Open to the Sun original impressionist oil painting by Laura Reilly

“Open to the Sun”   

Mini Masterpiece from the

Denver Botanic Gardens Series

Original oil on panel 12” x 6”

I’ve been  creating a series of paintings from a late season visit to the

Denver Botanic Gardens.  This painting is a humble homage to some of my favorite painters – of course, Monet, but also Gustav Klimt.  Why Klimt?  We always think of Monet, the master, when it comes to waterlilies, but for some reason Klimt kept coming to me as I contemplated this painting.   

Gustav Klimt, known for his gorgeous mosaic-like masterworks such as “the Kiss”, also created many landscape, lake and garden paintings.  Many of these paintings were created in a long vertical format. The  composition, mosaic-like brushstrokes and water all remind me of  Klimt’s ethereal paintings.    As artists, we are often  inspired by those who have come before us –  whose hand and eye have translated the world into unique expressions of beauty and grace.

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Starlit Night original oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Starlit Night" 

 original oil on canvas, 20" x 10" x 1.5"

painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

Sometimes it's not the big events that make the best memories and moments in life, but the small ones - like a walk on a starry night of the new moon.  It's dark and crystal clear, and the stars and planets shimmer and glow in the deep winter night because the moon isn't stealing the show. 

Jack and I and Piper saw this view a few weeks ago on a night time walk, and I carried the sight carefully all the way home, a vision of stillness and quiet and starlight.  Once home,  I made a sketch before the memory faded, and created this painting in acknowledgement of small, beautiful, precious moments like this. 

FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK!

April 6, 5:00 - 8:00pm

at my gallery here in Old Colorado City

The Laura Reilly Fine Art Gallery

2522 W. Colorado Avenue

Come on out, enjoy a beautiful spring evening, and come by and say hello -

I'd love to see you!

"Lavender Rest" original oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Lavender Rest" 

8" x 8" x 3/8" original oil on gessoed panel, 

painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

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This is another painting from my Lavender Fields  series - 

 Paola's young nieces were taking a little break from their work harvesting the fragrant blooming lavender - they looked so charming I had to paint them - but waited til now, when the memory of the sun and warmth and fragrance could warm the winter studio!

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"Lavender Memories" original impressionist oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Lavender Memories" 

8" x 8" x 3/8" original oil on gessoed panel, 

painting continues arounds sides for a beautiful finish

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 I still smell the fragrant scent of the lavender as it heats up in the sun. 

This painting is one of a continuing series of paintings from 

my trip in 2010 to Palisade, Colorado to paint 

in the blooming lavender fields.

Thank you, Lavender Association of Western Colorado!

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"Autumn's Shining Path" original oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Autumn's Shining Path" 

 original oil on gessoed panel

12" x 6" x 3/8" - painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

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I've started something new for 2012, and am having so much fun with it!  I am now a member of Daily Paintworks, and have joined the "painting a day" artists' movement  - a new, small original oil painting created about every day, and posted to this wonderful art-only auction site.  This is something I've wanted to do for a long time - as you may know, I have always been charmed by the magic of small things.  There's a special  intimacy to the scale of smaller paintings,  and also a significant challenge for the painter - can a small work of art be as compelling or dramatic or moving as something created on a larger scale?  Also, as an avid art collector myself, I can always find a spot for another small gem!  Enjoy!

Breezy Poppies original impressionist oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Breezy Poppies"  - a little memory of summer, to brighten the winter days.

original oil painting on panel, 8" x 8" x 3/8" - 

painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

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Each season has it's own gifts, and winter is no exception. It's a great time to be in the studio, re-visiting subjects and locations from earlier in the year, in new ways.   I have a chance to explore nuances of color and expression that painting on location doesn't allow.  

In this painting I used the brush and paint to express the

lightness of spirit I feel when I see poppies in bloom. 

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"Lightfall in the Garden" original oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Lightfall in the Garden", original oil painting, 10" x 20" x 3/4"
painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

Painted just last week in Garden of the Gods,
just before the sun went behind the mountain.
Fabulous fall color!

This painting and many more will be available 

at  my home studio, during the 

Ninth Annual Pikes Peak Studio Tour weekend! (click for details!)

November 12 and 13

My studio is #7 on the Studio Tour map -

I'll have lots of wonderful paintings to share,

so come for a fun-and-artful weekend!

I look forward to seeing you!

(Psst - can't wait til the tour weekend?  - email me to buy this painting now!)

"Early Summer on Rampart Range", original plein air oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Early Summer on Rampart Range" - original oil on panel, 14" x 11"
This painting will be in the

Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters Art Show

Opening Reception this Friday, June 17, 5:00 - 8:30 pm

Hosted by:    

7-Arrows Gallery 

Time: 5 PM to 8:30 PM   Awards Presentation at 7 PM

            118 West Midland Ave. - Downtown Woodland Park. 719-761-1676

Please come to the show!  I painted this last week, up on Rampart Range Road, for the
Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters Show
at Seven Arrows Gallery in Woodland Park this Friday.

It was just beautiful - cool clear blue skies, the lovely early green of the aspens,
 and blooming yellow peas under the trees.

It was Piper's first outing as a plein-air dog too - she was a wonderful companion!

Hope to see you Friday Night - it will be fun!

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"Magic Garden" original oil painting by Laura Reilly

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"Magic Garden" original oil painting diptych on canvas  -  20" x 40" x 1.5"

 Two pieces, painting continues around sides for a beautiful finish.

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"Victorian Gardens", original impressionist oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Victorian Gardens", original oil painting,

6" x 6", gold frame, $215

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A little taste of things to come - the showery, rainy

weather we're having now will make it possible

for us to soon enjoy beautiful gardens like these

 in Old Colorado City.  Enjoy - and anticipate!

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Flowering Quince, original oil painting by Laura Reilly

"Flowering Quince", oil original, 6" x 6", gold frame $195

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 Glorious coral-colored quince in full bloom in Rheta's garden - simply irresistible!

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Apple Blossom Time, Original Impressionist Oil Painting by Laura Reilly

“Apple Blossom Time”, oil original, 6” x 6”, gold frame,  $195
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Yes, I know – it’s really sweet!  But I couldn’t resist – one more lovely little
painting of Tony’s Happy Apple Orchard in Penrose, Colorado.
Sometimes, somedays, some moments – the world really is nice like that!

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"Tony's Orchard", original oil painting by Laura Reilly, Apple Blossoms, Impressionist painting

"Tony's Orchard", original oil painting, 11" x 14", $600

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Delicate snowfall

White perfume is in the air -

          Ah! Apple orchard!   

                                                          copyright Laura Reilly April 2011 

Last week, I had the great pleasure to visit Tony’s Happy Apple Orchard in Penrose, Colorado, with the Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters - a very cool spring morning, but all was lovely. This painting was completed on location in the orchard, with the delicate scent of the blooming apple trees filling the air. A great day to be alive, and to be a painter!

I welcome your comments - and thank you for your interest in my paintings.

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Coligny Windows, Impressionist Painting of France, Laura Reilly Oil Painting

"Coligny Windows" - original oil painting, 6" x 6", gold frame, $195

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The windows of this little cottage in the French village of Coligny are open to the sun.  They invite us to stay a little while,  enjoying the warm light, dappled shadows and brightly blooming flowers.

May your dreams take you to special places, to the windows of your opportunities – and may we all enjoy the flowers blooming outside our own windows today.

I welcome your comments – and thank you for your interest in my paintings!
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New Mexico Landscape Painting, Laura Reilly Original Oil Painting

"Let There Be Light"

original oil painting, 11" x 14" by Laura Reilly

Just south of Taos, New Mexico, beautiful color fills the evening sky.

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Laura Reilly original oil painting, "The Midas Touch"

Colorado's golden aspens gild the autumn landscape - the "Midas Touch". an original oil on panel, 6" x 6".

Framed in a gold plein air style frame, $195. Free shipping in the continental U.S.

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