Linda Besse
Linda@BesseArt.comMead, WA 99021
(509) 238-9129
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Linda Besse OPA in the Oil Painters of America Western Regional Show at the Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
11/1/2019 - 11/30/2019
'Berg
Linda Besse
Oil
9.25 x 13.75 inches (L x W)
There is something about icebergs which captures the imagination. Maybe because most of us don't see them everyday. Found in remote polar regions, ‘bergs have an indefinable beauty. An artist's dream with the myriad of colors used to paint them. And of course, because of the Titanic, they also hold a mysterious danger.
$1350 including custom framing
Dry Docked
Linda Besse
Oil
25 x 18 inches (L x W)
It seems there are almost as many buoy shapes as our imagination will allow. One shake building on Martha’s Vineyard had obviously been collecting them for a long time. While working on this piece it was hard for me to choose my favorite. $4500. including custom framing.
Eye on the Prize
Linda Besse
Oil
18 x 30 inches (L x W)
The largest member of the cat family, the tiger’s biggest subspecies is the Amur (formally called the Siberian) which can achieve lengths of 10.5 feet from tip to tail. Often one thinks of tigers in the jungles of India but the Amur roams the remote boreal forests of northeastern China and eastern Russia.
$5200 including custom framing
Forest Whispers
Linda Besse
Oil
24 x 22 inches (L x W)
The North Island Kaka in New Zealand is a wonderful parrot. I had a chance to see them in the woods on the North Island. While their feathers may seem dull at first glance, when they lift their wings, a fiery red/orange array of feathers dazzles the eye.
$4500 including custom framing
Fox Run
Linda Besse
Oil
7 x 13 inches (L x W)
Painting an animal in motion can really make a painting sing. The colors of the red fox can create a symphony.
$1100 including custom framing
Gold Collection - Giraffe
Linda Besse
Oil
12 x 9 inches (L x W)
The reticulated giraffe's spots are the most striking with their sharp edges and brighter white background.
$1100 including custom framing.
All Gold Collection paintings have similar backgrounds and the same custom framing. Perfect for displaying as a group.
In Pursuit
Linda Besse
Oil
24 x 40 inches (L x W)
Is there a single moment which captures the speed and agility of the fastest land animal on earth? Not sure there is, but it was fun to paint this cheetah making a change in direction to pursue his prey.
$10500 including custom framing
Looking Over the Menu
Linda Besse
Oil
18 x 24 inches (L x W)
The mountain lion has numerous choices for a meal from mice to moose. Here, one of his favorite snacks, a hare leaves a tell-tale trail.
An additional note: we’ve had snowshoe hares, moose, and mountain lions on our property!
$4200 including custom framing
Ocean Feast
Linda Besse
Oil
14.5 x 47 inches (L x W)
In this painting, I wanted to capture the excitement of an ocean feast. The seagulls are feeding on the bait fish. The bait fish are surfacing to escape the salmon underneath them. The orcas are swimming to the commotion to feed on the salmon. And me, well, I pull in my fishing lines and sacrifice a salmon dinner to watch.
$6000 including custom framing
One Good Tern Deserves Another
Linda Besse
Oil
12 x 33 inches (L x W)
Along Martha’s Vineyard south shore and up through Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge are nesting terns. These two are common terns which were almost completely wiped out by plume hunters in the early 1900s. They became fully protected in 1913.
$3700 including custom framing
Range Runners
Linda Besse
Oil
24 x 48 inches (L x W)
The Pryor Mountain wild horses are descended from Spanish Colonial horses and have been roaming these mountains in Montana and Wyoming for more than 200 years. On my field encounter, I saw more than fifty different horses, all in beautiful shape.
$12000 including custom framing
Sandhill Spring Migration
Linda Besse
Oil
16 x 24 inches (L x W)
Most of the time it is the animal which inspires me to paint a particular piece. Near the Platte River in Nebraska I was inspired by the color play of shadowed snow against the brilliant spent corn fields. Having sandhill cranes there was icing on the cake.
$3750 including custom framing
Snowfall
Linda Besse
Oil
26 x 35 inches (L x W)
When heavily-laden snow bends our tree boughs and then the sun comes out, there are few more breathtaking sights.
Though we have had moose on our property, I did use a tad of artistic license to place him in just the right spot.
$11000 including custom framing
Someone to Watch Over Me
Linda Besse
Oil
14 x 22 inches (L x W)
For our lunch break, our guide pulled us next to a large kopje in the Serengeti. It took a couple of seconds before I saw a pair of lionesses on a large rock and a single lioness sleeping in the shade. We weren’t the only ones watching the lions, as among the rocks were five helmeted guineafowl.
$2900 including custom framing
Sporting Dog Commissions
Linda Besse
Oil
Do you have a great dog?
Contact Linda and have her capture your "best friend" in an original oil painting.
Linda@BesseArt.com
(509) 238-9129
Stealth - Amur Tiger
Linda Besse
Oil
24 x 34 inches (L x W)
The Amur tiger (previously referred to as the Siberian tiger) is also at home in the water like its cousin the Bengal tiger. In this painting I wanted to explore reflections in moving water.
$8700 including custom framing
Summer Gold
Linda Besse
Oil
24 x 17 inches (L x W)
It was about an hour after the solar eclipse in 2017. We had had the perfect viewing spot, isolated on top of a hill with no people or buildings in sight. I was thinking of little else until we drove past some wild sunflowers on the small dirt road. When we got to the second or third grouping, I had to stop and grab some photos. The big surprise is that there were goldfinch flitting among the flowers. What a perfect setting for my favorite bird!
$3850 including custom framing
Waterhole Guardian
Linda Besse
Oil
8 x 6.5 inches (L x W)
When I saw this male lion, it was clear he was the leader of a large pride. No animal dared to venture too close when he decided to take a drink at the waterhole.
$800 including custom framing
Woven
Linda Besse
Oil
33 x 44 inches (L x W)
With animals so woven into the fabric of African life, I thought a visual representation would make for a unique and interesting painting.
$17500 including custom framing