Rolling Across

Rolling Across

 Pastel Landscape of skies of the west series.

Pastel is a perfect medium for painting skies and for painting in plein air. I am intrigued by clouds and try to capture their essence before they roll away. This painting was done on Wallis sanded paper. I used both hard and soft pastels.

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Teton Valley, Plein Air Pastel

Last September eight women painters from Texas spent a week painting plein air in the Tetons. I was the only one using pastel. It is a great medium for plein air. No mess! This painting shows the Tetons in the distance. I was actually in Idaho. Please visit my website for more images of the trip.

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Breaking Clouds

Breaking Clouds

By Caroline Ratliff, Landscape Artist
16 x 20 Original Oil

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Across the Valley

Across the Valley
16 x 20 Original oil by Caroline Ratliff

Across the Valley was painted from the plein air small painting of the Hill Country Vista that I did several weeks ago.

Poppies, Original Oil Painting by Caroline Ratliff

Poppies
Original Oil Painting by Caroline Ratliff
24 x 30

I was cleaning out my studio and ran across this painting that I did sometime back. I reworked the whole thing and now like it much better. Sometimes a painting just doesn't work at first.
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Texas Hill Country Vista

Texas Hill Country Vista
8 x 10 Oil Plein Air Study

By Caroline Ratliff

After the Marble Falls Paintout I discovered a spot over looking the valley not far from town. It is a perfect hill country view.
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Brazos Bayou Original Pastel Landscape by Caroline Ratliff

Brazos Bayou
16 x 20
Pastel on paper

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I am honored to have this painting juried into the Celebrate Texas Show sponsored by the Texas Pastel Society at the San Antonio Public Library. It will be on display until June 18, 2011.