Nature Giveth and She Taketh Away

This stump of a once grand tree sat in a clearing in Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia. It was a snowy, overcast day. This stump, a shadow of its former grandeur, was quickly being reclaimed by the land and might very well crumble into nothing by spring. The woods in the background were dark and almost eerie. And the stump had such character and beautiful colors that it deserved to be preserved forever. And so I did my best to do just that.

The original image is an acrylic painting on canvas, 9 by 12 inches.

This print also is 9 by 12 inches, done in archival inks on 13 by 19 inch archival watercolor finish paper, printed by me and pencil signed.

If you'd like to consider purchase, it's available through my Etsy.com site by clicking here.

Other prints, made to various sizes -- some much larger and some even on canvas -- are available through Fine Arts America's online service by clicking on this gallery.

Image copyright 2007 Virginia McLaren.

Cape Cod Dunes and Fence

Cape Cod has the best beaches and some of the most interesting dunes, too. This picture is of one of those walks through the dunes to the ocean…falling down fence, grass blowing in the breeze and all those footprints of people who got there before you. I usually include the ocean but not this time. This time the dunes were enough.

The original image is a watercolor, approximately 10 by 7 inches.

This print is 11.8 by 8 inches, done in archival inks on 19 by 13 inch archival watercolor finish paper, printed by me and pencil signed.

If you'd like to consider purchase, it's available through my Etsy.com site by clicking here.

Prints made to various sizes, some much larger -- and some even on canvas -- are available through Fine Art America's online service at this online gallery.

Image copyright 1991 Virginia McLaren.