Jacqueline Bellows Artworks Gallery

• Fire Season Sunset on Turnagain Arm

  Oil, Canvas, 10 inches x 20 inches. I was riding the train back from Seward to Anchorage, watching the development of one of those endless summer sunsets. Turnagain arm is a long, narrow, shallow fjord. I have yet to fi…

• Gem of Ice

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24. Leaving the campground our guides dubbed "Red Rocks," the morning was dense with fog. Looming out of the semi-darkness were bergy bits, miniature icebergs, calved off of Miles Glacier. We passed gre…

• A Land Sculpted by Ice

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36. Miles Lake is not actually a lake but a large shallow basin, carved out by the Miles and Child glaciers advancing until they almost met and retreating again. The Copper River slows down and deposit…

• Kenecott, Power Station & Mt. Donaho

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• Kennecott

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• Fireweed Mountain

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• Mount Alice from Seward

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• Adirondack Fields

  Oil, Linen, 24 x 18 x 3/4. This is based on The Fields Along Jordon Road, one of my Adirondacks plein air paintings. Often, when I get back to the studio, I don't want to just recreate the plein air in a larger format.…

• Langus Riverfront Park

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16 x 3/4. This is a second studio painting based on my plein air study of the trees and waters of the Snohomish River as it passes through Everett Washington. The first studio version I went totally --…

• Between Glaciers and Storm

  Oil, Linen, 6 x 16. I painted this in one of my favorite spots: the airfield at McCarthy in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. What a view! I painted fast because the storm was coming my way. I beat it by seconds. The la…

• Tree Patterns

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 9. Maybe it was a bit odd to be painting in Point Lobos, California, and to face away from that magnificent coastline. But the afternoon was hot, the sunlight was brilliant, I was desperate to find some…

• Point Lobos

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. When is a plein air painter happier than a sunny day at Point Lobos, California?

• Before the High Peaks

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36 x 3/4. This was a spot recommended to me by Adirondack painter extraordinaire Sandra Hildreth. Marvelous place to spend the day. I probably sat and gazed around me for an hour before picking up a br…

• Storm Approaching the Noatak

  Oil, Paper, 22 inches x 30 inches. This is a scene from my canoe trip down the Noatak in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Fortunately, the threatening storm never actually reached our campsite. The wildness of the wea…

• Afternoon_Light

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 16. When I visited Ghost Ranch in 2019, I stood under an old oak tree -- shade a necessity in what for me was hot weather! -- and painted the subject plein air three times: early morning, early afternoon…

• Tranquility

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12. This nocturne is based on some photographs I took while I was painting at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. After painting all day, I was too tired to do another good painting, so I turned to my camera. This…

• The Distant Valley

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. After painting for a week at Ghost Ranch in northern New Mexico, I took a scenic train ride through the Southern Rockies. Obviously, there was no painting on the train. We were moving too fast. But…

• Storm Approaching the Noatak

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• A Boreal Night for Vincent

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20

• Vlaminck visits Langus Riverfront Park

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Dark Day in Bainbridge

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12

• Langus Riverfront Park

  Oil, Linen, 8 x 10

• Gold in the Hills and Streams

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 9. What I found irresistible about this scene was the luscious golden light, the shadowed foreground before the radiant distant river and hills. No, not plein air, but I hope I captured the transience o…

• Abstract with foil

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 14. Playing with Daniel Smith Metallic Oil Colors. Collaged some lightweight shiny aluminum for fun.

• Watercolor Collage Abstraction

  Watercolor, Paper, 15 x 16. Soft, muted colors. Trying to use line in my work without drawing or painting it in.

• Abstraction with Bubble Wrap

  Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 18. This is a diptych. I partially deconstructed a bubble-wrap padded envelope and collaged it onto panel. Painted with acrylic and finally with metallic silver oil.

• Color Exercise, Southern Rockies

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Painted quickly, alla prima, with two contrasting colors and white. Yes, ultramarine and cadmium orange.

• The Tarn in Fog

  Oil, Linen, 11 inches x 14 inches. Painted shortly after I returned from Maine, this work was based on some photographs taken on a rainy day. I love fog and rain. To me they're cheerful subjects. I hope I captured the t…

• Morning in the Gorge

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. I made a quick painting trip to the Columbia River Gorge last September. The sky was hazy from the smoke of wildfires.

• Before the World Exists

  Oil, Canvas, 16 inches x 20 inches. Sunrise, December 31, 2010, seen from Swede Heaven Road in the North Cascades valley of the Stillaguamish. Silhouetted mountains, from right to left along the canvas, are the peak of…

• Too Many Mountains to Name Them All

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 3/4. We camped across the river from this impressively solid and looming mountain on the Copper River, our second camp. After painting it en plein air, I asked each of the three guides the mountai…

• Chimney Rock, Morning, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. This is the first of my three-paintings-in-one-day series of Ghost Ranch's Chimney Rock. I loved the sweeping view and shapes of the rocks. Morning light is my favorite, the earlier the better!

• Waterfall in High Falls Park, Adirondacks

  Oil, Linen, 12 inches x 9 inches. I carried my painting gear down a steep trail into the narrow canyon on a drizzly June morning. When I arrived, I had the place to myself. This year I avoided the patch of poison ivy ra…

• Les Barricades Mystérieuses

  Oil, Canvas, 22 inches x 28 inches. This is the first of my studio paintings from my 11-day trip -- with easel, paints, and canvases -- down the Copper River. This was just below the start of our in Chitina. We are abou…

• Lifting Fog, Skagit Valley Farm

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. I had to wait around for the fog to lift sufficiently so that I could see anything TO paint. But as it started to lift, I worked fast to capture the farm. There are mountains in the scene, too, but h…

• Deep Snows of Winter, Swede Heaven

  Oil, Panel, 14 inches x 11 inches. This painting was completed in 2011 from photos taken after the heavy snows of 2009-2010. It was the end of February, and the snow still lay 3 feet or more deep in spots. This scene is…

• Rain on Copper

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24 x 3/4. We are deep into our raft trip on the Copper River here. Beyond the narrow channel the river opens up into what traveler's have named "The Big Room." Once there the sun came out and we camped…

• Water Dance, St. Regis Falls, Adirondacks

  Oil, Linen, 9 x 12. I returned a second day to St. Regis Falls and tried the capture the trajectory of the water, its splashes and runs, as it pours over and around the rocks to rejoin the river below. This one is a fav…

• Denali Fall Colors

  Oil, Paper, 12 x 12. In Alaska, fall colors are almost a photo negative of fall in the Lower 48: brilliantly colored underbrush is punctuated by dark green spruce. Here I love the warmth of the colors in the cool, rainy…

• Chimney Rock at Midday, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. I worked quickly on the second in the series, out in the heat and full sun of midday. I baked along with the landscape.

• Roaring Sauk I

  Oil, Panel, 11 inches x 14 inches. This is a small drop on the Sauk River, just below the confluence with the White Chuck and above the Class III run. I hope I captured some of the playfulness of the water.

• Water, Light Breeze, Sunset, Copper River

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 62 x 3/4. This is a diptych, 24x48 and 24x24. Light, fluffy clouds, sunset pink, reflected in the river water, riffled by a light breeze.

• Norman Ridge Road, Adirondacks

  Oil, 9 x 12. Picture 50 or more painters setting up easels and umbrellas by the side of the road in front of this luscious view. The sky was clear, the sunlight brilliant, hence sunhats and umbrellas. It's hard to pick…

• Chimney Rock, Evening, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. Third in a series of Chimney Rock of Ghost Ranch. Painted plein air, palette knife, alla prima. Fall Color Week 2019.

• Denali from the Cantwell Airfield

  Oil, 9 inches x 12 inches. Here is Denali from the southeast, as seen from the airfield in Cantwell. The fireweed was in full bloom on this gorgeous day.

• Kulkullasin Meadow

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. This is a bit of a fantasy landscape, although I was working on scene, of the view east, towards North Cascades, from Baker Mountain Ranch on Lummi Island.

• Fortson's Hole

  Oil, Panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. The banks of the Stilliguamish near the old Fortson mill is one of my favorite early-morning painting spots. This morning, the wind was blowing up river. I had to duct tape the panel to…

• Mountains Upon Mountains

  Oil, Panel, 12 inches x 16 inches. This is an April view of Denali (Mt. McKinley) with the west arm of Double Mountain to the fore and Cathedral Mountain in the middle. I painted the sky very loosely over a yellow-orang…

• The Face of the Ice 1

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 12 x 3/4

• Kitchen Mesa, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 11. I love painting on rainy days. I was semi-sheltered under the open hatch of my car. Loved the contrast of the cool, rainy light with the warm color of the rocks and earth. Another Ghost Ranch iconi…

• Deep North Woods, Adirondacks I

  Oil, Linen, 12 inches x 9 inches. Painted at the Visitor Interpretive Center at Paul Smith's College on a cold, wet. blustery day. But oh, those deep, mysterious northern woods and waters! I dressed in layers and picked…

• Miles Glacier

  Oil, Panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. Miles Glacier from our campground on Miles Lake, one of the most hauntingly beautiful places I've ever been.

• Afternoon Reflections

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. This one was a bit tricky, trying to catch both the cylindrical form and the recession in space of both the fallen log and its reflections. The scene was where a tiny rill left the forest and pooled…

• Polychrome, View South

  Oil, Canvas, 9 inches x 12 inches. In June of 2009 I returned to Denali for a plein-air painting workshop with David Mollett. I should upload the paintings I completed on that trip for comic relief. But I learned a lot…

• The River Ran Here Just a Week Since

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36 x 3/4. This is the view south and east from our campground, "Red Rocks" in the Miles Lake stretch of the Copper River. It was a scene of wide space and great depth. The puddle left behind when the r…

• Last Light on the Lake, St. Regis, Adirondacks

  Oil, 14 x 11. Painted this alla prima with palette knife in the studio. Inspired by evenings at Paul Smith's College on St. Regis Lake, Adirondacks.

• Coming Rain, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Linen, 11 x 14. The weather was threatening, the view vast. I worked quickly, out in the open in the field in front of Ghost Ranch's dining hall, finishing up before the sky opened.

• Farewell to the Copper River

  Oil, Panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. I painted this at the takeout, while the others packed the equipment and loaded the vehicle. I hope it catches some of my longing and reluctance to leave the mighty river.

• Sleeping Giant Awakes

  Oil, Canvas, 12 inches x 16 inches. Double Mountain in April reminded me a gigantic mythical creature sprawled in sleep but clearly soon to rouse.

• Prickly Pear, Joshua Tree National Park

  Oil, Paper, 10 x 8. Admantine rock, spiny cactus, prickly grasses, hard, sun-parched earth -- this was a composition of varied textures and surfaces. But the prickly pear itself, once you get past the spines is luscious…

• Upper Flume

  Oil, Linen, 9 inches x 12 inches. What a privilege to paint in a spot made famous by so many of the Hudson River School painters! A scramble up and down, I found my spot and worked happily for hours.

• Sunset at Sea

  Oil, Paper, 12 inches x 9 inches. This is a study I did for an anticipated larger studio work inspired by a sunset I saw on the lower reaches of the Inland Passage.

• DeweyCreek

  Oil, Panel, 8 inches x 10 inches. This picture is of a nameless mountain in the Chugach range, seen across the Copper River from our camp near Dewey Creek.

• Old Pinyon, Ghost Ranch

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9. I loved the twisted shapes and colored bark of these old desert pinyons. Decided to paint one's portrait. Also done during Fall Color Week 2019 at Ghost Ranch New Mexico.

• St. Regis Falls

  Oil, Linen, 9 inches x 12 inches. Painted in the park at St. Regis Falls, Adirondacks, in June 2017. Beautiful, peaceful day, painting with friends.

• Alaska Range Winter Sunrise

  Oil, Canvas, 9 inches x 12 inches. This is a study for a larger work I just started. The mountains are backlit, but the sky is simply amazing.

• Lake Placid from Whiteface Mountain, Adirondacks

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12. I drove up Whiteface, iconic Winter Olympic skiing area, to capture the phenomenal view. I found wind, brisk, blowing, relentless, and had to anchor everything. I also had to work fast because of th…

• Saguaro

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 20. This painting resulted from a quick photography expedition -- I didn't have time to see the park and paint! -- to Saguaro National Park. I painted it with a secondary palette, orange, violet, and g…