Tequila Sunset

TEQUILA SUNSET  Oil on Canvas12" x 24"||1||--> x 3/4"

$250.00  

Michigan  skys make splendiferous (I know that's not a word) sunsets!!!!!!!

There on the bay with the boats at rest, it just blew me away. for the umpteenth time.

The Great Lakes allow us to have the "big sky view" and that is what I wanted to show in this painting.

So relax and enjoy the view!

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Longest Suspension Bridge

Longest  Suspension Bridge 

The Mighty Mackinac Bridge of Michigan has drawn admirers since it opened in 1957.
IN THIS VERSION , I painted the wonderful blue of the lakes it connects and the light reflecting up the bridge. This painting also incorporates brush painting in oil paint and use of the painting knife. (sometimes called a palette knife)

It has many moods relative to the weather which provides an amazing backdrop. I am drawn to the bridge for the beauty of the area, the wide vistas, and the ever changing sky. The area underneath the bridge is "The Straits of Mackinac" and connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. These lakes are like inland seas.

I am also attracted to the symbolic nature of the bridge. It connects the Upper Pennisula of Michigan and the Lower Pennisula of Michigan. It keeps us together economically, physically and in spirit.
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Mackinac Bridge Labor Day

THE MIGHTY MAC , THE MACKINAC BRIDGE LABOR DAY

The  Mackinac Bridge, the "Mighty Mac", is Michigan's most famous bridge connecting the Upper and Lower Pennisulas.  It's location nestles between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.  The entire area surrounding it is beautiful and loaded with British and French history.
In this painting, it was  sunset and the colorful sky added a wonderful backdrop to the bridge itself.  The yellows backlit the bridge and helped me to paint one of it's many moods.    This week I shall post the other Mackinac Bridge painting I have done which shows the bridge in completely different configuration and sky.  With so many weather changes, there are inumerable beautiful, moody, bright, soft, misty paintings to be created.
Over 50 years old the Mackinac Bridge is the third  longest suspension bridge in the world.  The Famous Bridge Walk on Labor Day is an amazing 5 mile trek between the Mackinaw City on the south..across the bridge to St. Ignace on the north isde of the bridge.  From the air it looks like the Moses leading the Hebrews through the Red Sea!!
the Mackinac Bridge website is an interesting spot to check out.

This painting:  The Mighty Mac (c) Diane Tasselmyer 10" x 10" x 1 1/2" oil on canvas $100

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Michigan painting for the Conservancy movement

Michigan painting  for the Conservancy movement

The North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy Movement  http://www.nohlc.org/     is the organization I am donating this Michigan painting to for their fundraiser, Wild Night Out,  Uptown,Downtown, Motown Party, 

Saturday, October 2nd at 6:30 pm
at Springfield oaks Activity Center Grand Hall (Fairgrounds)
12451 Andersonville Rd. Davisburg
http://www.nohlc.org/wno2010.html

There is so much natural beauty  here in Michigan to be saved and preserved for the future generations.    These organizations help protect them while allowing for growth and expansion.  

This painting is a 10" x 10" winter scene painted in oil on canvas and is  ready to hang as is (the canvas wraps around the sides 1/1/2" thick)

I love the four seasons and winter is no exception.    Right now, the crisp snow sounds tantalizing!

Diane Tasselmyer

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Asian Carp a Menace to Michigan - Michigan Paintings and More by Diane Tasselmyer

The fish known as "Asian carp"  of which there are several  species including the "jumping" silver carp  are a whole different animal. They're huge, voracious, and  and eat the plants that  make up the base of the Food Chain of The Great Lakes.    ANY of these asian carp can wreck the Great Lakes Eco-system  that provides the state of Michigan and surrounding states with some  a chunk of their income..commercial fishing, sport fishing and all the tourism dollars which are attached to that.
This fish is a MENACE and dangerous.  They weigh around 100 Pounds!!!  They eat A LOT EVERY DAY.     They also cause boating accidents IN and OUT of boats.  They jump, jump jump in response to boat sounds.  They hurt people in many ways!!!!!
The Canal in Chicago needs to be closed.
CHECK THIS VIDEO CLIP OUT
The fish known as "Asian Carp" is a menace to Michigan.  They are HUGE.. around  100 pounds!!! And they are hungry, RAVENOUS!  And DANGEROUS!  They jump in response to boat sounds.
The Supreme Court has ruled Not to close the canel in Chicago where these fish are coming from.    So we will have to wait and see what the scientists will come up with.
See  this in a different background
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