Oleta Naomi Bode

California Oaks in Spring Landscape

c.1970s

Impasto oil painting of a Carmel Valley Sycamore Grove. Presented in a wood frame. Signed lower left "H. Vanderhoof." Image, 20"H x 24"L.

Vibrant plein air painting of a beautiful mountain meadow with oak trees, lupine and poppies, an oil on paper landscape by J. A. Johnson (American, 20t...

Soft watercolor and Cyanotype of oak trees at Rancho San Carlos by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century). Signed lower right "Cheryl Trotter." Displayed i...

Substantial and period mid century oil painting of California sycamore trees donning full fall color by listed artist Nell Walker Warner (American,...

An atmospheric oil painted on from a study created on location in Laguna Beach, California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, "Dilleys Sycamore " exhibits the subtle touch and...

"Oak in Spring" is a 1930 American Impressionist oil painting of an oak tree landscape. Painted en plein-air, in an almost pointillist style, H.C. White depicts a classic Connecticut landscape. A Tall wiry tree stands as the focal point, having just bloomed its first leaves; foliage still thin enough to outline every single branch. Reds and browns scattered throughout the foreground connote autumn leaves that had yet to be cleared. Henry Cooke White (b. 1861) in Hartford Connecticut. His career in art was founded at the age of 14, when he met the famous American Tonalist painter, Dwight William Tyron. The two became lifelong friends, and White even wrote Tyron’s major biography, The Life and Art of Dwight William Tyron (pub. 1930). In the late 1880’s, Tyron pushed White to move to New York City to further his artistic training at the Art Students League. During this time, White studied under many talented artist’s; Kenyon Cox, John H. Twatchman, and William Merritt Chase. From 1896-1897, White spent time travelling in Europe. Upon his return to the states, he began to spend most of his time in Connecticut, following his favorite painting seasons. Spring in Hartford was followed a week later by spring in Old Lyme, and then finally at Waterford. He’d experience his favorite seasons three times over each year. Once immersed into Connecticut’s community, White was encouraged to paint habitually in Old Lyme; where an art colony was developing, beginning in the spring of 1903. Inspired by European artists, including Claude Monet, and Pierre Auguste-Renoir, the Old Lyme Art Colony defined American Impressionism by memorializing the serene qualities of rural New England life through use of vibrant palettes and broken strokes on wood and canvas. The Colony comprised upwards of 200 artists during its three decades of creating nature-based scenes in oils and pastels; Frederick Childe Hassam...

As a psychologist, I have explored numerous practices for self-discovery. During one of the training sessions, I learned that the oak tree symbolizes a connection to family. This maj...

One of my favorite plein air paintings, Spring Meadow is an impressionistic landscape oil painting on canvas panel that showcases a beautiful early spring farm scene near my home wh...