Calvin Liang

Moon Rise

Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", $7600

I want to capture the moment of the moon rise. When I saw this in person for the time being, I thought it exuded a romantic feeling.

– Calvin Liang

Camille Przewodek

Halter Ranch Vineyard Morning

Oil on panel, 9" x 12", $1900

Halter Ranch Vineyard Morning was done alla prima on location, and is a glimpse of a sunny morning at a vineyard in Paso Robles, Calif. The play of light on the house is what inspired me.

– Camille Przewodek

Andy Evansen

Two Worlds

Watercolor on paper, 19" x 14", $2800

Nocturnes in watercolor are difficult, because the transparency requires a lot of pigment in the washes. I love painting them though, because it’s a wonderful medium for creating mystery and lost edges.
This scene from a painting trip to China was like something from another world, stepping back in time. The eerie fog creeping in from the surrounding jungle over the river, barely a sound save for the gentle movements of a few boats moving about; and then a television set came on in that houseboat.

– Andy Evansen

Emilie Lee

Oranges Above Montecito

Oil on cradled wooden panel, 24" x 36", $8000

Emilie Lee is a classically trained oil painter whose work is inspired by her adventurous lifestyle and her background in traditional realist painting. From the deserts of southern Utah to the Japanese Alps to her backyard garden in Carpentaria, her plein air and still life paintings are meditations on the peace she finds in nature.

– Emilie Lee

Aaron Schuerr

Beartooth High Country

Oil on linen, 24" x 30", $6800

This past summer I painted my way across the Beartooth Mountains in southwest Montana. To the usual backpacking gear, I added a pochade box and a dozen linen panels. Painting deep in the backcountry is slow by design. I traveled at the whim of the muse, painting wherever inspiration struck and throwing the bivy bag down wherever I ended up. Over the course of six days and 26 trail miles I managed ten paintings. It's my way of carrying a little of the wild home with me. Beartooth High Country was worked out in the studio when I returned home.

– Aaron Schuerr

Brian Blood

Spring at Cypress Point

Oil on canvas, 24" x 30", $12,000