Green Truck- Blooming Yuccas Canvas Print

I was exploring side roads in Valyermo in early May looking for something to paint. Driving past a ranch I noticed two dump trucks parked in the wash not far from the road. The wash was filled with a forest of blooming yucca; I've never seen such a concentration blooming at the same time. It was a partly sunny partly cloudy day that cast interesting shadows on the hills. The plowed and planted fields repeated the colors of the rusting green truck. Valyermo, May 2014.

Jane was born and raised in Stratford, CT. Her father was a self-employed commercial artist who worked at home, which gave her access to both supplies and encouragement. She moved to California in 1973. Jane has been an artist all her life, working in different mediums and working at a variety of commercial art jobs. She earned a degree in Fine Art and says there is always more to learn. She started plein air painting in the 1980’s in watercolor. Since 2010, she has focused on plein air painting in oil. She finds that all the mediums she has worked in, all the jobs she’s held, all her life experience, all contribute to this latest passion. ARTIST’S STATEMENT: The challenge for me is to capture a snapshot in time with...