Down to Earth — Hokeilen Art

Wildlife of the West

Standing

36”x48” oil on canvas, framed in natural pine

$3500

This Side

12”x12” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

$350

Walking the Same Paths

Walking the Same Paths

16”x20” oil on canvas framed in natural pine, $900

Slow Shift to Tomorrow

Slow Shift to Tomorrow

30”x40” oil on canvas, $3300

Bison Thoughts

18”x24” oil on canvas framed in natural pine, $1200

Merry Moose

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine, $600

Today is Another Story

Today is Another Story

18”x24” oil on canvas, framed in natural pine, sold

Elk in Snow

24”x18” oil on canvas framed in natural pine, sold

Waiting for the Unexpected

Waiting for the Unexpected

24”x24” oil on canvas, framed in natural pine, $1600

Between What Was and What Will Be

Between What Was and What Will Be

20”x16” oil on canvas, framed in natural pine, $900

Time is Camouflage

Time is Camouflage

40”x30” oil on canvas, framed in natural pine, $3600

Three Crows

10”x20” oil on canvas, sold

Watching and Waiting

Watching and Waiting

12”x16” oil on canvas, $575

PastureRaised

a 22”x28” oil on canvas painting

Landscapes I Have Walked

Kirkjufellsfoss Flow, Iceland

Kirkjufellsfoss Flow, Iceland

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

$600

Across Faxafloi Bay, Iceland

Across Faxafloi Bay, Iceland

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

$600

Icelandic Meltwater

Icelandic Meltwater

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

sold

Frozen Flow (Iceland)

Frozen Flow (Iceland)

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

$600

Icelandic Field

Icelandic Field

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

NFS

Glacier Meltwater

Glacier Meltwater

14”x14” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

NFS

Skies Above Shenandoah

Skies Above Shenandoah

20”x10” oil on canvas with black wooden frame

$600

Wild Waters of the Potomac

Wild Waters of the Potomac

30”x24” oil on canvas framed in natural pine

$1800

The Roar in Mathers Gorge

The Roar in Mathers Gorge

20”x24” oil on canvas

$1000

Tree in Charlies Field

Tree in Charlies Field

10”x8” oil on canvas board, painted plein air, framed in barnwood

NFS

Salida

16”x20” oil on canvas

private comission

Tidbinbilla

10”x20” oil on canvas

NFS

Winter Light on the Potomac River

Winter Light on the Potomac River

12”x16” oil on canvas

sold

HuntleyMeadowsMorning

HuntleyMeadowsMorning

12”x24” oil on canvas, unframed

$750

Sunday Morning at Jax Beach

Sunday Morning at Jax Beach

10”x20” oil on canvas

sold

Standing Still: Moments of Meditation and Presence with Still Life Paintings

Love is Messy

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

$250

Missing Life in the Sunlight

Missing Life in the Sunlight

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

sold

Orange Mums

8”x10” oil on canvas, unframed

$175

Capricious Carnations

Capricious Carnations

10”x10” oil on canvas

sold

Sunflowers

10”x10” oil on canvas, unframed

$200

Comparing Their Time With Water

Comparing Their Time With Water

12”x12” oil on canvas, unframed

$300

Yellow Alstroemeria

Yellow Alstroemeria

10”x10” oil on canvas

sold

All Dressed Up

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

$250

Flowers for Degas

Flowers for Degas

12”x12” oil on canvas

$300

Orange Bouquet

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

sold

Artist Statement for Down To Earth:

Much of my wildlife artwork addresses change. Whether it is the continuous, gradual change within myself as I travel this winding, multifaceted path in life, or the impacts of global warming and human actions on the wildlife of the western U.S., I am interested in representing my subject in an altered way. This might be done with the simple act of changing color or exaggerating lines, putting my subject in a different setting, or using my emotion to set the composition. Sometimes I paint over older paintings while leaving a little of the previous painting peeking through. By doing this, I'm letting this version of the painting be a moment in a larger story. In some cases, a traditional form of the animal is painted under the blocky, ornate top layers of paint. In others, I leave the animal largely transparent to the background to suggest it is only passing through this place, present only for a moment against the landscape. The landscape, too, is shifting, painted in vague or transparent layers showing what lies beneath, before. Or painted in thick layers that prevent precise detail from permanently defining the scene. Today is just a moment in the larger story of what was and what will be.

My landscape paintings reflect the many paths I have walked in life. As a child, student, safety engineer, scientist, educator, stay-at-home mom, military spouse, and artist, I have lived, for a season or for many years, in seven different states (some of which I have come back to life in over and again) and traveled through out the United States, to many islands in the Caribbean, to many countries in Europe, Iceland, Australia, Canada, and Kenya. I love new experiences and seeing the beauty in this world. I am a glass-half-full kind of person, and my landscapes reflect this optimism.

Sometimes, though, I need to pause, to stand still. My still life paintings represent these moments of meditation and self-reflection, of being present in this moment, in this brain, in this breath. Painting from a 3D object and not from a photo of a place I experience along the way, carefully adding light to shine on the object and create shadow, dramatic or diffuse, the composition done before I ever start painting - this lets me dig in deeper to the details of my composition.

Always, I allow myself to follow my inspiration, wherever it appears, wherever it leads.

Next, view my What Lies Beyond Collection of space-related paintings.