"3X Jockey and Friend" by Roberta Rettew Iula

                                     

3X Jockey and Friend
6" x 6"  oil on board

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Masks, polo players, and costumes have been on my mind. I want to make some masks. You do not see too many large jockeys, none-the-less, 3X Jockey is focused on the win. Friend is watching and taking in all the action.

                                                                    

 My works are available for purchase. You can view them on my art page,

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Landscape Study I

  

     

Landscape Study I

oil on board 6" x 6"

Plein Air  

Rural/Urban Oasis Series: Working with land form and its relationship to a structure. This tumbling steep hill is so graceful and so well defines the look of Chester County, Pennsylvania. I love this type of personality of a hill! It commands your attention and then sprawls down to all the other aspects of the property. I would like to create further studies of this piece of land. www.robertarettewiula.com 

 

Horse and Iris By Roberta Rettew Iula

Horse and Iris
Pastel

 



 

Horse and Iris is a pastel describing the mood of Spring, and the fullness of color. It is not surprising that this property contains a decorative landscape element that brings interest right down to the curb level. A decorative hitching post gives great vertical attention that greets all the upright iris that march along the front of the yard. To me-like a big exclamation mark that ends the thought. My feelings of this spring/early summer look is one of big, beautiful petticoats that radiate out and skirt the front of the house.  Horse and Iris sold at Brath and Hughes Gallery last week. The "Local Scenes" Show is currently there. I have three other landscapes at the gallery that show the interesting architecture of Mechanicsburg. Thank you for reading about my thoughts on Horse and Iris.

 

                                                      

Horse Study 5 by Roberta Rettew Iula

   Horse Study 5.  Florida. The horse farms looked so different than the ones in Pennsylvania. No bank barns, the fencing was white, green lawnish pastures....Wellington, Florida. 1996. I was riding my bike and was even thinking how the landscape stood so still. It was HOT. I stopped because I was so taken with this tree with enormous leaves. I had to have some. Leaves were on the ground. Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree. The horses staring at me reminded me of 5 sisters posing for a photograph.

The leaves have traveled from Florida to Texas to Pennsylvania.

                                                                                                                   SOLD                

I like the properties of the materials I used to hold this piece together. Pearl head straight pin next to nail, brass thumbtack, torn mat board.

Horse Study 5  sold on opening night of The 8th Annual Members Show, May 2013 at SHAPE Gallery, Shippensburg.

I am very happy that the leaves will move on to a new location.

 

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Winter Garden by Roberta Rettew Iula

                                           

Gardens In the Square.  The rest of this oil -not shown- is a
winter example of landscape that compliments the home. I love winter. I love grey. The mood and immediate tone is cold, cold cold, but the Orris House Inn landscape still conveys an inviting atmosphere. The gate and fence makes you want to enter and walk through the yard. 
This is a continuation of my Urban Oasis Artist series telling a story of the importance of the landscape, how it enhances a property and the beauty of plant material in the winter.
I invite you to the show to see the rest of this painting along with other representations of landscapes in the square.
         
                  Orris House Inn Winter Garden
                                        

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Gardens In the Square by Roberta Rettew Iula

                                                                                              

                   

                  
              Good Morning. On this cold February day I post warm colors of summer to come.

              Pictured is a small section of my work, Field of Sunflowers. I recently framed this

              and it is ready for show time at Brath & Hughes Fine Arts Gallery. I made a visit to

              the gallery a few weeks ago, and it was exciting and helpful to view the wall where 

              my art will be on view.

              Gardens In the Square show will take place in May, 2013.      

                                

Orris House Inn by Roberta Rettew Iula

 

                                                                                              
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               Orris House Inn is a drawing of my Urban Oasis Series.  Busy street, miles of houses close together,
               small frontage properties. Your attention is drawn to this section due to beautiful example of
               Second Empire Victorian architecture- which is presented not just singularly but with double placement
               charm..... the existing established classic landscape unifies this site and drawing. Large old deciduous
               and conifer mixed with broad leaf evergreen, shrubs and perennials makes this "back in time, charm feeling"
               more believable. Add the architectural element of wrought iron fence and gate and the setting gets rather
               perfect. I will be making further studies of these properties.   SOLD