  |  8x10”  |  Oil on masonite panel

Flippin Mountain View, Flippin, AR Lake  |  8x10”  |  Oil on masonite panel

Dry Run Creekside, Norfork, AR   |  8x10”  |  Oil on canvased wood panel

Here’s some of my new work painted outdoors. It’s always a challenge, but so satisfying to combine my love of putting paint to a canvas while in the beauty of nature. Time passes quickly as I immerse myself in the sounds of rushing water and birdsong as the light changes while the sun passes overhead.

To view my studio/gallery in person, email me at KatheAltazan@gmail.com
or visit my online storefront at www.KatheAltazan.com.

Thanks for viewing.

New paintings...

View of the White River

18x24”  |  Oil on cradled hardboard panel

Salt Marsh

18x24”  |  Oil on cradled hardboard panel

TwinTrees    12x12”  |  Oil on canvas, framed

View from Hawksbill Crag    12x12”  |  Oil on canvas, framed

Weeds in the Mist    12x12”  |  Oil on canvas, framed

Sunlit Path    12x12”  |  Oil on canvas, framed

Hi again. I am so enjoying journeying with the diminished threat of Covid, aren't you? Family from Texas visited here in Arkansas with me returning the visit at their homes in Houston where we gardened together. I explored a few hikes in Arkansas and shot plenty of reference photos for painting. I especially enjoyed two recent trips – one in February to Heber Springs to view the trumpeter swans before they migrated from their winter home.  And I just returned from a kayaking trip to Tupelo, Arkansas where friends and I kayaked the Bayou De View Water Trail.

In the studio, I’ve painted some larger paintings. I concentrate on letting values do most of the work to create believable landscapes. I’ve been spending more time on underpaintings using a Zorn (red, black, & yellow) or black and white palette, sometimes in acrylic, and then overpainting in oils. I continue to explore the use of harmonious color using a limited color palette. I strive to reduce detail and avoid painting photographic representation, to allow viewers to imagine for themselves their own interpretation of the scene I’ve suggested.

If you’re in Mountain Home, stop by the First Street Framing and Art Gallery to view a variety of my paintings in person. Or contact me at kathealtazan@gmail.com for an appointment to visit my studio.

To see all my work or to purchase online visit: www.kathealtazan.com. 
Thanks for viewing my work. Safe travels on your journey.

Some new paintings…

Misty Morning 28x22" Oil on canvas

Cedar Creek
18x24" Oil on Canvas

 

Wildflowers 16x16" Oil on canvas

…and more about the journey

The second half of 2021 I traveled to Florida, Texas, and Illinois after covid travel restrictions were lessened. I explored Arkansas and Missouri while hiking and kayaking, snapping reference photos for painting and sketching in the studio and in plein air.
Though I'm not showing as many finished paintings as this time last year, I continued with a “daily painter” mindset. I spent hours with new teachers, online and in person experimenting with new media and techniques. I decided what I liked and painted over what I didn’t - and focused on achieving:

• Use of colors and values to create distance in the landscape

• Layering with underpainting, glazing, and collage

• 

  Treetops 16x12" Oil on Panel

  Art expressing energy and emotion to the viewer

In October, I opened my studio to visitors for three days during The Art Odyssey (TAO), along with 20 other local and regional artists who did the same. Thanks to everyone who visited during TAO. Learning from viewers’ reactions to my work will help so much with the journey onward.

I hope you enjoy these new paintings.
To see all my work online with description and purchase information visit:  www.kathealtazan.com.

More photos of paintings added to my online gallery this day not appearing on this page are:

At Trail’s Edge  |  12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrap canvas, framed

Ready to Float  |  12x12”  |  Oil on gallery wrap canvas, framed

SunlitRocks  |  8x10”  |  Oil on panel, painted plein air

New work in May & June 2021

May and June found me hiking (especially wildflower hikes with our local North Central Arkansas Master Naturalists) and beginning to kayak with the WHO Yakers. The paintings I painted in-studio referenced those hikes.  

More of my work can be viewed at: www.kathealtazan.com.

Dogwood Blossoms

$80 | #115_21-5-22  |  8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel

Description and purchase info: Dogwood Blossoms

Distant Vista, Devil’s Backbone

$154 | #118_21-6-16 | 11x14” |  Oil on canvas panel

Description and purchase info: Distant Vista, Devil’s Backbone

Coreopsis, Devil’s Knob

$190 | #116_21-5-29 |  12x16”  |  Oil on masonite panel

Description and purchase info: Coreopsis, Devil’s Knob

Ashe’s Juniper, Devil’s Knob

$80 | #117_21-6-6 |  8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel

Description and purchase info: Ashe’s Juniper, Devil’s Knob

New Work March & April 2021

 New work in March & April 2021

Warm, spring weather in March and April found me outdoors painting. It was an especially wet spring but didn’t dampen spirits at the Plein Air on the White event held in Cotter, AR by the White River Artists. One of my paintings “White River Overlook” received an honorable mention. 

More of my work can be viewed at: www.kathealtazan.com.

Dry Run Creek

8x10” |  Oil on canvased wood panel in plein air

Description and purchase info: Dry Run Creek

Trinity Oak

8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel in plein air
Description and purchase info: Trinity Oak

Roundhouse Shoals

8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel in plein air
Description and purchase info:
Roundhouse Shoals

Surging Streams

16x20”  |  Oil on cradled wood panel
Description and purchase info: Surging Streams

Barn in Morning Mist
8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel in plein air
Description and purchase info: Barn in Morning Mist

Hicks Creek in Spring

8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel in plein air
Description and purchase info: Hicks Creek in Spring

White River Overlook

8x10”  |  Oil on wood panel in plein air
Honorable mention:
2021 Plein Air on the White event
Description and purchase info:

White River Overlook

 New work in January & February 2021

Through recent record cold weather and snow, I painted from my fall references, while looking forward to painting outdoors in spring. More of my work can be viewed at: www.kathealtazan.com.

Clabber Creek
18x24” |  Oil on canvas

Description and purchase info: Clabber Creek

City Rock Bluff
16x20”  |  Oil on cradled wood panel

Description and purchase info: City Rock Bluff

Buzzards Roost
12x16”  |  Oil on gallery wrap canvas

Description and purchase info: Buzzards Roost