Yvonne Is Painting https://yvonneispainting.com Landscapes and other paintings by Yvonne Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:48:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 214989033 Badlands in bloom https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/badlands-in-bloom/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:48:21 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=113
We took a family trip in 2019 in a year that there was good rain over the Badlands. Normally everything is brown and dry but this year the grass was green and there were yellow flowers everywhere.

Oil painting on stretched canvas, 18 x 24″

]]> 113 Sunrise before fishing https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/sunrise-before-fishing/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:45:18 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=111

From a photo taken by a coworker before an early morning fishing expedition.

11 x 14 oil painting on canvas board, framed

]]> 111 Box Canyon storm https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/box-canyon-storm/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:42:12 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=109

As the rain rolls in and the sun is still shining over the Box Canyon in the Black Hills.

11 x 14″ oil painting on stretched canvas.

]]> 109 Spearfish Falls https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/spearfish-falls/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:40:42 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=107

Fall has so many beautiful colors, especially in the Spearfish Canyon.

12 x 14 oil painting on stretched canvas.

]]> 107 Bike trail on the way to the Falls https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/bike-trail-on-the-way-to-the-falls/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:39:00 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=105

As you bike toward the Falls you can see the St. Joseph’s cathedral over the railway cars.

18 x 24″ oil on canvas board, framed

]]> 105 Train bridge over the upper Falls https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/train-bridge-over-the-upper-falls/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:37:12 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=103

As you bike up to the Sioux Falls there is a train bridge that crosses over the falls.

18 x 24″ on canvas board.  Framed

]]> 103 Kayaking at the Palisades https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/kayaking-at-the-palisades/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:31:13 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=98

The sun shining on the kayakers next to the massive rock faces behind them was a beautiful contrast on a hot summer late morning.

11 x 14 oil painting on canvas board.

]]> 98 Upper Sioux Falls https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/upper-sioux-falls/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:27:39 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=95

Most people paint the main falls at the Sioux Falls but I found the upper falls to be equally beautiful and picturesque.

11 x 14 on canvas board, framed

]]> 95 Winter sunset https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/winter-sunset/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:25:16 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=93

The beauty of a sunrise over snowy fields is particularly beautiful.

18 x 24′ on board

]]> 93 Poppy Field in bloom https://yvonneispainting.com/2024/03/26/poppy-field-in-bloom/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:20:50 +0000 https://yvonneispainting.com/?p=91

Fields of poppies were common in Europe at the sites of battlefields after the war because the explosives would unearth the seeds. It has become a symbol of remembering especially in Europe. “Beauty from ashes”
Oil painting 18×24 on canvas board

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