"Rainbow Sunset Birches"

"Rainbow Sunset Birches"

"Rainbow Sunset Birches" ;  is an original painting on canvas of 4 young birch trees, twisted by the winter winds, withstanding the cold, and preparing for the spring melt.

The image started in search of itself. It began with poured paint running across the canvas. Only then did a reason to be come into sight. That poured pigment is perfect as orangish winter light in the clouds as dust starts to fall.

These 16” x 20” paintings were small sized, for me, at the time. I had just wound down a series of much larger pictures.  (They were about the American west, before the arrival of the whites.)

But for this series of winter scenes, the small size was a result of a shoulder injury that prevented any big movements of my painting arm.

As to the subject matter, I have always been fascinated by the winter. The blanket of white that covers everything is so inviting, and clean. Pure and beautiful in its simplicity.

But the flip side is that winter can be suddenly very dangerous if you’re caught out at night. So it has a push-pull appeal to me and my eye.

An original oil, acrylic and pearlescent painting; varnished, on stretched canvas, 16” x 20”, wired and ready to hang.  Unframed.

$2450

Buy it today, and truly make my day.   I know you will be pleased when it’s hanging on your wall.  If you don’t like it, send it back to me, and I will refund the purchase price.

Thanks for your time and consideration.    -Mark Lindquist ;  is an original painting on canvas of a hummingbird arcing up and away from the spray of the mud puddle below.

"Hummer Avoiding Mud" is part of a painting series I started a some 10 years ago and continue today. These 16” x 20” paintings were small sized, for me, at the time. I had just wound down a series of much larger pictures.  (They were about the American west, before the arrival of the whites.  That theme is another very different story, and some day I’ll put those pictures up for sale.)

But for this series, the small size was a result of a shoulder injury that prevented any big movements of my painting arm.

As to the subject matter, I have always been fascinated by the hummingbird; its unique wing wave pattern (more like a helicopter doing a figure-8, than typical birds, that flap up and down), their coloring, the whirring sound they make.  There’s something magic about them, and their beauty is irresistible to the painter in search of beauty an strength.

An original oil, acrylic and pearlescent painting; varnished, on stretched canvas, 16” x 20”, wired and ready to hang.  Unframed.

$2450

Buy it today, and truly make my day.   I know you will be pleased when it’s hanging on your wall.  If you don’t like it, send it back to me, and I will refund the purchase price.

Thanks for your time and consideration.    -Mark Lindquist