Name: Rusty Harden
Location: USA
Title: “Danburite Crystal”
Price Original: $240/ Prints Available
Size:: 11″x 14″
Medium: oil on masonite
Artist web site:
http://www.abrushwithrusty.com/
From Rusty: The earth has her secrets and hidden treasures. The Earth kept her danburites hidden a long time as it is one of the more recent discoveries. This danburite was found in the mines of Mexico. A beautiful clear crystal with minor crystals of calcite at the base.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Vikki // Oct 3, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Very photo realistic Rusty. I’d love to hear more about how you create these images. Really pretty.
2 Sonya Meglaurel // Oct 4, 2009 at 8:22 am
Your pieces are so detail orientated. Have had the pleasure of seeing the artwork with the gem along side. Each of the rocks are so very alive and moving!
3 beckielboo // Oct 4, 2009 at 10:15 am
I would never have imagined anyone being about to PAINT a crystal! Wow! Beautifully done.
I think rocks were the first of my many collections. Still don’t go anywhere without bringing home a rock!
4 WILLIAM MALTESE // Oct 4, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Long a fan of uncut gemstones, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: You definitely have a very special way of always putting the essence of a crystal on your canvas that borders on having me as much in awe as viewing the real stone.
5 Eric // Oct 4, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Amazing how much clarity and detail you manage to capture. Yes, very photo-realistic.
6 Rusty // Oct 5, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I try to paint from the actual specimen, especially the translucent and clear ones. Photographs can distort the depth of the minerals with reflections. I paint them with thin layers of color, allowing them to dry in between. Most importantly, I am enchanted with the minerals. I hold them, turn them in the light, run my fingers over their facets and feel their energy. They are my passion but not my story.
7 Rusty // Oct 5, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Beckie, we have a meaningful collection of vacation rocks too. Thank you.
8 Rusty // Oct 5, 2009 at 12:37 pm
William, while I think cut gems and polished jasper and agates are beautiful, I am also in awe of the uncut minerals. I decided I would only paint minerals in their more natural state. I am working on amethysts now. Thank you so much for these comments and your previous ones.
9 Roseann Munger // Oct 5, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Amazing. Icy beauty. Lovely and skillful use of colors very close on the color wheel, but packing a strong punch.
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