tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48230545413564829352011-07-08T00:58:25.002-07:00Maricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303653443158477474noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823054541356482935.post-32032274126873458892010-03-11T12:47:00.001-08:002010-03-11T12:49:59.140-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_II84eP0pVig/S5lXKm6UokI/AAAAAAAAAhc/IKoSxoiq8CE/s1600-h/12.THE+LIGHTS+OF+NEW+YEARS+EVE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_II84eP0pVig/S5lXKm6UokI/AAAAAAAAAhc/IKoSxoiq8CE/s400/12.THE+LIGHTS+OF+NEW+YEARS+EVE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447481064036803138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">or</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />The Many Moods of the Mountain<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /></span> </div> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">I have lived in this house on top of a hill for almost twenty years. I’ve enjoyed the panoramic view over the Rocky Mountain Front Range, Pikes Peak, the city lights and the prairie yet I created only very few paintings showing the view from my windows.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />It was December, 2008 and my studio was particularly cold. I had no desire to work in it. Yet through the windows beckoned Pikes Peak in snowcapped glory. Up came my easel to the sun-warmed dining room where it stayed for over a year - always ready with a canvas waiting. Whenever the mood struck me or whenever the mood of the mountain called me, I painted my wondrous everyday world.</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />As I painted I marveled at the many moods of the mountain which in an ever shifting palette of color will change from majestic to dramatic - from ferocious to mild. And so it came about, that in an amazing visional journey, I rediscovered the view from my window.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4823054541356482935-3203227412687345889?l=maricahefti-artist-at-large.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303653443158477474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823054541356482935.post-91059271947271047542009-10-10T13:42:00.000-07:002009-10-10T13:49:44.772-07:00 "Tiziana of the Gossamer Wings" aka "Fairy Wings" An 8 foot tall terracotta and steel sculpture<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4823054541356482935-9105927194727104754?l=maricahefti-artist-at-large.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303653443158477474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823054541356482935.post-88767911973665109852009-06-13T14:45:00.001-07:002009-06-13T14:45:48.286-07:00<a href="http://earthandfire-marica.blogspot.com/">Three Sisters Terra Cotta Sculpture</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4823054541356482935-8876791197366510985?l=maricahefti-artist-at-large.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303653443158477474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823054541356482935.post-64793942651053313822009-06-13T14:38:00.000-07:002009-06-13T14:44:17.070-07:00<a href="http://earthandfire-marica.blogspot.com/"></a><a>Three Sisters Terra Cotta Sculpture</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4823054541356482935-6479394265105331382?l=maricahefti-artist-at-large.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Maricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303653443158477474noreply@blogger.com0