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Virginia Wattles Pastel Paintings |
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| The Cowboys |
 Ike McFadden & Roanie 30"x40" Pastel - AVAILABLE |
 Pedro Balderrama & Orgullo Del Sol 30x40 - (SOLD) |
 Ike McFadden and Roanie 30x40 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 M_Jones_and_Nacho 30x40 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 RicK & Whiskey 24"x36" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 BJ Malzacher & Blizzard 30"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 JW Beeson 30"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Dancer Davis 24"x30" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 J. Balderrama and Orgullo 30"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
| The Burros |
 The Apprentice 32x40 Pastel (SOLD) |
 Market_Burro 14"x18" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Ernesto 18"x24" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Brand New 16"x20" Pastel (SOLD) |
 Stay With Me 30"x40" Pastel (SOLD) |
 Long Day 20"x24" Pastel (SOLD) |
 Meet You After Work 20"x24" Pastel (SOLD) |
 Sweet Farraquito 20"x24" Pastel (SOLD) |
 Theodora & Cruz 24x30 Pastel (SOLD) |
 Rosita Waiting 20"x24" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Madeleina 20"x24" Pastel - Available |
| The Portraits |
 Kelli & Buster 30"x40" Pastel - (Not for Sale) |
 Admiration 32"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Children Of Copper Canyon 30"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Out Of Service 24"x30" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Street Scene - San Miguel 24x36 (SOLD) |
 Her_Prize_Palomino (SOLD) |
 Beauty 24x36 - (SOLD) |
 Jolanne Balderrama & Pollero 32x40 (SOLD) |
 Rebecca 30x40 (AVAILABLE) |
| Desert Wildlife |
 Bull's Eye 30x40 (SOLD) |
 Mama's Boy 32"x40" Pastel - (AVAILABLE) |
 Sonoran Coyote 24"x36" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Golden Eye 24"x30" Pastel - (SOLD) |
| Landscapes |
 Sonoran Saguaros 24"x30" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Golden Saguaro 36"x48" Oil - (SOLD) |
 Street In San Miguel 30"x40" Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Apache Trail Yuccas 30x40 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Paseo Del Norte 24x30 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Saguaro Lake 30x40 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 On The Apache Trail 16x30 (SOLD) |
 Sonoran Gold 36x48 (SOLD) |
 McDowell Mtn Rockface 32x40 Pastel - (SOLD) |
 Sonoran Spring 6ft x 30 inches Oil - (SOLD) |
 Four Peaks 24 x 30 inches Pastel - Available |
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While much of western art has traditionally been associated with scenes of action, as in the historic paintings of Russell and Remington, Wattles' approach is that time between the work periods of her subjects in today's West. Most are portrayals of people she knows. She has painted the American cowboy of the Midwest, the Colorado Rockies and the Southwest and others from diverse parts of the country whom she met as their cattle drives came through. "I hope some of their life experience can be read by the viewer", says Wattles.
In artist Virginia Wattles' cowboy paintings, you might see a quality you don't always see in this genre: grace. Thought some might not associate such an attribute with the rough-hewn image of a cattle rustler, Wattles' depictions uncover a hint of elegance in their subjects." __ from a review in the Vail Trail, Vail, Colorado Though most of her art continues to focus upon people, and cowboys in particular, she paints landscapes in oil and pastel.. "Landscapes remind us of the beauty of the outdoors, to help us see farther than our own walls." says Wattles. "My paintings of the natural world are not symbols or impressions but are of specific locations." Former Nebraskans, Wattles and her husband live in Arizona. She holds a Bacherlors Degree and a Master of Arts/Education Degree from the University of Nebraska and was Nebraska's Artist-Educator of the Year in 1992. .She has won a Grumbacher Silver Medal and numerous purchase prizes in both national and international pastel juried competitions. Her paintings are in many corporate, private, collegiate and museum collections. |
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