Walkin the Walk
painting, animal, bird, rooster, strut, portrait
A beautifully-colored and simply-rendered rooster struts.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor on YUPO paper, 20 x 26 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Black Hills Gold
painting, animal, bird, raven, crow, landscape, rock
Birds stand atop a rocky landscape.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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acrylic on 100% crescent rag-board, 20 x 30 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Leap of Faith
painting, abstract, man, portrait, bird, color
A man stands at the precipice of an abstracted and multi-colored tree-landform.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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acrylic on 100% crescent rag-board, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
A Way Through
painting, landscape, rock, cave, cavern, canyon, pathway, light
From a crevasse, we look toward a carved door-opening at the end of the the cavern.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 19 x 10 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Eye of the Needle
painting, landform, landscape, rock, sky, light, nature
A landform bears an opening completely enclosed on all sides, a natural wonder. The purple light of the sky behind filters through.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
A Rock and a Hard-Place
painting, landform, landscape, rock, sky, light, man, portrait, metaphor
A pile of rocks is held up between the two sprawling sides of a cavern. A man stands below the suspended rocks.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and gouache, 20 x 14 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Cadillac Mountain
painting, landscape, fall, autumn, color, grass, rock, water, sky
Cadillac Mountain is in Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor, Maine. The grasses here are turning colors and broken by sections of rock, with water visible beyond the hill.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and ink, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Form, Line, Function
painting, laundry, cloth, backyard, domestic, grass, wind, air
Linens hang from a clothesline while the breeze gently blows them toward the right.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor, 15 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Bustin Cinnamon Bar Dandy
painting, horse, animal, cowboy, rider, rodeo, wild
A cowboy rides a wild, rowdy horse. The movement is tangible in the painting.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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watercolor and acrylic, 30 x 22 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN
Pinky
painting, animal, fish, koi, lily, lilypad, water, flower
A golden koi fish swims beneath bright lilypads and flowers.
Barbara Benda Nagle
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acrylic on canvas, 31 x 31 inches
painting
Mourning Dove Studio, Moorhead, MN