Landscapes

Landscapes
 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Summer Evening
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00

A study of a small pond reflecting the warm colors of late afternoon sunlight. The quiet mood comes from the five interconnected horizontal zones of alternating warm and cool colors. From the bottom left corner of the painting these zones zig zag upward to a barely visible depiction of a crumbling wall, which seems to be the remains of the foundation of a large building that no longer exists.
 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/panel
Cloud Over Haleakala
oil/panel
11" x 14"
$200.00

This synthetic landscape combines several views found in the islands of Hawaii. Clouds kissing a mountain top; an eroded rocky slope, boulder at the bottom of a slope.

 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Quiet Hill
oil/canvas
30" x 32"
$600.00

Quiet Hill

Inspired by Southern California landscape painters like William Wendt, Maurice Braun,
and Edgar Payne, this painting shows the rich and varied terrain of Coyote Hills.
 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Untitled Landscape
oil/canvas
15" x 17"
$400.00

This sunny landscape captures the afternoon
light as it illuminates a large swath of golden park land. It was a challenge to paint the
shaded birch tree whose white bark held minimal contrast with the yellow field behind it. Framed in a beautiful gold colored frame.

 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Mount San Jacinto
oil/canvas
26" x 28"
$400.00

My interest in this painting lay in showing a steep hillside rising abruptly from a flat field where depth is indicated by the diminishing widths of the bands of green foliage. The curving planes of the hillside provided an opportunity to paint a complex pattern of partially shaded forms. I was happy when I finished that I had caught some of the rugged beauty of this place.
 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Autumn Landscape
oil/canvas
19" x 24"
$400.00

One of the first landscapes I painted in Southern California. I was impressed with the
golden fields, the dense groves of dark green trees, and the sheer whiteness of some of
the stone cliffs. For this painting I used a combination of drawings and photos.

 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
View from the Freeway
oil/canvas
16" x 20"
$400.00
 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/panel
A Warm Afternoon
oil/panel
11" x 14"
$200.00

A large cloud high in the distance, over a distant slope. In the foreground a dry field with a large tree, and a river. Another simple unambiguous painting.

 GEORGE TAPLEY (home)           Landscapes oil/canvas
Laura Stone - Landscape
oil/canvas
15" x 19"
$400.00

Framed in a light colored wood.