View from the Fort, Durango art-code-QTS-011 but mostly by the ancients

but mostly by the ancients whose brilliance fascinates and inspires me above all

live to work with their hands

They gathered up the strewn loot and headed for the Hole-in-the-Wall hideout

I had sculpted my father’s face

and when combined with a facial expression that exudes tranquility and a feeling of satisfaction with self and life

View from the Fort, Durango art-code-QTS-011 but mostly by the ancients12" x 12", oil Rampton's work rests somewhere between abstraction and realism. Her paintings are an amalgamation of her love of composition, color, mark making and being present in the outdoors. I prefer to work onsite where I not only see the scene before which I stand but feel its light, weather, and mood.