Tree Art

Tree Art by Jill Saur

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees." 
- Khalil Gibran

My 8"10".5" oil palette knife and brush painting, "Relinquished", is richly textured on the trees, revealing their "bone structure" against the value tones of winter. The title suggests that place in life where we relinquish ourselves and open up our hearts and minds to fresh inspiration and new possibilities.

I love aspens in winter. Their beautiful white trunks and dark branches mingle with the dark shadows cast upon the white snow, creating a profound beauty that is best experienced in silence.

This painting is available to purchase by contacting me through my website.  CLICK HERE

©2012, Trees In Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Pear Still Life Painting

“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.” - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

This 36"x48" over-sized painting, "Love Triangle", hangs in the home of a patron who had their eye on it for over a year before they purchased it. I've also reproduced this in a hand-embellished limited edition giclee on canvas, for clients who need a focal point for their room and who love the story this painting tells.

This painting is about unrequited love. The two pears on the left represent two people in a relationship, ignoring the third suitor on the right, who eventually has to turn away. Unrequited love is painful. But what we want, is not always what we need or what's best for us. 

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©1990-2012 Pear Still Life Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Trees In Art by Jill Saur

Aspen trees and birch trees on canvas are my favorite subject to paint!  These trees are brilliantly white and intoxicating in their beauty.

This 48"x36" brush and palette knife acrylic painting is titled, "Promising Journey".  I usually add a path in my paintings to take the viewer on a journey where they can imagine themselves walking amongst these vibrant trees, right into their own future!

This original painting is available by contacting me through my website, and if you are not ready to purchase an original work of art, I also offer this in a limited edition hand-embellished giclee.  I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that uplifts and inspires your soul! 

My website:  www.JillSaurFineArt.com

©1990-2012 Trees In Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Estes Park, Bear Lake Painting by Jill Saur

Estes Park, Colorado, is one of America's treasured National Parks that I hope to return to someday.  If you ever get a chance to visit, be sure you spend a day up at Bear Lake!  We came away with some incredible photos for me to use for subject matter to paint.  This 11"x14" acrylic painting, "Autumn Inspiration" is inspired by one of my walks up at Bear Lake. The aspens were just beginning to change.  The brilliant hues of the quaking leaves, against the azure sky, captured my spirit.  

This  expressive painting is available by contacting me through my website.  I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that inspires and uplifts your soul! - Jill Saur

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©1990-2012 Aspen Tree Painting by Jill saur,  all rights reserved

Seascape by Jill Saur

This 16"x20" acrylic seascape painting on canvas is titled, "Renewed Solace". It was inspired by my memories of growing up near the ocean and heading down to the beach to watch the sunrise. I found renewed energy in the steady flow of the ocean waves breaking on the shore, the fresh sea air, and seeing the rays of the sun shine through, illuminating what had once been dark clouds.

This sunrise seascape painting is available to purchase by contacting me through my website.
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©1990-2012 Seascape Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Floral Still Life by Jill Saur

My 48"x48" painting, "Joyful Encounter" is featured in this months magazine,"Art Galleries and Artist's of the South", by Matilda's Art Gallery in Historic Roswell, Ga. I also had an unexpected surprise when I saw it on television this weekend on HGTV's, "Green Home Giveaway". They were filming the galleries in Historic Roswell and artworks represented by those galleries.

This painting emerged out of my imagination, which is both exciting and challenging at the same time. It might be hard to see in the photo, but the entire painting was executed with a palette knife and it's loaded with texture.

This painting is for sale at Matilda's Art Gallery in Roswell, but you can contact me through my website and I'll put you in touch with them. Thanks for viewing!  www.JillSaurFineArt.com

©1990-2012 Floral Still Life by Jill Saur

Apple Still Life Painting by Jill Saur

Fresh off the tree, easel, and palette, onto a 8"x8" canvas, this acrylic palette knife painting is highly textured and has a warm glow that emanates from across the room. It's available by contacting me my through my website.  CLICK HERE

I invite you to become a collector and experience the joy of owning artwork that inspires and uplifts your soul. - Jill Saur

©2012 Apple Still Life Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Trees In Art - Palette Knife Painting

"Everywhere across whatever sorrows of which our life is woven, some radiant joy will gaily flash past". - Nikolai Gogol

My tag line is "joy on canvas". It was given to me by Stan Lee, the creator of Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, and many other super heroes. Years ago, when I was forming my business, I needed three short words for a tag line to describe my art. I asked Stan for help because he is the most creative person I've ever known and he's the ultimate wordsmith. He has several of my paintings in his home and knows me and my work. When he came back with "joy on canvas", I knew it was quintessential for me.

Life is not perfect, sorrows befall all of us. How desperately we need joy in our lives to have hope and keep us afloat. This 12"x12" palette knife painting on canvas, "Joy", epitomizes the feelings I express when I paint.  This painting is available to purchase by contacting me through my website.  CLICK HERE

© 1990-2012 Trees On Canvas by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth Painting

Andrew Wyeth – American Master Artist  (1917-2009)

He was the quintessential example of a true American artistic genius. He was Andrew Wyeth, my favorite American Artist. 

When Andrew Wyeth died in 2009, he left behind a body of work that depicts a simpler, yet somewhat complicated time in American History.  He wove together his love for the African American community over the hill from his home, and the farming community just outside his doorstep.

Andrew’s disciplined artistic journey began as a young boy and his respect for the human spirit never wavered.

He is the only artist I’ve ever known who was given unequivocal license to enter the homes of those he knew.  At any time of the day or night, he would enter with canvas, brushes and paint, to render some of his most haunting work of his subjects while they were sleeping, cooking, or just sitting and looking out the window.

Several years ago, in Atlanta, GA., The High Museum hosted an Andrew Wyeth exhibit that contained an extraordinarily large body of his work.  Just viewing one of Andrew Wyeth’s emotionally charged paintings was such a powerful experience that seeing such a large body of his work in one place was almost overwhelming.

Andrew Wyeth once said, “I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it, I always want to see the third dimension of something.  I want to come alive with the object.”  

Andrew’s desire was to capture a moment, not a frozen moment, but a fleeting moment. 

This is why I believe it's important, when painting from a photograph, to know the difference between a frozen moment and a fleeting moment and why if you're the one who took the photo, you'll have much more success rendering the feeling of what you're painting!

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Trees In Art

HAPPY EASTER! And, HAPPY PASSOVER to my Jewish friends!

May this season and the rest of this year bring you blue skies! Thanks to all those who have been loyal patrons. I appreciate you so much! - Jill Saur 

©2012 Tree Photo by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Crucifixion of Jesus Painting

Painting the crucifixion of Jesus  was an emotional endeavor for me.  Every stroke, every hue, pierced my heart and caused deep reflection.  This painting, "Golgotha", remains in my collection.  A reproduction is available by contacting me through my website . www.JillSaurFineArt.com

From the prophetic book of Isaiah written around 700 years before the birth of Christ: "He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed." Isaiah 53:3-5

©1990-2012 Crucifixion Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved 

Waterscape Painting by Jill Saur

This 14"x11" acrylic palette knife painting on canvas, "Rhapsodic Blues", was inspired by an abandoned boat that I found on a tiny island in the Florida Keys. The style this piece was rendered in was heavily influenced by my love for Vincent Van Gogh and his melodic impressionistic hues.  

This painting is $425.00 and available for purchase by contacting me through my website.  

Experience the joy of owning original artwork that uplifts and inspires your soul! - Jill Saur

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©1990-2012 Waterscape Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Trees In Art

My original aspen tree painting, "Abundant Memories", is a 36"x48" acrylic painting on a wide border canvas, with the sides painted, eliminating the need for a frame. 

When I work on these large canvases, I first execute a warm under painting to give the entire canvas a glow that will translate through to the finished piece. In the daytime, my work is bold, vibrant and full of life. In the evening, it emanates a warm glow, creating an ambient focal point for the room.

This painting is currently available to purchase by contacting me through my website. Thank you for viewing! www.JillSaurFineArt.com

©1990-2012 Trees In Art by Jill Saur, all rights reserved

Aspen Tree Painting by Jill Saur

This 20"x16" acrylic palette knife painting, *"The Dreaming Trees"*, is sold, but I enjoy reflecting back on this piece. It was inspired by a special day in Taos, New Mexico, where every turn held a new surprise. I can't wait to return!

To see more of my work that is available to purchase, please visit my website.

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©1990-2012 Aspen Tree Painting by Jill Saur, all rights reserved