LDS Art - Landscapes & Seascapes

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	Lost In A View Second in June’s “Dona di Natura” Series It’s easy to lose yourself in the magnificent landscapes of June Carey. In this case, art imitates life, as June found her inspiration for this painting while lost in Tuscany. June’s new series Dona di Natura, focuses on the beauty of Italy. “I left Florence in the morning and followed a small white road up the hillside, hoping to find a magical view,” June says. “I soon found myself lost. But, as I rounded a corner, this breathtaking scene full of seasoned vines, heavy with purple berries, spread before me. Sometimes, it is only in those moments when we find ourselves lost that we can find ourselves living in a dream like this one.” (See options...)


	Love Letters In The Sand (See options...)


	Lovers (See options...)


	Low Pass For The Home Folks On a trip to Garmisch, Germany, Bill Phillips and his wife Kristi discovered a war memorial on a hillside. Surrounding the monument were framed photographs of local young men who had been killed in World War II. Bill was particularly moved by one photograph of a fresh-faced boy, his arms around a cow. “This was no jack-booted Nazi. This was a farm kid who loved his home and went off to fight for it, just as American boys had done.” The boy’s story began to develop in Bill’s imagination: the young German had gone into the Luftwaffe and learned to fly fighter jets. One day, early in the war, the boy and a friend had buzzed the home valley in their BF-109s. “I guess all pilots have done that, in every country,” says Bill. “The pride of flight is universal.” Bill checked with a German pilot, who said the practice was strictly verboten — “…but of course we did it.” (See options...)


	Mendocino Everyone in Northern California is familiar with the coastline in Mendocino County. It is cool and moist like Cleone and Fort Bragg that the region descends upon when it’s hot and dry inland. It is a romantic place of expansive beaches, rocky headlands and crashing surf. The more adventurous try to time their visits to the arrival of storms because the waves can be so huge. “I’ve found that seascapes are a dream to paint,” confides June Carey. “Because the water is moving and flowing (unlike a static landscape), I have much more freedom in how to paint it. I’m not locked into creating details and can play more with forms and motion. This painting captures MacKerricher State Park in a rare sunny, albeit misty, morning light.” (See options...)


	Mission Gate Seeking refuge from the noise and bustle of a summer’s afternoon, June Carey discovered this peaceful oasis. “After passing under the serene ivy arch,” June says, “I found myself in the haven of a mission garden, where the peace of this exquisite refuge seemed to wash the day’s difficulties away.” What struck June was that despite the serious connotation of a religious sanctuary, the area seethed with the exuberant unpredictability of nature. All this verdant life under the watch of timid saints, combined with the murmur of the garden’s ancient fountain, seemed to betray the smile of God. (See options...)


	Moments To Remember (See options...)


	Monterey Vineyard In the warm shadows of a long summer evening June came upon this estate, lovingly cultivated by the same family for generations. A few miles inland from Monterey Bay, the renowned Salinas Valley is framed by the Santa Lucia and Gabilan Ranges, a perfect setting for the growing of wine grapes. (See options...)


	Mount Timpanogos (See options...)


	Murray - Holladay Road (See options...)


	My Girasoli (See options...)


	My Sonoma “This bend in the road is a remote corner of the Alexander Valley,” says artist June Carey. “I go there to escape the congestion of the rest of the world—I don’t want to share the actual location, really! The chickens and geese wander happily through the vines, eating insects they find hiding under leaves and in the grass. The summer days are long, allowing the grapes to mature in their own good time. Tiger lilies and summer grasses support the wobbly arbor that tempts me to wander just a little bit closer.” (See options...)


	Nanettes Cottage (See options...)


	Nature's Paradise (See options...)


	New Sounds In An Ancient Canyon “Pack mules and motors are sounds that have been heard in the Grand Canyon for only a blink of the geologic eye.” Phillips’ passion for aviation is second only to his infatuation with the American experience and the impact that the land, its people, its history and its values have upon one another. This is what he calls The American Landscape, paintings about a time, a place and the course of American events. The Grand Canyon is the iconic American landscape. For millennia, the only sounds heard in the Canyon were those of the elements and all things wild. As man arrived the sounds of early domestication could, only faintly, be heard. By the late 1800s, outfits such as Wellington Starky’s Diamond Bar Ranch heralded the news that cattle was king, even in the Grand Canyon. Mining, rail and even the automobile would soon follow. In 1919, man took to the skies over the Canyon for the first time. A mere nine years later, Grand Canyon Airlines was taking tourists on scenic flights in Ford Tri-Motors such as this one, bouncing the drone of radial engines from ancient rim to ancient rim. Flights such as this confirmed that as yet another era neared its end in the Canyon, a new one had begun--as the crown jewel of The American Landscape. (See options...)


	Oil Trees Of Chianti Oil Trees of Chianti is the fourth image in June’s Dona di Natura series, which focuses on the romance of Italy’s fabled wine country. The Chianti region, considered one of the oldest wine regions in the world, makes some of the highest quality olive oil from trees in its hills. It takes at least 50 years for an olive tree to get into full production making Chianti olive oil some of the rarest in the world. (See options...)


	Our Castle (See options...)


	Pacheco Pass “I used to get in trouble for trespassing here,” says artist June Carey, who climbed fences to photograph and research Pacheco Pass. “You can imagine how happy I was when this incredible area became a state park and I could visit legally. Although the freeway now cuts into part of the scene in this painting, it takes nothing away from the rich history of the rancherias.” Named for 19th century ranch owner Don Francisco Perez Pacheco, the fertile Pacheco Pass was the home of the Ausaymus Indians for centuries. Living peacefully off the land, these Indians used a natural artesian spring they named “Bright Bubbling” as a year-round source of fresh water. This spring and its location would prove to be important in the years to come. A path was carved into the area by Indians traveling in from the coast to trade. After the establishment of the California Missions, the trail’s main travelers were Mission Padres attempting to convert the central Californian Indians. With the discovery of gold in 1848, this same area was part of the main travel route from coastal California to the mines. As the population increased, the area’s rich soil was cultivated to produce fruit trees and vineyards. (See options...)


	Pacific Coast Highway “Stretching from sunny Southern California to the foggy forests of the North’s ‘Lost Coast’ the renowned Pacific Coast Highway travels through a spectacular, diverse landscape, hundreds of years of human culture, and often, the lack there of. Here is the essence of my coast,” says June Carey. “Californians hold a special reverence for this coastline and its highway. Having come here in my youth, I always marveled at the atmosphere of untamed wilderness, despite the millions of visitors, each destined to ‘get over to the water and enjoy some peace and quiet’. However, if you have ever, for even one winter, relied on any section of this road as a viable thoughfare, you will know that invariably parts of it will rudely slither away into the hungry Pacific, leaving you to find an alternative route. Thus it maintains its beauty and respect.” (See options...)


	Pioneer Settlement (See options...)