The subtle gradations of yellow ochre to blue violet in a desert landscape, the contrasts of scale and years between a massive 200-year-old cypress and a handful of sheep or the first time a mare reveals her colt to the world—these are a few of life’s endless joys that call artist Carol Peek to the easel. 
The Guardians, oil on linen, 24 x 18"
“Staying curious in life as well as at the easel are key elements to keeping my work exciting and new, translating this excitement, appreciation and curiosity to the canvas is the challenge,” she says. “Each new painting is an attempt to solve a creative problem.”
Subtle Shifts, oil on canvas, 23 x 37"
Comfort Zone, oil on linen, 17 x 24"
In Subtle Shifts, Peek restrained the values and saturation of color in the mountains to a narrow window and gradually changed the hue and temperature from foreground to background in a subtle progression: warm to cool and yellow orange to blue violet. “Working within a narrow confine such as this creates an exciting challenge for me to solve,” says Peek. “The ‘power of limits’ keeps me interested and engaged and each painting feels like a new dawn, full of possibilities.” —
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