Joann Quinlivan Art

Aspen Glow

Here's another pastel from some years back. I was learning how to lay down pastel and then drip mineral spirits over it to create these wonderful patterns and shapes. This was done plein aire in Colorado. It's 11x14 and at The Cottage Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA.

Desert Destiny

This pastel was done on pastel board a number of years ago. I was going through some of my old work and decided to post it. I think you can see that I've gotten looser from when I first started. This one never even got framed, although I kind of still like it. We were traveling across country from Florida to California and stopped in Arizona, to see a ghost town. We had our grandson with us and he was a bit grumpy and impatient that day. On our walk to the town, we found this old abandoned car. After I took this photo, we got to the ghost town and it was closed! Didn't make the grandson any happier, I can tell you! This one is 18x24

Rock Island-Sold

Rock Island is part of Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondack Park. Most people like to canoe out to it and jump off the 30 foot rock into the water below. It's always fun and very scary, because that rock sort of juts out and it's difficult to get up the nerve to jump over that hump. If you have the nerve, it's really exciting and the water is sooooo cold!! "Rock Island" is 8x10

Autumn on the Hudson

Autumn in New York State is so gorgeous and there is nothing like the changing of colors on the trees surrounding the Hudson River. I've excited that we'll be there this autumn to see this in person again. Sorry for the not so great photo - some light leakage, I think. This is 11x14

Moose River Plains

Last summer we took our granddaugher, Ava, to the Moose River Plains for a picnic and fishing. It was fun and I took so many pictures. I've just found out that the plains is closed for lack of state funds and that is a real tragedy. So many people enjoy the wilderness, which is unique and not that far from civilization. This painting is 20x30

Time Out on Tirrell Pond - Sold

I'm painting from photos these days because I'm exhibiting at the Abanakee Gallery in Indian Lake this summer. I've been busy finally getting some giclees made and also some greeting cards done. I haven't had a chance to really go out to paint here in California, but first things first and I'm actually having fun paintings from my photos. This is from a picture I took a couple of years ago on Tirrell Pond in Blue Mountain Lake, NY. Getting to Tirrell is quite a hike but when it's done, you've come to a peaceful, quiet place. This painting is also 11x14

Adirondack Flow

I was asked to do a demo for the pastel society in Lake Forest last month and decided to use mineral spirits as an underpainting with the pastel. I hadn't used this method for awhile so set one up the day before and started it - just in case, and also because I wasn't sure how fast the mineral spirits would dry. The session went well, I think and I even finished rather earlier than expected. I like the finished painting. Someone at the session said they liked the cool colors I used. When I think about it, I realize I don't think about it.....it's more intuitive for me. Sometimes I wish I was more planned when I paint. I wonder what's better - planning or just doing. When I look at Sally Strand's paintings, I see planning, beautiful planning......oh boy...Anyway, this pastel is 11x14.