53rd National Show Catalog, "No Place Like Home"

ROSE IRELAN WINTER’S KISS

9” x 12” — Oil $1,800

I love the light and colors of the desert in the winter. This was painted en plein air in the Baja desert in the morning light. The sun is low and bright as it skims the sagebrush and copal bushes, bringing warmth to the ground after a cold evening.

ROSE IRELAN • WAOW Associate • CA • www.roseirelan.com Rose Irelan is inspired to portray wonder and magic in her work. She enjoys capturing nature’s rich and rugged displays of light through the use of color, light, and brushwork. Her paintings convey the emotion that you experience from the terrain, the sea, and the wind. She often paints ephemeral moments and she is drawn to create mood and atmosphere in her landscapes and seascapes. She sees her paintings as visual poems.

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