Oil Painting of Amethyst Geode by Rusty Harden

Amethyst Geode

Oil on Canvas

16' x 20"

Rusty Harden

Mineral owned by Matt Black

I don't usually paint minerals on canvas.  Because of the size, I thought I would give it a try.  (Hard board is still by favorite ground.)  Actually, I started this painting at the mineral show in Cincinnati but didn't get back to it until  this week.  I'm very pleased with it.  The  geode is close to 16" at the base and 17" high.  The painting of the geode is very close to those that size.  Well, its my mineral painting season.  I'll be coming up for air and food from time to time....

Thank you Matt Black for allowing me to work from your minerals.

Class Female Figure Original Painting by Rusty Harden

"Classic Female Figure"

9" x 13"

Acrylic on Hot Press Paper

Rusty Harden

$95.00

She comes with a custom mat that fits a 12" x 16" frame.

(S/H & insurance included  in price)

"Breaking Through" Original Painting by Rusty Harden

 “Breaking Through”

Mixed Media
16" x 20"

Canvas

 “Whether it be to failure or success, the first need of being is endurance-to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event”-Bliss Carman

I created this piece for the theme "My So Called Life" for The Artist Challenge



"Cheshire Sun" Sun Art Aired on CBS Sunday Morning for the Second Time

"Cheshire Sun"

Mixed Media

9" x 12"

Rusty Harden

Original SOLD

Aired on CBS Sunday Morning for the second time on July 17, 2011.

To Purchase 8" x 10" Print  $25.00

To Purchase Note Cards set of 4 $10.00

 The Artist Challenge  hosts the Sun Art theme every year and submits the artwork  for the CBS Sunday Morning Sun Art Library.



Trillium New Original Painting

Woodland Trillium

8" x 7"

Watercolor

$50.00 (inlcudes custom mat)

Dramatic lighting made this trillium the leading lady, stepping forward to grab all of the attention  and seperating her from the supporting actors and back drop.                                                      

Trillium Original Watercolor Painting Rusty Harden

Woodland wildflowers are beautiful but fleating. 

If you aren't there at just the right time, they are gone

until next year.  I think that I am drawn to them for

that reason.  Its reminds me to enjoy the moment,

and to look for beauty  because it may be gone in

 the next moment.

As trillium mature (another way of saying get old) they turn pink. 

The first week I observed these trillium they were all white.

A week later, while many more had bloomed, the older ones

were in their glory of pinkness. 

"Trillium"

Wildflowers

10" x 7"

Watercolor

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.