Or if you're in Mountain Home, Arkansas contact me at kathealtazan@gmail.com
for an appointment to visit my studio.
I hope 2023's early spring weather finds you outdoors having your own adventures!
Streambed
Hicks Creek, Cooper Pk. Mtn. Home
| 11x14” | Oil on cradled wood panel
River Ridge Road
Norfork, AR
| 11x14” | Oil on cradled wood panel
Sam’sThrone
Mount Judea, AR
| 14x11” |
Oil on cradled wood panel
White River Rising
Roundhouse Shoals, Cotter, AR
HilltopHaven, Newton Cty., AR,
Oz.St. Francis Nat'l Forest
| 14x11” | Oil
on cradled wood panel
Busy in the studio, these paintings are reminders of places I've visited, hiked or kayaked in 2022. Hope you are inspired to spend time outdoors enjoying nature too. I continue to practice with John Pototschnik's "Limited Palette, Unlimited Color" theories to achieve color harmony. I've also been admiring the techniques of some tonalist artists which may be visible in some of these paintings' more atmospheric qualities and muted colors.
These paintings are all for sale in my online storefront/gallery. Click on each painting's title for its full description at www.KatheAltazan.com. Or to visit my gallery in person, email me at KatheAltazan@gmail.com for an appointment.
Roark Bluff, at Steel Creek, Ponca, AR,
#148_22-10-22|
36x24”
| Oil on gallery wrap canvas
Boston Mountain Overlook, Flippin, AR
#149_ 22-11-8 | 24x18” | Oil on
canvas - framed
Much of the Boston Mountains are part of the Ozark National Forest. This rugged topography is sparsely populated. Slopes remain forested and are used for timber on a limited basis. Small pastures can be found on the mountain crests and valley bottoms. - Margaret J. Guccione, encyclopediaofarkansas.net Exact location: Flippin, AR at Hwy 62/412 & Hwy 178
Here’s a peek at two of my newest paintings available for sale online at www.KatheAltazan.com.
One of these, Boston Mountain Overlook, will be available for viewing at the Donald W. Reynolds Baxter County Library from January to April 2023 as part of its Visiting Art on Display ongoing exhibition. Stop in if you have a chance.
To view Roark Bluff and more, visit my in-person studio/gallery by emailing me at KatheAltazan@gmail.com for an appointment.
I hope you enjoy viewing some of these larger paintings referenced by previous hikes, water hikes, and adventures in these great Arkansas Ozarks.
Bakersfield Sunrise
In southern Missouri
18x24” | Oil
on cradled hardboard panel
Sturgeon
Bay Sunflowers
12x12” | Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
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.
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
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.
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18x24” | Oil on cradled hardboard panel
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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.
