This Land is My Land

This Land is My Land

PAINTINGS FOR SALE??????

HELL YES they are for sale!!! I believe in "Affordable art for the masses!"

Check out my ETSY STORE for original paintings

If you have any questions regarding my paintings you can contact me at rvpainter@gmail.com


Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Sedona Celebration - New Sunset - New Year

Yo Blog Friends,

Missing my Arizona again - this happens around the holidays :>)

Sedona is a mystical and magical place - so very much beauty to be seen and found.

This is my tribute to Sedona and its beautiful and breath taking sunsets - painted alla prima in a loose painterly style

12 x 20
Sedona Celebration - New Sunset - New Year



Hope you folks enjoy this and I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year!
See Ya'll next year.

JR     :>)

Friday, December 26, 2014

Hello Blog Buddies

Yo,

Well I'm ready to start posting some paintings again.  I woke up this morning with a tune in my head - singing the words "This land is my land".  I took this as a sign and this morning I did a painting which represents the meaning of these words to me.

As most of you know we lived in Arizona for 7 years and New Mexico for 5 years and I have to say the I'm a big fan of the Southwest desert.

This painting is 10 x 20 on heavy linen paper using professional acrylic paints.  The painting does have texture to it as part of it is done using special brushes I developed which I call "palette brushes".
I use these brushes as one would use a palette knife.

Bright, bold southwest colors are used throughout the painting depicting the desert setting sun.

This painting can be found on my  ETSY STORE

Hope you enjoy.







JR         :>)

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all my artist friends, art followers, and RV friends.  Starting the first of the New Year I will be posting new paintings again.  I took sort of a blog break to promote my ETSY site and the publication of our RV book.  Both of these ventures proved to be worth the effort as painting sales and book sales have increased over the Christmas Holiday and for that I say thank you!

I wish you all the very best for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

JR       :>)


Sunday, November 30, 2014

Book Launching

Lots of thanks to many, many folks who have made our "Tips For New RVers: Catchin' The Dream" a success on Amazon.  My DW and I also created a blog where you can see some of our adventures during almost 12 months on the road as full time RV-ers.  The link to our blog follows:

Tips for New RVers Blog

Check it out as I'm sure you will find our year long 10,000+ mile journey to some wonderful places to be of interest.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Our Book, TIPS FOR NEW RVERS: CATCHIN' THE DREAM is now on AMAZON!

My DW (Darling Wife) Melissa and I have been busy this year writing our self-help book for new RVers and I'm happy to tell you that the book is DONE and available on AMAZON!

It's called Tips for New RVers:Catchin' the Dream. (Some of may remember that we named our Nexus Class C RV the Dreamcatcher). 



The book is for RV Newbies, as well as inexperienced and wanna-be RVers, though some experienced RVers who've read it say there is a lot of information in there that really helped them too! We've tried to make it both practical and entertaining, because if you can't have fun, why bother??

We've set up a book website, TipsforNewRVers.blogspot.com, which provides information about the book and about us. You can find it HERE.

Here's our book blurb,  which will give you a pretty good idea of what we were going for:



When we got the RVing bug, we were total Newbies. We'd never had an RV, a camper or even a tent for that matter! Now we are experienced RVers who lived and traveled full-time in our Class C that we named the Dreamcatcher, figured things out as we went along, had good days and bad days and are willing to share what we learned so that maybe you can avoid a few mistakes and generally stay out of trouble, divorce court and jail.
Our book introduces new, inexperienced and potential RVers to basic aspects of RV life. It's not a detailed, nitty-gritty how-to book; rather it’s meant to give readers an overview and answer a variety of basic questions about life on the road. The idea is to help you get your feet wet before you dive into the deep water! We hope it will help to shorten your learning curve, lessen your fears and entertain you a little bit too. Most of all, we hope it encourages you to catch your own RV dreams and make them come true. 

                                     
We'd appreciate it if you would share the news of our book with your followers, family and friends who might be interested.  The book is available in print and as an ebook for Kindle, and you can find it HERE.



Thursday, October 23, 2014

Mind splitting

Yo,

Lately I've been splitting my mind between the Southwest and the Gulf Coast of Florida.  The Southwest to me is very moving and I do have to say that I miss it - painting scenes from the Southwest allows me to visit a place I love.
The Gulf Coast of Florida is very beautiful as well and now that the summer humidity is dropping the days are very pleasant with lots of sunshine.


BATTLESHIP ROCK NEW MEXICO
7 X 14

Battleship Rock is a spectacular basalt rock cliff at the confluence of the Jemez River and the East Fork of the Jemez River. The formation is located in north-central New Mexico in the Jemez Mountains. Battleship Rock rises nearly 200 feet, creating an impressive rock formation seen from the Hwy 4. It resembles Navy warship, therefore its name. 

As in Sedona AZ, there are also rock formations in New Mexico - additionally New Mexico is know for its glorious cloud formations while still maintaining over 300 sunshine days a year.

7 x 14 on heavy linen paper - alla prima - Chroma Interactive acrylics - in a painterly loose style with a hint to the semi abstract.






About 1 hour from our home is the island of Gasparilla on which Boca Grande beach is located.  This is our very favorite beach - never overly crowded and the sand is white and the water is a beautiful blue and turquoise as it is on the Gulf of Mexico.  We went there a week ago and had a wonderful day on the beach.

BOCA GRANDE - AUTUMN LIGHT
8 X 16




The SALE on my ETSY STORE  is still in progress and I have extended it until 1/1/15 - take a moment and check it out - 

Check out my ETSY STORE for original paintings
AND
Find affordable fine art prints of my paintings, as well as originals at




JR    :>)






Sunday, October 12, 2014

Autumn in Florida

Yo,

People wonder if the colors change in Florida during the autumn.  Well, yes they do!  Various trees and plants flower in the autumn - there are vivid yellows and reds.  Some trees shed their leaves.  The very high humidity of summer (sometimes 90%) starts to decrease and the atmosphere is lighter and brighter thereby visually changing the many greens found in Florida.

Southwest Florida's Autumn Light
6 x 18







JR   :>)