I have painted this a few times before Busy with Landscapes and this one I like the best: Glory Be! I have been going through a general dislike of my paintings but I know that I go through this cycle every month or so and it will pass, thank goodness!
This painting was from a reference photo that I took from my adventure with my brother to go see Bear Valley in Glenn County in the north valley here in Northern California. This place was amazing because of all the rain we received, the land breathed with moisture. I have never seen green as I did on that trip. Most of the roads were dirt or gravel and ranches were everywhere.
I saw something that I have never seen before and my brother had to point it out to me. Along the fence were two coyotes who had been shot and strung up, apparently this is suppose to be a deterrent to other coyotes. My husband told me that he remembers seeing this as a youngster on the school bus passing a ranch in Nevada County.
Last but not least, a view of the North Yuba river in Sierra County. Now onto other paintings and hopefully I’ll get into a better frame of mind with the next paintings.
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Yuba Gold 
Beautiful. I am really drawn to the third painting. I think it is the green with the purple.
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I love green and purple together, always a wonderful mix 😉
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It really is.
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Good evening from London….I think the third painting is superb….and I enjoy hearing about the landscape and customs of your part of the world. Onwards and upwards….hoping you have a wonderfully creative weekend. Janet 🙂
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Thank you Janet! I love being able to step back into the parts of California that is still remote and often steeped in old time ways, though I don’t approve of the way coyotes are dealt with. It definitely was a shock for me.
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Oh Margaret. How could you not be happy with your paintings??!! 😉. That third one especially caused me to gasp! The colors. The glow. The overall feeling of peace and joy. Sigh. And bravo!!!
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thank you Jodi! I think probably having a cold isn’t helping but I go through this now and then, all a part of my picky nature. But….once it is over I am raring to go and with more determination! 😉 so it does help in the long run.
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hope you begin feeling better soon!
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Oh! Your painting of the North Yuba river is awesome. Someday I hope to get out to your part of the country. That one and #2 are my favorites..
Holly
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Thank you Holly…..where are you located?
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I am in North West Connecticut. I’ll have to update my contacts page to be more useful. I would love to meet some of the artists i communicate with on the blog-such as you!
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I have never been to Connecticut, I have always wanted to visit New England.
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It’s a date! Tell me when you want to come. My husband and i are both retired and live in a big old family home- lot’s of room for guests-especially if they want to amuse themselves by painting.
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i love the green and purple one too. And that “acid green” photo! I live in California and it is so wonderful to see all this lush green after so many years of drought.
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I am loving it! I can’t remember having such a lush and wet season, I just hope that it doesn’t cause an excessive growth just before fire season…..but I am not going to think about that right now 😉
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lovely colors and the greens are so marvellous! rivers, trees, and forests…. delightfully done Miss M 🙂
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The paintings are marvelous, so varied and so confident. And the green of that photo is amazing — how completely the land changes in response to the rain.
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Great photos and paintings. Particularly enjoyed the waterlogged/reflection painting – quite lovely!
The green photographs remind me of the Emerald Isle – so you must have had some rain!
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Thank you! We have had a record breaking amount of rain and snow this season.
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Hello Margaret – Talked to a local artist today,Carol Shultz.She does excellent work like yourself.You might want to check her stuff out.
http://pacificrimarts.ca/artists/carol-schulz
W
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Thank you! I will do that!
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Lovely work, Margaret, especially that last one of the river. I go through spells of not feeling satisfied with my work, too, I know what you mean! I tend to tell myself that that kind of thing is what motivates me to work on my problem areas, but you’re right, it does usually pass after a while! My mother-in-law is out in California right now, her brother lives right next to Yosemite, she said they closed all the park entrances except on due to the wet season….I find that so hard to imagine since it was so, so, dry the one time I went out there!
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It already has passed and it took knuckling down and getting a painting that I am satisfied with to chase it away. Thank you for your comments and encouragement, always good to hear someone else deals with that. 🙂 oh and Yosemite area is beautiful. I hate visiting the park when it is in full swing, feels like a zoo!
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Oh good! glad it passed already! Yes, I was in Yosemite in August and I just wished for less people at all the major landmarks….however, my husbands Uncles know how to get away from the beaten path, quite well, so it wasn’t all bad! 🙂
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It is amazing to see your progress with every new painting, Margaret! You found a perfect way to translate nature´s beauty on your paper. 🙂
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thank you Carsten 🙂
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🙂 with pleasure!
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Great paintings Margaret, the second one is my favorite. It is great to hear of your acceptance of your cycle of like and dislike of your own work. The spiral goes up and down as it turns, but t does go upward!
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