Vibrant colors and emotions stirred by the watercolor paint as it flows across the white paper reflect my love for the world which surrounds me; the tall La Sal mountains, the multicolored rock ledges, the desert landscape, and my small cozy backyard garden.
I was drawn into the art world as my job related years began to shift, finding myself with some well deserved free time. I was able to begin to see life around me alive and moving in a rhythmic, fluid way, from the ravens, to the black bears, to the ancient artists of the West, and finally to the flowers which bloom just inside my garden fence.
My goal is to share my awareness of the fragile, delicate balance between the real world and the whimsical world as I see it; stimulating and full of joy.
I hope you take pleasure in seeing my work, as I enjoyed the process of putting the paint on the paper.
Please contact me at cckingstudio@frontiernet.net
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Time Traveler Series
Throughout History there has existed an extraordinary relationship between humans
and ravens. This relationship is an extremely ancient one. As I walk to the various
petroglyph sites in Utah I am aware that a raven or two lingers close by, observing
my every movement, and I can't help but wonder what is stored in their memories of
another day, and another artist. Artists who lived many centuries ago who come
alive again through the images they painted on the rock formations. These rock
images are inseparable from the spirits of the raven, and the artists who created them.
"The Deer go Marching Three by Three"
16 x 20 Matted
$350.
"Flight Path" "Ancient Memories in Blue"
16 x 20 Matted 16 x 20 Matted
$350. $225.
"Keeping an Eye on the Past"
16 x 20 Matted
$225.
"Waiting for Their Turn to Watch" "Ancient Memories"
16 x 20 Matted Permanent Collection
Raven Babies Series Grand County Library
$350.
"Show Time" "And the Story was....."
20 x 28 Matted SOLD
$400.
The La Sal Mountain Bear Series
It was over the summer that I became enthralled with the La Sal Mountain black
bear. It seemed everywhere we went we spotted a black bear off the trail, or the two
bears we came to that sat in the middle of the road as though they were directing traffic
or collecting the toll for the use of the roadway. Or there was simply the dark blur which
quickly, very, very quietly passed by in the deep dark timbered section of the mountains.
I was intriqued with the signs of them everywhere; the claw marks in the trees
they had climbed, to the paw prints in the wet mud around the ponds. The various
colors of the bears range from deep red to cinnamon to brown to black.
I have portrayed the La Sal Mountain black bears as soft and fuzzy and whimsical. I
hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the process of painting them. However, the
La Sal Mountain black bears in their mountain environment are real, and are not teddy
bears!
"At the Morning Glory Patch"
SOLD
"Gone Fishing" "Peace"
16 x 20 Matted 16 x 20 Matted
$350. $350.
"Not a Creature was Stirring"
SOLD
"Break Time" "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
SOLD 16 x 20 Matted
$350.
"OK, I'm Up"
16 x 20 Matted
$350.
"Nasturtiums Anyone" "I'm So Happy "
16 x 20 Matted 16 x 20 Matted
$350. $325.
* This painting was created for the
"LowShow" at Moab Art Works
Dec. 2007. Targeted audience
for the Show were children under
age 7.
After what seemed like a lifetime of looking over fences and wishing I could wander into garden gates to view other people's gardens, I finally had my own garden. We moved into our home in Moab in November, and with great anticipation I plotted and planned my garden throughout the winter.
In the Spring I began what has become a love affair with my dirt, and with the plants that I have chosen one by one. Once the flowers begin to bloom, I find myself most mornings in the garden trying to capture them in watercolors.
I hope that when you look at one of my paiintings you will feel like you had taken a peek over my fence, and had a few moments to wander through my garden.
"Hopi Pottery with Yellow Tulips"
20 x 28 Matted
$400.
*NEW Painting! "Farm Fresh"
18 x 24 Matted
$350.
"Delicately White" "Lavender Iris"
16 x 20 Matted 16 x 20 Matted
$325. $400.
"Suddenly It's Spring" "Yellow Roses"
16 x 20 Matted SOLD
$325.
Car Show Classics
For the past few years, my grown children and grandchildren have planned their
Spring vacations around the annual April Action Car Show in Moab. At dusk, we
gather along Main Street, with what seems like the entire community, in order to Ooh &
Aah, as the cars parade up and down the street.
Our busy lives disappear for a short period of time. As the sun sets, we stand in
front of the local Diner, and are once again part of small town America.
To hang onto those feelings, I began to sketch and then render the cars in
watercolor, and magically, for a short period of time, my busy life disappears.
"Classic Car # 10"
16 x 20 Matted
$350.
"Classic Car #9" "Classic Car #11"
16 x 20 Matted 16 x 20 Matted
$350. $350.
"Classic Car #12"
16 x 20 Matted
$350.
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