Middle Earth Majesty - A California Mountain Meadow Plein Air Landscape by Marian Fortunati

Middle Earth Majesty © Marian Fortunati 12" x 12" Oil on RayMar Canvas Panel click on the above link for further details and Pay Pal



Susan, Marian, Diane, Ernie, Lorelle and Laura

Five artists traveled up to Frazier Park in July to visit with another artist who lives up there.  She had told us stories of wild irises spread out in a little valley.  The six of us had one of our best painting days ever.   Susan, who lives there told us that the native Californian Chumash tribe considers the little meadow in the valley, "The Middle Of The Earth".  What a joy to be in such a magical place.

Susan Sjoberg invited me up to paint near her home and I brought along four other artists.    Painting and eating were Laura Wambsgans, Diane-Nelson Gold, Lorelle Miller and Ernie Dollman.  Check out their paintings.

Wild Irises

I painted the painting above after we broke for lunch.  We had a great time talking about places, our art and other friends we had in common.

The entire day was just a dream.  Susan described the "next

At the reception after a beautiful day of painting

wave of flowers".   We're all thinking about coming back up for the giant lupines or the calla lilies which will cover the meadow floor in the months to come.

I had to leave before evening because I was going to the reception for my show.  As it was I barely made it.. almost missed some of the people who came to see me.   (My painting, "Poppy Path" won a nice cash award!!  YAY!!  ).   

The next time we go up, we may plan it so we stay even later and try to catch the last light in the meadow.  

Can you imagine how THAT will look???

I posted my morning painting called "Mountain Meadow" on my last blog.   Which of the two, "Mountain Meadow" or "Middle Earth Majesty" do YOU like better?

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