Dveiloilgihnt portrait painting

By Julie Mason | August 28, 2012

Dveiloilgihnt (Delight in violin) This is my most recent portrait. It is in oils and is 16 x 20. Check out the wonderful 60 Minutes segment where I came across her joyous, gorgeous face: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57409952/music-in-the-heart-of-the-congo/?tag=contentMain;contentBody I just HAD to paint her. To you musicians everywhere,                                   …

August still life

By Julie Mason | August 14, 2012

  August I adore summer. I love gardening. I so appreciate my neighbor Carolyn, who took me to her Denver urban garden for the very last harvest of sunflowers. Three little squashes begged not to be left behind. In this painting, it is summer forever.

John T. Williams portrait painting

By Julie Mason | August 7, 2012

This is a recently completed portrait. John T. Williams is his name. As legend has it, he was a hard drinking Native American fellow who loved to carve wood. The 4-inch carving knife is what may have led the police to shoot him, ending his life but not his legacy. Last summer I was in…

Kenosha Pass

By Julie Mason | February 17, 2012

Here is a view of South Park from the top of Kenosha Pass, Colorado, during a hike to see fall colors. The aspens were in their full glory!

Love of beauty is Taste

By Juile Mason | February 10, 2012

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   What an exquisite quote. While I prefer to look at art that is, to me, really beautiful, I have had to grow up and accept that all art is not beautiful.  It can be compelling. It may be painful to…