Natural Grasslands
6 x 6"
oil on board
© Nicki Ault, 2011
sold
© Nicki Ault, 2011
sold
I am lovin' the prairies. I painted this for the art show at Agar's. I used one of the recent photos I took at the Saskatoon Natural Grasslands which is on the east side of the river in Silverspring. Apparently Saskatoon is one of the few places in the world where a natural grassland area is found within a city. It is home to more than 290 plants and animals and represents 10,000 years of evolution! (I got this info. from a sign near one of the main path entrances.) Somewhere in this area there is a fossil rock which I will try to get a photo of when I go back with the Grade Two class for a field trip in October.
I love my city.
6 comments:
This has a wonderful composition and some sweet color choices. I see a lot of confidence and joy in your brush strokes. I can feel the love.
-Don
I love the grasslands paintings. We have a large park near our house with wetlands and woods. It's partially why I love living here. So glad you love your city. I love mine too, despite its current difficulties.
XO Barbara
Thanks, Don. That means a lot- that you can feel the love I have for this place through by brushstrokes and colour choices.
Nicki
I'd love to see your neighborhood someday, Barbara. I think you have posted photos of that park from walks you have taken. Toronto is a wonderful place and I look forward to visiting again, I just don't know when that will be.
Nicki XO
I love it here too!!! Have you been seeing the northern lights?
Monika
Nicki, I enjoy looking at these cropped landscapes, so rich in colors and textures. We feel your connection with nature and surrounding. Beautiful.
Hi Monika, yes, aren't the skies beautiful on a clear dark night?
-N.
Pierre, thanks for your sweet words. I have been loving this new subject and have enjoyed exploring a different palette to express these prairie scenes. Thanks you for taking note of the fact that they are cropped landscapes. I like zeroing in on a particular aspect as opposed to doing a panoramic view.
Nicki
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