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Laurie Winthers
creates a quiet, yet individual landscape view, that teems with delicacy
and a bold color pallet. Her work with paintings on Bristol board
demonstrates the sweeping beauty of the Californian landscape. There is
an immediate impact of the vastness, solitude and power creating the
spirit of the landscape. The vivid qualities of glowing light and color
with the furrows and folds of the land engender a dramatic perspective.
We view what this artist sees as she
rides along the highway, sometimes taking a train or just walking along
the fertile fields of our inland vistas. Her paintings produce a
soothing stillness, distilling the most essential elements within the
miles of sparsely populated land. The feeling that Winthers’ achieves
symbolize the ‘California Dream’ of fertile fields, mountains, rivers,
the Pacific Ocean and the endless blue skies. Her works draw the viewer
into the wonderment of a glance of our land both visually and
emotionally. We sense the intensity and excitement of the paint, the
heat and growth after a good rain and the strength of the sky as a
backdrop to the simplicity of her subtle tree lined 'scapes.
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Fields near Casa de Fruta
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
16" x 12"
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Two Trees
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
9¼" x 8"
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Highway 156
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
16" x 12"
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Highway 37 #1
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
9" x 12"
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Highway 37 #2
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
9" x 12"
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Highway 37 #3
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
9" x 12"
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Orange Field #1
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
9½" x 15"
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Orange Field #2
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
20" x 22"
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Buena Vista #3
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2002
9" x 12"
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Point Ano Nuevo
Oil on Bristol Board, 2002
8¼" x 11½"
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Strand of Trees
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2002
8" x 11½"
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Yellow Marigold Field off Beach Road
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2002
7¼" x 9¼"
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View from the Train #1
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
7" x 8"
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View from the Train #2
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
7" x 8"
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View from the Train #3
Acrylic on Bristol Board, 2004
10" x 10"
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