Monday, February 27, 2017

"Salt River Cliffs" ©

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18" X 24", oil Last week, I took a course from Mark Boedges.  A terrific Vermont landscape painter, who studies with Rich...
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Friday, February 24, 2017

"Falls Gold" ©

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"Falls Gold", 20" X 24", oil Natures natural color harmony is difficult to resist.  Lavender and hues of blue are...
Sunday, September 04, 2016

Carmel Art Festival and plein air painting.....

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Plein air painting or painting on location has become a "thing" for landscape artists.  All the talk, the term plein air, has tri...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

"Pismo Beach Dunes" ©

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Very early in the morning the plant life on the dunes take on a violet hue to match the cold breeze off the ocean.  It is so very qui...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

"Around the Bend on Hwy One"

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One of the advantages of camping along the Big Sur coast, is that you can stumble out of your tent as the sunlight comes streaming th...
Thursday, June 09, 2016

"Yosemite Falls" ©

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Last January while staying in the lodge at the base of Yosemite Falls it snowed all night, blanketing the world in pristine shades of...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

"Sycamores" ©

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This group of Sycamore live in the Placerita Canyon Nature Center, just down the road from my home.  The California drought has been ro...
Friday, January 01, 2016

"Double Take Show at Hillside Gallery"

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"Alpine Glow", 16" X 20", Oil "A Break in the Storm", 16" X 20", Oil In a coupl...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

"First Snow" ©

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Christmas day I started this painting and shot the process for an upcoming January workshop.  It seems to help people if they can see h...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"Canyon Morning" and "Canyon Evening", © #placeritacanyon #laurawambsgans

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 "Canyon Evening", 11X14, Oil "Canyon Morning", 11X14, Oil Already painting for next years shows, these two...
Monday, October 26, 2015

"The Soloist" ©

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"The Soloist", was painted on a whim for a student wondering about how to paint the confusion of leaves and branches in a t...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

"High Sierra Trail", ©

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A few weeks ago a small group, known as PAC6 Painters, packed into Lake Ediza to paint for a week.  All of the words that John Muir wro...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

"Pacific Morning Glow" © #seascape

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24" X 30, Oil on Canvas Today I am framing up paintings for the Thousand Oak Art Festival this weekend.  This painting, "...
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Monday, September 07, 2015

"Approaching Winter Storm", © #SantaClarita #laurawambsgans

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For the next couple of months this painting, along with 4 others are hanging in the College of the Canyons Art Gallery.  The exhibit is...
Saturday, August 08, 2015

"Classic Sierra Hwy View" ©

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As you drive from Santa Clarita to Agua Dulce the road winds though this landscape.  The terrain is dry and roughed with a sprinkling...
Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Ventura Plein Air Competition 2015

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Ventura View, 12X16, oil The city of Ventura has held an Artwalk for decades and this year added a plein air competition to the event...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

"Vasquez Rocks" © #vasquezrocks #laurawambsgans

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The last 10 days I have been painting pieces for an upcoming show of historic and contemporary landscape paintings of the Santa Clarita...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

"Julia Pfeiffer Falls" © #Bigsurart

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The Julia Pfeiffer Falls has been an iconic location for photographers and painters for decades.  Usually the scene is captured in the ...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Painting in the Adirondacks

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 Lower Saint Regis Lake, 18X24, Oil Last week I traveled with Marian Fortunati to upper state New York, deep in the Adirondack's t...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

"Summertime" and traveling with oils....

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For this painting I experimented with Gamblin's Fastmatte oil paints.  I wanted to see how the paint would work, because I was co...
Friday, May 29, 2015

"Lingering Warmth" © #HansenDam #wambsgans

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In a couple of weeks I am flying to Vermont and driving up to the Adriondacks with my gear to paint the classic scenes of the Hudson...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

"Along the Pacific Coast" ©

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Over the last few weeks I painted twice in the area of Carmel, California.  Part of that time was during the Carmel Art Festival, which...
Friday, May 01, 2015

"Desert Beauty" ©

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At the recent Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival I had the opportunity to demonstrate oil painting during the art show.  This little paintin...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

"A New Day" © #WhidbeyIsland #oilpainting #Wambsgans

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This studio painting was created using the plein air painting as the reference.  This weekend Saga Gallery in Monrovia is opening an ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

"Placerita Canyon Evening" © #santaclarita #landscape #laurawambsgans

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With a little rain, spring greens are popping up in the canyon.  After so many months of muted gray brush the bright green is almost sh...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

"High Country Gold" © #landscapeoilpainting #pinetrees #wambsgans

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This spot is one of those hidden gems you find hiking along the trail.  Not a soul around,  just a few birds bidding the day goodbye,...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015

"Teton Morning" © #Tetons #landscapeoilpainting #wambsgans

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Grand Tetons early in the morning, what could be more grand?  A FB friend Gary Keimig, another painter, generously allowed me to pain...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

"Dry Creek" © #placeritacanyon #landscapepainting #wambsgans

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Placerita Creek had a dribble of water for about 10 minutes with the brief rains that fell.  California needs more rain, yet with thi...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

"Sycamore" © #landscapeoilpainting #trees #laurawambsgans

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Sycamore trees always seem to have a unique and interesting branch structure.  You can get to know one and no matter how long in betwee...
Monday, January 05, 2015

"Elsmere Canyon" #santaclarita #oilpainting #laurawambsgans

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Elsmere Canyon is just down the road from my home and offers nature at her best for small hikes.  You see prints in the dusty trail o...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

"Aspen Path" © #aspen #path #landscape #oilpainting

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This painting of a small roadway or path cutting though the aspen trees is my last left handed painting.  The cast is off my right hand...
Friday, November 28, 2014

"Forest Path" © #pinetrees #landscapeoil #laurawambsgans

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Years ago an artist friend that lived nearby told me the most difficult landscape painting to create is an all green scene.  Since he...
Monday, November 10, 2014

"Autumn Colors" © #lpinemountainclub #landscapeoilpainting #laurawambsgans

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Painting left handed has been quite a humbling experience.  Timing is the most dramatic difference.  Every move I make takes twice as...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

"Summer Evening", painting left handed #landscape #eucalyptustrees #laurawambsgans

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20" X 24", oil Two weeks ago I had surgery on my right hand, repairing damage from sculpting stone for many years.  The res...
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Saturday, October 11, 2014

"Hidden Pond" and 3 show openings © #landscapeoilpainting #laurawambsgans

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"Hidden Pond",  16" X 20", oil Three exhibits, 28 paintings, 2 receptions all opening this weekend.  This painting...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

"Canyon Wash" © #desertpainting #laurawambsgans

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This is one of the new paintings that will hang at a special show next month in Pasadena.  It's a wonderful desert scene with all t...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

"Afternoon Along the Creek" #californiapainting #landscape #laurawambgans

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This spot is only about 20 min. from my home and is a constant pull as I pass for a painting.  In the past painters have often painted ...