"Nightingale" Watercolor painting by Rusty Harden

Nightingale

8 x 10"

watercolor

"Nightingale"

Original  $95.00

Poets have long considered the nightingale as symbol of a poet.

Shelly wrote in his “A Defense of Poetry":

"A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.”

"Tender is the night" is a lyric in John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale".

Painted for The Artist Challenge



"Auroras" by Painting by Rusty Harden

"Auroras"

8" x 10"

$95.00

Watermedia

Rusty Harden

During the exhibit "Out of the Depths" March 4 - April 24

at Studio 14 in Tipp City, I will also be displaying

 my series of paintings created in what I call my transpoured technique.

The transpoured technique is the process that goes beyond just pouring the selected colors onto the paper. I carefully plan composition and strong design elements and manipulate the color to either be repelled or drawn to enhance color intensity. Some paintings are enhanced by working with transparent colors creating subjects and mood.



"Celestial Impact" by Rusty Harden

"Celestial Impact"

8" x  10"

$95.00

Watermedia

Rusty Harden

During the exhibit "Out of the Depths" March 4 - April 24 at Studio 14 in Tipp City, I will also be displaying my series of paintings created in what I call my transpoured technique. 

The transpoured technique is the process goes beyond just pouring the selected colors onto the paper. I carefully plan composition and strong design elements and manipulate the color to either be repelled or drawn to enhance color intensity. Some paintings are enhanced by working with transparent colors creating subjects and mood.

New Exhibit Rusty Harden, Sandra Picciano-Brand, David Brand & Evelyn Staub

Out of the Depths Exhibit

Open March 3rd - April 24th 2011

Artists Reception: March 4th from 6 - 8 PM. All are invited.

Featured Artists: Evelyn Staub with her fine art enamels, Rusty Harden's mineral paintings, Sandra Picciano-Brand's jewelry and David Brand with his bronze vessels and jewelry. A beautiful show!

Gallery hours: Mon - Sat 10-5

Sun 12-5

Located in the loft of the Benkin Antique Building, 14 E. Main St. Tipp City Ohio 45371

937.890.3614

www.studio14gallery.com

"Conflagration" Works on Paper Exhibit Rosewood Gallery

"Conflagration"

18" x  18 3/4"

Acrylic Inks

On exhibit at the 21st Annual Works On Paper

Rosewood Arts Centre

2655 Olson Drive

Dayton, Ohio 45420

http://www.ketteringoh.org/

937-296-0294



"Convergence" Watercolor by Rusty Harden

When we dignify another person we elevate our own value to society.

"Convergence"

Fallen Series

Watercolor

Rusty Harden

I call this painting "Convergence"  because of the way the stalks have fallen over crossing and coming together.  The lovely precious lily reminds me of my friend, Dorothy.   I painted this in the spring of 2010

a few months after Dorothy and I were in a serious accident.  She was badly injured and as is often the

case, she will never be the same.  I find that she is as beautiful "fallen" as ever.  The crossing stalks represent the intersection where the accident occurred. 

The "Fallen Series" is about meeting people where they are. 

The pink flower, known by some as Magic Lillies or Naked Ladies, grow in my flower beds.  In the spring the greenery grows but the single stalk with the lillies wait until mid summer to make their appearance.



CBS Sunday Morning Sun Art "Crimson Journey" The Artist Challenge

"Crimson Journey"

14" x 14"

Water Based Media

Hotpress Paper

$425.00

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