D.A. Hartley

Art meets Nature

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Dorothy Indelicato 31st Annual Fine Art Show. Awards Presentation Delicato Vineyards February 23, 2019. Oakdale award winners: First place, portraits: Mike Guenther, ‘Drover’s Watch’, graphite. Honorable Mention, Michael Brennan, ‘An American Portrait - Courage’, ink. Mike Guenther, ‘Tropical Feathers’, charcoal. Meetup with other artists: Mike and Katie Guenther, Michael Brennan, Henrietta Sparkman, Eliseo Contreras Vazquez, and Denise Hartley. (at Delicato Winery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUFf_mAvGF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1un3le4xmndy6

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Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA. 70 contemporary artists, Carnegie Art Showcase Exhibition, July 11 through August 31, 2018. Blue Iris, oil on canvas, 3’ x 4’, 2010; Douglas Creek, acrylic on canvas, 3’ x 4’, 2011. ©️DA Hartley. @carnegiearts https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAV3D_hor0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e72gmmqm079q

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Mountains, Clouds, and Streams, triptych, 6’ x 4’. ©️DA Hartley. 88th Annual Statewide California Landscape Exhibition, July 2018. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California. Opening Reception Tonight from 6-8 pm! 🌄💫🖼. #santacruzartleague #mixedmedia #paintingonwood #paintingforsale #california #santacruz #chineseart #sequoianationalpark #kaweahriver #juriedshow #californiaartists #landscape #dahartley222 #followme (at Santa Cruz, California)

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‘Stillwater’, acrylic on canvas, 20”x 16”, 2018. ©️Denise Hartley. McBryde Garden, Kauai, Hawaii. #acryliconcanvas #artoftheday #artforsale #fineart #galleryart #pleinair #kauai #botanicalgarden #naturelovers #natureartist (at McBryde Garden)

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‘Tsunami Buddha’, mixed media on canvas, 16”x 20”, 2011. This painting was created to center my emotional response to Japan’s Tsunami and earthquake in March 2011. This catastrophe event killed 15,894 people, with 2,500 missing, and many injuries. The tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant which released radioactive material into the air and ocean. Many have not been able to return home. Finding peace within in difficult and catastrophic times is a challenge for us all. ©️Denise Hartley. #japan #tsunami #healing #buddha #fineart #acrylicpainting #mixedmedia

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‘Passage Way’, 4’x 6’, mixed media on wood, gold leaf. Private collection. ©️Denise Hartley. #fineart #artonwood #mixedmedia #galleryartist

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New painting start! First the sketch and under painting, warm oranges and reds. I am using a pallet knife on this painting, working the background with a yellow-gray...last photo is the subject, orchid blossoms. #paintinginprogress #fineart #floralpainting #acryliconcanvas #video #artistsoninstagram #artvideo #artist #flowerslovers (at Kekaha, Hawaii)

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‘Larkspur’. Flowers have a special language to awaken your heart! #flowerstalking #flowers #languageofflowers #lovenature #nature #oilpainting #paintingonwood

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Birth of a Painting Series XII: World of Abstraction, paintings by Denise Hartley.

In this series, World of Abstraction, my paintings are based upon philosophical ideas, and addressing the unknown.                                                                                                                                                                                          copyright 2018 Denise Hartley 

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Birth of a Painting Series IX: “Solid Footing, Trees and Rocks”.  

My art consists of a combination of video installations and paintings, which form an exploration of the sights and sounds of water. Focusing on a natural vista, the viewer may experience the crashing of waves, the roar of a whitewater river, and the sounds of a brook working its way downward, in the cycle of movement, back to the ocean. My paintings create a tactile experience for the viewer, transforming the gallery into a visual world of life sized natural forms which mirror the existing environment.                                                                        D.A. Hartley                                                                                              copyright 2018                                                                                  https:www.dahartley.com                                                                                        Nature Blog: https://friendnature.wordpress

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Nature Series: Themes of Taoism by Denise Hartley. Sculptural paintings on wood.

“My paintings are influenced from real physical spaces that exist in nature. The painting is intrinsic to the wood panels that I use. A tree was cut down to create this panel; the life of the tree encourages the finished piece. My paintings begin more as sculptural projects. I assemble, sand, stain, and texture, with an eye to the wood grains. I apply the paint by rubbing the surface. The surface inspires the art.” D.A. Hartley

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Birth of a Painting Series: “Water”.

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Birth of a Painting Series VIII: “Water!”, Art Installation. By artist D.A. Hartley. “The function of the artist is to make the actual the spiritual, so that it is there to be possessed”. Robert Motherwell . “Water!”. A combination of large-scale videos within an installation format which includes an inner meditation room, surrounded by paintings and the gentle sounds of water, designed to include the viewer in the artwork. ©️Denise Hartley 2018 #artoftheday, #artvideos #artvideo #mothernature #naturelover #denisehartley #mountainlove ##nature_seeker #artforsale #climatechange

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Birth of a Painting Series VII: “Douglas Creek”, by D.A. Hartley, acrylic on canvas, 3′ x 4′, 2010. http://friendnature.wordpress.com

A fine art video, illustrating the creative process that used to develop an artwork. "Douglas Creek".  Along the Stanislaus River, this little mountain stream and river have sustained life well beyond our time.

A fine art video, Douglas Creek is one of many small creeks that come directly from the high-country snowmelt and natural springs. It is our drinking water for our cabin in Stanislaus National Forest, located at 6,700 ft. where the water is delivered by gravity flow. After passing by our cabin it enters the South Fork of the Stanislaus River, which begins at (9,635 ft. (2,937 m) Leavitt Peak, in Tuolumne County and eventually enters the San Joaquin River, and drains into the San Francisco Bay.

Climate Change is changing our landscape quickly. We had to saw down six large beautiful Ponderosa trees this year alone. They are dying at a rapid rate, from bark beetles (love the heat), and a fungus, which spreads from fir tree roots. This was all predicted by a U.C. Berkeley scientist that wrote about how pollution affects the photosynthesis process, especially in the Ponderosa Pines. I watched a fire burn this summer across the river, tree torches burning brightly in the night.

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Birth of a Painting Series: “Nobe Young Falls”. Painting by Denise Hartley.

Nature influences my art, every aspect of nature in the wild is so precious. In California we have been experiencing an extreme drought, which is causing fires, and tree disease and plant die out in our Sierra Nevada Mountains. We have lost thousands of trees in the last few years, and the loss of natural habitat is shocking.

My painting “Nobe Young Falls”, is a landscape created in oil paints. Nobe Young Falls are in Sequoia National Forest. I used to have a home in Camp Nelson, and the falls were near my home. It is an area that was homesteaded by my son’s great, great, grandmother, Nellie Marshall (the niece of John Marshall, discoverer of Gold! in California). She homesteaded 200 acres near Ponderosa, CA. in the Sierra Nevada’s of California, in 1870’s. She married Nathan Dillon, a gold rush businessman, and owner of land that is now Dillonwood Sequoia Grove in Sequoia National Park.  Dillon Wood

Nobe Young Falls are now a destination, when I hiked there it was an unmarked trail. If you would like to visit these falls there are now directions posted. https://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/california-nobe-young-falls.html

Here is a map of the Giant Sequoia Groves in the Sequoia National Forest. Camp Nelson, Ponderosa, and Dillonwood are located on the second map: 

Giant Sequoia Groves in Sequoia National Forest.

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Birth of a Painting Series, “Nobe Young Falls”, oil on canvas, 3′x4′,2010. Painting by Denise Hartley.

Nature influences my art, every aspect of nature in the wild is so precious. In California we have been experiencing an extreme drought, which is causing fires, and tree disease and plant die out in our Sierra Nevada Mountains. We have lost thousands of trees in the last few years, and the loss of natural habitat is shocking.

My painting “Nobe Young Falls”, is a landscape created in oil paints. Nobe Young Falls are in Sequoia National Forest. I used to have a home in Camp Nelson, and the falls were near my home. It is an area that was homesteaded by my son’s great, great, grandmother, Nellie Marshall (the niece of John Marshall, discoverer of Gold! in California). She homesteaded 200 acres near Ponderosa, CA. in the Sierra Nevada’s of California, in 1870’s. She married Nathan Dillon, a gold rush businessman, and owner of land that is now Dillonwood Sequoia Grove in Sequoia National Park.  Dillon Wood

Nobe Young Falls are now a destination, when I hiked there it was an unmarked trail. If you would like to visit these falls there are now directions posted. https://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/california-nobe-young-falls.html

Here is a map of the Giant Sequoia Groves in the Sequoia National Forest. Camp Nelson, Ponderosa, and Dillonwood are located on the second map: Giant Sequoia Groves in Sequoia National Forest.

copyright 2018 Denise Hartley

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Birth of a Painting Series V: “Golden Falls”.

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