Daffodils Original Watercolor Painting by Rusty Harden

"Beauty in Imperfection"

12" x 9"

Watercolor

April usually brings daffodils, an early sign of spring. I have attempted to paint them many times and have always failed. It is the translucent nature of the petals that is so hard to maintain while capturing the light and dark contrast.

I loved the one with the torn trumpet and the way it reveals what is on the inside of the flower. Its like people, sometimes you can’t know what is in them until they are wounded.

"Cheshire Sun" Sun Art Aired on CBS Sunday Morning April 10, 2011

"Cheshire Sun"

Aired today on Sunday Morning on a segment about Actress Isabella Rossellini and her love for animals.

This painting is on exhibit at Studio 14 in Tipp City, Ohio

For inquires to  purchase this painting or prints 

contact Rusty

Thank you to Vikki North and The Artist Challenge for hosting the Sun Art theme every year and submitting our work for the CBS Sunday Morning Sun Art Library.

"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