Rebecca's Muse and News

I would SO like to thank Nancy Worden for purchasing my "Tiny Watchers - Montezuma's Quail" from my solo show for the City of Paso Robles at the Paso Robles Library! I am SO pleased that she liked it enough to take it home.

If you haven't had a chance to swing by the Paso Robles Library yet, you still have a few days left, the show is hanging through the end of September.

And I wanted to thank Don Rader (Administrative Assistant for the Paso Robles Library) for inviting artists of all kinds to share their work with the community. It's a lovely venue to be in. Thank you!

Two egrets stand beside a Hohokam bowl that's decorated with a pattern of water swirling around planted fields -- perhaps meant to resemble the ancient Hohokam irrigation canals? The Hohokam's complex of irrigation brought life to the Sonoran desert, and were a haven for migrating waterfowl in ancient times.

Toured with the National Paint the Parks exhibition. Painting by Rebecca Riel, www.rielfineart.com. Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 20, $2600. Available

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We don't climb the mountains because they're the easier path -- we take those roads because they give us views that stir our souls. (Grand Tetons). Painting by Rebecca Riel. Acrylic on Canvas. 20 x 16, $1200. www.rielfineart.com. Available.

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Solitude Lake, in the Grand Tetons with just a touch of light, brings a quiet peace to the soul. Painting by Rebecca Riel. Acrylic on Panel. 12 x 16, $1100. www.rielfineart.com. Available. 

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Ever since Grandmother Spider spun her first web, the spider has been an important part of Native tales and oral histories. Weaver, protector, creator of the stars in her dew drop covered web, she has been a part of many lives throughout the millennia. Acrylic on Canvas by Rebecca Riel, www.rielfineart.com, 20 x 16, $2200. Available.

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How very nice to have objective, straightforward reviews of various brands of oil paints -- some made by companies for 400 years!!!! Who would have known!

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I finished this tiny "Prayer Feather" painting tonight and thought I would share it and its "in process" stages. It's a true "itty bitty" one, at just 4x6 (before framing). I really like the way the ebony frame accents the dark of the feather. Let me know what you think!

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I haven't tried painting purely with a palette knife -- his textures and juxtaposition of colors are delicious.

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Here is a little humor for my fellow artists!!

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Tiny children's moccasins are decorated with bright black, yellow and red beaded stripes -- could they have been inspired by Monarch butterfly caterpillars?

Juror's Award Winner, toured with the National Paint the Parks Exhibition. Available. Acrylic on Canvas. 14 x 11, $1800.

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