Tina Bluefield

Finally I knew that 30 years in Colorado, as spectacular as it is, was enough…
I woke up one morning in December, 2005, looked around and the words came to me, “I’m done here”…
I have been painting my whole life and I had spent a lot of time traveling to the desert to paint so I suspected it was the desert that was calling me…

I got out my map to see where I could live in the desert that would be closer to my family in Southern California and Joshua Tree jumped out at me...so I visited and loved it and 2 and a half months later I was here…

The shapes and colors of the earth’s landscape fascinate me, the mountains, the boulders, the brush that is so dry yet looks so soft, the endless seas of creosote, the sand and rocks that change colors with the sky, indescribable sunrises and sunsets, the intense storms you can see coming from miles away, and of course the outrageous yuccas we call Joshua Trees…how can such an amazing place exist that we call the Mojave Desert?

Daring to paint such wild beauty is daunting, exciting, and intensely fun for me

Solo show of recent paintings of the Mojave Desert
Dec. 19, 2007 - January 6, 2008

OPEN STUDIO, PARTY, AND VIEWING OF RECENT PAINTINGS, 60756 Birdie Road (8 miles N of Joshua Tree, 5 miles E of Landers)
Refreshments served

10am to 5pm Saturday March 1 (most probably date, stay tuned for possible changes)

Directions: 760 464 8444 if you get lost...

From JOSHUA TREE:
N on Sunburst from Hwy 62, follow paved road E on Golden and then N on Border...then West on Winters (dirt road, not the paved road going east), after about 2 miles, R (north) on Via Maria, L (west) on Birdie, first house on R, light gray house with purple trim...
if you're on Winters going west and you miss Via Maria you will come to Bowman, go R (north) then R again on Birdie, about 1/3 mile to studio...

From YUCCA VALLEY:
N on Old Woman Springs Rd (Rte 247) from Hwy 62, R (east) on Reche Road, from Landers Post Office exactly 3 miles to R (south) on Bowman Trail (road to north is Booth)...Bowman is the first left after the Wat Santi Buddhist Center...go south on Bowman past Napa (watch for cross traffic at Napa), left (east), less than 1/3 mile to studio on left, light gray house with purple trim...

March 3 - April 27, 2008

Recent oil paintings of the Mojave Desert by local artist Tina Bluefield
Also featuring recent "innerscapes".

Experiments in Paint

29 PALMS CREATIVE CENTER
6847 Adobe Road, 29 Palms CA 92277
760.361.1805

Most recently my dynamically loose paintings have an inner reflective quality that is inspired from my heart and state of mind, which I call "innerscapes."

My studio 8 miles north of Joshua Tree will be open during the Open Studio Tours at these times:

9am-5pm Sat, Oct 27 and Sun Oct 28
and
1pm-5pm Wed, Oct 31, Thurs Nov 1, and Fri Nov 2
or by appointment any other time

For map and directions, see


or call me for best route 760 364 4310 or 464 8444
address is 60756 Birdie Road...watch out for deep sand between Napa and Winters on Sunny Vista

Everyone is welcome!
Open area with amazing views...