Archive | Nancee Jean Busse

Winter Rations
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 18 x 24
Good Morning!
Acrylic, Linen, 14” x 11”. In April, the Grand Valley begins to bloom. The human residents of this western Colorado valley are happy and so are the birds. I saw this quail perched at the top of our honey locust tree. Th…
American-Bison
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 20" x 16"
The Sentinel
Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9. I love painting ravens. They are such impressive creatures, and iconic of the American West. To those who ascribe spiritual importance to animals, Raven is a wonderful spirit guide, full of misc…
Up Toward Marble
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 14 x 11. The road between Redstone, Colorado and Marble, Colorado is a breathtaking drive. You are surrounded by magnificent fourteeners , aspen covered hillsides, and golden meadows where horses,…
Wotan's Throne
Acrylic, Board, 11 x 14. "Wotan's Throne," Acrylic, 11x14. This is one of the more spectacular views from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. My husband I were there in 2014 with good friends. When I painted this I neede…
Fly North!
Acrylic, Linen, 27.5 x 22.5. Recently I painted several pieces for a show with a sandhill crane theme. I've painted many realistic images of the sandhills and for this show I allowed myself to create a few fanciful piec…
Elk Calves Crossing the Madison River
Acrylic, Canvas, 18" x 24". Size and Substrate 16 x 20 Archival Art Paper $125.00 USD 20 x 24 Archival Art Paper $160.00 USD 24 x 36 Archival Art Paper $250.00 USD 16 x 20 Canvas–Rolled $150.00 USD 20 x 24 Canvas–Rolled…
County Fair
Acrylic, Canvas, 24" x 18". Grand Junction, Colorado, has a typically wonderful small town county fair. I loved the bright, circus-like colors of the midway in front of the Bookcliffs. The air was hazy and full of the d…
Little Brown Bird
Acrylic, Canvas, 18" x 14". Little Brown Bird was judged into the 2010 Paint the Parks Top 100 Most Beautiful Paintings of America. Original is available through www.paintamerica.org. Prints available. Size and Substrat…
The Palisade at Gateway
Acrylic, Canvas, 22" x 16". A beautiful palisade overlooks picturesque Gateway, Colorado. My husband and I hiked up a canyon behind Gateway Canyons resort on a fine autumn day and I loved the brilliant yellow rabbit bru…
American Bison
Acrylic, Canvas, 16 x 20
Trust
Acrylic, Board, 36" x 24". It was a long winter. My beloved Dad died, after a difficult final battle. The weather was atypically cold and dreary. The eldercare for both of my parents was, at times, exhausting. During th…
DRAGONS MOUTH
Acrylic, Panel, 12 x 28. Have you been to Yellowstone National Park? Dragon's Mouth is one of the many striking geothermal features within the Park. It's pretty awe-inspiring to stand in front of that huge hole that is…
High Country
Acrylic, Canvas, 16" x 12". I love painting the Meeker Sheepdog Trials. At the far end of the competition field the sheep wranglers release the sheep at the beginning of each run. That’s what this painting depicts. I lo…
WILDFLOWER
Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12 x 1
Greener Pastures
Acrylic, Board, 16 x 20. These gorgeous horses were running in a pasture north of Kalispell in June. What could be lovelier? Size and Substrate 16 x 20 Archival Art Paper $125.00 USD 20 x 24 Archival Art Paper $160.00 U…
The Fledglings
Acrylic, Board, 20 x 16. We have a resident pair of ravens. Every year they disappear some time in March and show back up again in late May with their fledglings. One year they had a bumper crop of babies! They were won…
Acoma Olla
Acrylic, Linen, 12 x 12
White Horse Head
Acrylic, Canvas Wrap-1.5", 40 x 40 x 1.5
Polychrome Native American Jar
Acrylic, Linen, 12 x 12
A New Dawn; A New Day
Oil, Canvas Board, 16 x 20. The summer of 2020 was a smoky one. The American West was ablaze for most of the season. We watched the Pine Gulch fire from our home: thick, billowing clouds rising high in the sky, flatteni…
Red Rocks; Blue Heron
Acrylic, Board, 16" x 12". The canyons in Lake Powell are full of wonder and mystery. My husband and I were floating back from Davis Gulch and this blue heron followed our course for a while, perching on rocks and obser…
Hohokam-Red on Buff Native American Pot
Acrylic, Board, 6 x 6
Violet Finds Her Voice
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 18 x 24
PELICAN PAIR AT OXBOW BEND
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 9 x 12. Most American artists and photographers know that Oxbow Bend on the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park is breathtakingly beautiful. It also provides a spectacular opportunity for wil…
Tower Falls at Yellowstone
Acrylic, Canvas, 12" x 9". Yellowstone National Park is indeed a national treasure. There’s beauty wherever you look. This is a painting of the Tower Falls.
Late Afternoon Sun
Acrylic, 9" x 12". Our beautiful cat, Hadjii, is living sculpture. I love to watch him. The shadows he cast on this warm afternoon created an irresistible picture. The light was warm and full of golds, yellows, and eart…
4 Directions - North
Acrylic, Yupo mounted on CanvasBoard, 26 x 20 x 1/2 inch. This painting is one in a series of 4 titled "4 Directions:"
Alone But Not Lonely
Pastel, Paper, 22" x 17". This Colorado landscape is one of my favorite paintings. A pastel, it depicts a house that is part of an old, abandoned mining camp on Red Mountain Pass above Ouray, Colorado. Buried deep, deep…
Four Directions (South)
Acrylic, Yupo mounted on CanvasBoard, 26 x 20 x .5. I love icons and symbols and ancient glyphs. To reduce a thing to a its most minimal representation is a kind of visual language that resonates with our DNA. I depicte…
4 Directions - East
Acrylic, Yupo mounted on CanvasBoard, 26 x 20 x 1/2 inch. This fun acrylic painting is one in a series titled "4 Directions."
Anthuriums
Digital, Paper, 20 x 16. While traveling I find that creating art on my iPad works well for me. I can create paintings of the things that move me with their singular beauty with the powerful painting applications that a…
WORKING THE RELEASE PEN
Acrylic, Linen, 24" x 18" x 1". A few years ago I was given permission to photograph the sheep handlers working the release pen at the Meeker International Sheepdog Trials. It was fascinating! I watched as the border co…
AROUND THE BEND
Acrylic, Canvas, 7 x 5" x 1"
October Afternoon on the Redlands-HR
Red, White, and Blue
Digital, Collector's Choice: Paper, Metal, or Canvas, 36" x 24". This digital painting required 4495 strokes and 17 hours. Recent history and politics knocked a lot of us for a loop. Our usually-neighborly populace rupt…
In the Umbra
Acrylic, Canvas, 12" x 9" x 1"
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANCIENTS
Acrylic, Canvas, 16" x 20". The desert southwest is full of secret places; deep canyons, arroyos, seeps, ruins, and wondrous places of deep shade in the rugged desert. My hope is that these places remain secret, or that…
Magenta Splash
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 36 x 24
County Fair (the second)
Acrylic, Arches Watercolor Paper Mounted on Gatorboard, 30 x 45
Yes, You, Too, Are an Odd Bird
Digital, Paper, 24 x 18. Well now here's a surprise. You have to admit, though, it did take some hubris to spend an enormous amount of time creating useless postage stamps. Of cartoon birds. But, one cold and rainy even…
UP ON SCOFIELD PASS
Acrylic, Canvas Board, 11 x 14
Independence Monument
Acrylic, Linen, 16 x 12. This acrylic painted in reds, golds, and yellows depicts Independence Monument, a fabulous rock formation found in the Colorado National Monument.
The-Wild-One_2
Acrylic, Canvas, 18" x 24". This is another painting of the horse that simply wouldn't be corralled. I took the photo reference at the moment when she was looking behind her at the rest of her herd of horses and then ra…
The Palisade at Gateway
Acrylic, Canvas, 22" x 16". A beautiful palisade overlooks picturesque Gateway, Colorado. My husband and I hiked up a canyon behind Gateway Canyons resort on a fine autumn day and I loved the brilliant yellow rabbit bru…
Working the Release Pen
Acrylic, Linen, 24" x 18". A few years ago I was given permission to photograph the sheep handlers working the release pen at the Meeker International Sheepdog Trials. It was fascinating! I watched as the border collies…
Coyote and Sage
Acrylic, Canvas, 12" x 9". We have a lot of coyotes around our home in western Colorado, especially in the winter months. This coyote was around quite a bit two winters ago, so I was able to get some good photographs. T…
Chartreuse Pelican
Acrylic, Linen, 12" x 9"