Oak Tree Forest California impressionist landscape plein air painting

Trail to Springtime, 9 x 12 inches, plein air California landscape oil painting on linen panel

"Trail to Springtime"

9 x 12 inches

Oil on linen plein air painting

This California impressionist plein air landscape was painted at the Tejon Ranch, on a quiet trail in the middle of an oak forest. The fresh spring greens and yellows were incredible, mixing with wildflowers and other colorful plants.
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Yosemite Falls Summer oil painting - Sierra Nevada Art

Yosemite Falls, Summer

Original 24 x 18 inch oil painting

on canvas

Yosemite is one of my favorite painting destinations. After painting numerous versions of the falls in a horizontal format (seeing the scope of the valley and meadow in the foreground,) I decided it was time to do a vertical painting featuring the upper falls. 

Yosemite Creek feeds the falls from the top, and after a fall of almost 2500 feet, the flow joins the Merced River.

Not this year, but perhaps next year, I hope to visit Yosemite in autumn to capture some of the dazzling color of the turning leaves.

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Yosemite Valley Oil Painting from Wowona Tunnel by Karen Winters

SOLD, but I have more Yosemite paintings, see links below.

This original artwork oil painting of Yosemite Valley is from the viewpoint of the Wowona Tunnel. It's a classic view, showing the sculptural beauty of El Capitan on the left, Half Dome in the center and Bridalveil falls on the right.

12 x 16 inches
Oil painting on canvas.

This is not a mass produced copy. It's an original oil painting by a California impressionist painter - my work is shown in museums all over the state.


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Yosemite Valley
original oil painting
12 x 16 inches

The view of Yosemite Valley from the Wowona tunnel, as an original California landscape oil painting.

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The Way of the Oak - California Impressionist Landscape Eaton Canyon Oil Painting

The Way of the Oak

12 x 16 oil on canvas

A stately old oak arches over one of California's most popular trails at Eaton Canyon, in Altadena. The trail beckons the wanderer on a beautiful spring day.

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California Hillside Landscape Oil Painting - Those Fields, Those Hills

 
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An old pepper tree, a typical California sight, leans over a dusty summer hillside in California. The spring grasses have turned dusty brown, but wildflowers are still flourishing.

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California impressionist painting - Landscape Oil Painting - Gaviota Springtime - California Art Club Gold Medal Show 100th Anniversary 2011

 

Gaviota Springtime

11 x 14 oil on linen plein air panel

SOLD in the 100th Anniversary of the California Art Club

Gold Medal Show, 2011, Pasadena Museum of California Art

This painting was exhibited and sold at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in Pasadena, California. It was also featured in an editorial article in the April 2011 issue of American Art Collector magazine.

It represents a graceful eucalyptus tree, arching over a springtime meadow near the coastline town of Gaviota, north of Santa Barbara. This central coast California painting is in the spirit of the early California impressionist painters such as Granville Redmond and others, who captured the natural beauty of the state and were the founders of the California Art Club 100 years ago.

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California Landscape Oil Painting - Crescenta Canada Valley View

California Landscape Oil Painting - Crescenta Canada Valley View

"Crescenta Canada Valley View"
9 x 12 oil on canvas on board

An early morning impression of the Crescenta Canada Valley from up in Cherry Canyon, looking eastward.

The warm glow of sunrise wakens the sleeping valley


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Descanso Path - California Impressionist Landscape Painting

Descanso Path - California Impressionist Landscape Painting
Originally uploaded by kwint

Descanso Gardens Path
9.7 x 7.6 inches
Acrylic on paper
SOLD

People often ask me what the word "Descanso" means. It comes from the Spanish verb, descansar meaning "to repose or rest". So, Descanso Gardens suggests a place of rest and relaxation.

To counteract today's politically and economically charged climate, I thought I'd paint something that you would find restful and energizing. A place of repose and calm. A place to recharge and restore your soul. My friend Ruth told me the other day that she likes the 'paths of light' that I put into my paintings. It made me happy that she noticed that because they are a prominent feature of many of my landscapes. So today's painting features all the restful elements I can conjure up ... a cared-for well-tended garden, a place of rest and a path of light, beckoning to brighter times ahead.