Watercolor: Tranquil Tahoe (10.5" x 12.5")
From northeast Nevada shore at Lake Tahoe State Park, looking south towards Sand Harbor July 30, 2013.. Transparent watercolor. 10.25x12.5" Accepted for exhibition in the juried 2013 WASH Open Show at the Sacramento Fine Art Center, September 3-28, 2013. Exhibited at the Placer County Fair, June 25-28, 2015, where it won third place in the watercolor category. In a private collection: J. Wilson.
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Watercolor: Fingers into the Pacific - the Sonoma Coast (14.5" x 10.5")
From a photo taken on a family gathering at the Russian River in 2013. My son David and I took a birthday day trip. This view looks south with Bodega head in the far distance. The painting was exhibited as part of the Auburn Art Walk at the Placer County 'Domes' administrative building Oct 13 to Nov 16, 2017. In a private collection: D. & T. Wilson. 131231. Watercolor, 14.5" x 10.5".
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Watercolor: Dappled Bayou (10.5" x 7.5")
Tar River Bald Cypress Swamp, Greenville, NC, October 2012, 10.5x7.5 watercolor by Ralph F. Wilson. Finished Nov 2012. Exhibited at the Snowflake Show (a juried art show), January 26-27, 2013, sponsored by Rocklin Fine Arts.
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Watercolor: Delta Afternoon on Sutter Island (15" x 11")
Sutter Island on the Sacramento River Delta, across from the Grand Island Mansion, about 5 pm. Transparent watercolor, 15x11 inches. In a private collection: J. Wilson.
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Watercolor: Felucca on the Nile (10.5" x 14.5")
The felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Malta, and Iraq -- and particularly along the Nile in Egypt, and Sudan. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails. Watercolor, 10.5 x 14.5 inches.
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Watercolor: Fort Ross Chapel and Cove (12.25" x 8.25")
This is the reconstruction of a Russian Orthodox Chapel on the Northern California coast, originally built in the early 1800s for a colony of Russian fur traders. From a photo I took on June 20, 2013. Watercolor. In the collection of First Baptist Church of Nevada City. 12.25" x 8.25". Not for sale.
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Watercolor: No Hands Bridge, Auburn Ravine (14" x 20")
You're looking downstream at the so-called "No Hands Bridge," built 1910-12 by the Mountain Quarries Railroad to connect a limestone quarry to the Southern Pacific mainline in Auburn. It was built over the South Fork of the American River, just downstream from the Highway 49 bridge. When it was built it was the longest concrete railroad bridge in the world, abandoned about 1940. It got the name "no hands bridge" because local horseback riders would ride across it without using the reins -- 150 above the riverbed without handrails! Transparent watercolor. 14x20 inches.
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Watercolor: Rainbow Bridge above Donner Lake (20" x 14")
This bridge was built in 1926 as part of the old US 40. It was restored in 1993 and overlooks Donner Lake from near Donner Summit. Watercolor was completed on August 1, 2013. Exhibited in "Along the Lincoln Highway," A juried art show by the Auburn Arts Commission, Dec 12, 2013 to Feb 7, 2014.
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Watercolor: Three Rocks at Tahoe (9-1/8" x 6-3/4")
Granite rocks in the shallows at Memorial Point Scenic Overlook, Lake Tahoe State Park, south of Incline Village, NV. August 10, 2013. Watercolor, 9-1/8"x6-3/4".
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Watercolor: Asilomar Beach at Sunset (20" x 14")
Painted from my photo taken at sunset at Asilomar Beach on Jean's and my 40th Anniversary in 2008. It records one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen. Watercolor, 20" x 14". Exhibited in the WASH "Go with the Flow" Open Show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, September 2014.
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Watercolor: American River Confluence - 14.5" x 10.5"
Bill, Tim, and I went plein air painting May 8th at the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the American River, east of Auburn. We followed that by lunch in Cool with watercolorist Steve Walters. A great day! Watercolor, 14.5" x 10.5".
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Watercolor: Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe - 12" x 7.5"
I took a couple of days in the Sierra at the end of summer to do some plein air painting and absorb God's great creation. This is a view from Carnelian Bay looking southwest past Dollar Point. Watercolor, 12" x 7.5".
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