in order to maintain

A multiplicity of horizons in soothing blues and greens. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 31 layers

already got one

Generations of Skagit farmland, abstracted. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 18 layers

quite clear

Warm colors from the wild west. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 31 layers

come and get him

A calming escape. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 27 layers

on second thought

A landscape complicated by texture. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 25 layers

Show: Kenmore Art 2014

See this award-winning piece through this weekend, Sunday, June 29, 10am-7pm, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive NE in Kenmore, WA

The British Landscape

Just back from my third visit to Scotland, and it’s still true: there’s something so compelling and inspirational about the British countryside. Here’s one of my compositions from there, Dale. Compared to the long views of the Skagit Valley farmland, the horizons in England and Scotland have a more immediate focal point. Trees and old buildings…

Skagit Horizons

Have you driven through the Skagit Valley in northwestern Washington? I find it beautiful all year, not just during its famous tulip season. The horizons are visible for miles! That I grew up in a farming area likely explains why I’m drawn to these views. My home town, in the Ottawa Valley, has similar terrain. A friend…