Alaskan Raven Studio

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Swan in Creamer’s Field

April 21, 2014 by alaskanraven

It was fun watching the swans in Creamer’s Field basking in the sunshine last night. The snow melt creates many ponds for them to enjoy.

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8″ x 10″ oil painting by Raven, Fairbanks, Alaska USA

See a higher resolution image of this painting here.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alaska, Creamers Field, Fairbanks, oil paint, painting, Swan, wildlife

Floppy’s calf

April 18, 2014 by alaskanraven

I’ve been working on this painting of a moose calf this week. Thinking about the miracle of new life. FloppysCalf

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alaska, calf, Floppy, Moose, painting

Still thinking about Floppy

April 15, 2014 by alaskanraven

This time I painted a portrait of her in watercolor and acrylic on a full sheet of Arches 30″ x 22″.
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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: acrylic, Alaska, Moose, painting, watercolor, wildlife

I love Mondays!

April 14, 2014 by alaskanraven

Walking into a delightfully messy studio.
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The large sheet of Arches watercolor paper is calling out to me. I am going to be working on that this morning. Excited to try out the images that are bouncing around in my head.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arches, Monday, paint, painting, studio, watercolor

What’s new on the easel?

April 9, 2014 by alaskanraven

I’ve been painting large full size sheets of Arches watercolor 300# CP paper. Luxurious thick paper that holds color and brushstroke beautifully. Throwing paint, splattering, letting the pigment fly and blend. Summer pictures of cranes. Lots of sunshine.

mixed media  22" x 30" paintings by © Raven, USA
mixed media
22″ x 30″
painted by © Raven, USA

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alaska, birds, color, Creamers Field, Fairbanks, mixed media, painting, sandhill crane, sunshine, watercolor

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Raven Ramblings

Shipment arrives

“Sterling, look at that!” “Look at what, Felix?” “That huge box. From Canada.” “Looks like the artist received another shipment of Kroma paint. Watch, she’ll spend the rest of the day arranging it in her studio. All those tubes of paint go in some sort of order.” “Paint? What is that?” “Paint is color. She […]

Edges are important

“Sterling, What is the artist doing now?” “What do you mean, Felix?” “She spends lots of time brushing paint on the sides of her painting. The edges. You know what I mean?” “She makes changes on it when she changes the front of the painting. The sides appear to be important to her.” “But why?” […]

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Alaskan Raven Studio
PO Box 80231
Fairbanks, Alaska 99708
USA
alaskanblackbird@yahoo.com

 

Represented by:
Well Street Art Co.
1302 Well Street
Fairbanks, Alaska
907 452-6169

Stephan Fine Arts
939 West 5th Ave.
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
USA
(907) 274-5009
http://www.stephanfinearts.com/

more about Raven

I ventured to Alaska before there was an oil pipeline and fell in love with the gnarly spruce trees, intense weather and mountains I could touch. Very different from the landscape in St. Louis. I was looking for different. The spruce trees: those scraggy, wizened, lanky conifers danced onto the first page of my sketch […]

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