"View from the Patio", 12x24, oil on panel, Lioness Cellars, Wineries in Temecula, vineyards, vineyard sunset, wine-tasting, Southern California vineyards, Maryanne Jacobsen fine art, grandchildren, hope and joy

"View from the Patio", 12x24, oil on panel

 Back in December of 2015, my very first grand-daughter was born. My son and daughter-in-law named her Zoey, which means "life" and indeed she was a beautiful lively child from her earliest days and continues to fill our hearts with great joy!

We traveled out to San Diego California to meet her and had a week and a half of pure bliss, enjoying this lovely new addition to our family, and spending time with our son and his wife.

While there, we took a road trip to beautiful Temecula, an hour or so drive from San Diego that took us through many rolling hills, small mountains and lovely vineyards. We decided to stop at Leoness Cellars  to see the sunset and enjoy a glass of Temecula wine.

As we sat on the patio in a beautiful setting and watched the sun sink lower in the sky, I could not help but count my blessings and marvel at the wonder of God's creation, both in baby Zoey and in my surroundings.

 My daughter-in-law smiled broadly, baby at her breast, as she enjoyed a rare glass of chardonnay- the first in many, many months since she had become pregnant.

The sun continued to descend and the sky looked as though it been dry-brushed with swatches of rose and yellow.

Almost five years later, I came upon the photos I had taken from the patio that day and decided that now, in the midst of a deadly pandemic, it would be helpful to concentrate on happier things and happier times, in the hope that there will be more memories to come that are just as sweet, and just as hopeful.

This painting is available for purchase. Please contact me at maryannejacobsen@aol.com for more info, and please visit my website at Maryanne Jacobsen Fine Art to see more of my work.

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"Morning in Umbria", 12x24, oil on canvas, vineyards, paintings of Umbria, Italy, Tuscany, rolling fields, plaette knife landscapes, maryanne jacobsen

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"Morning in Umbria", 12x24, oil on canvas

On the knolls where the vineyards and fruit-gardens are
There's a beauty that even the drought cannot mar;
For I noticed it oft, in the days that are lost,
As I trod on the siding where lingered the frost,
When the shadows of night from the gullies were gone
And the hills in the background were flushed by the dawn.

-from "Above Eurunderee" by Henry Lawson

There is something lovely about a vineyard in the morning light. The earth breathes out color and abundance and the promise of the ripened vine, which will bring forth the delightful wine that helps celebrate our victories while comforting our sorrows.

This painting was done with palette knife and brush and has passages of brilliant color interspersed with the neutrals of the receding hills.

This painting is available through Gallery 444 in San Francisco. You may contact them at  for pricing information at (415) 434-4477.

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"Walking to San Gimignano", 12x16, oil on board, Tuscany, paintings of San Gimignano, vineyards, Tuscan scenes, impasto

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"Walking to San Gimignano", 12x16, oil on board

I haven't done one of these palette knife, colorist paintings in a long while, and yesterday I just felt like letting the paint fly. It was fun to push the color in this Tuscan scene.

Note: You can click on the image to see the impasto better.