"Colorful" desktop calendar, 1280 x 1024 for square and laptop monitors.

February Featured Nature Art and Desktop Calendar: “Colorful”

"Colorful", 11" x 15", soft pastel , 2015 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

“Colorful”, 11″ x 15″, soft pastel , 2015 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

This painting is entitled “Colorful”, 11″ x 15″, done in soft pastel on self-prepared board with marble dust and gesso.

This work was one of my new paintings for the 2015 Wings & Wildlife Art Show at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. “Colorful” is one of my favorite duck images on Chartiers Creek from my walks to Main Street. I took the photo several years ago of the mallard balancing on one leg with morning sun reflecting brightly off off an orange brick building on the other bank of the creek as well as the blue winter sky. Winter can be drab in moments, but it is often quite colorful with the warm browns and reds and the cool deep green of the mallard’s feathers and the reflections of all the colors of the day on the gently rippling water. Alas, though I had wanted to paint it en plein air, neither the ducks nor the lighting were cooperative so I finally decided to rough in a background and shapes on site, but finish it from the photo.

FRAMED ORIGINAL

The original is framed with a 2.5″ white acid-free mat and a 1″ vintage repurposed gold frame with very decorative corners. Nothing but gold pulled the richness of the colors in the water.

"Colorful" frame.

“Colorful” frame.

 

 

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The featured artwork also becomes one of the New Member Gifts for the month it’s featured as well, so if you’ve been waiting to register for an account, here’s another good reason. Your Colorful, New Member Gift print is 8″ x 11″ and matted to fit an 11″ x 14″ frame with a pure white mat.

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This month’s desktop calendar

But the wallpaper calendars are free to download. You’ll find them below along with instructions.

If these sizes don’t work for your device, or if you have problems, please let me know. Often I can troubleshoot the reason an image won’t download or won’t load on your device, but if I just can’t figure it out I can just email it to you and hope that works.

How to download and use your desktop calendar

  1. Click on one of the images below that matches the dimensions of your monitor to open the image in a new page.
  2. For desktop computers and laptops, right-click on that image and on a desktop computer choose “save as desktop wallpaper” or “save as background” or whichever option your operating system gives you to be able to do this. You may also simply save it to your hard drive and set it as your background from there.
  3. For mobile devices, download the image to your gallery then choose it as your wallpaper—this is slightly different on all devices.

Horizontal and HD monitors and screens

“Colorful" desktop calendar 2560 x 1440 for HD and wide screens.

“Colorful” desktop calendar 2560 x 1440 for HD and wide screens.

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Square monitors and screens

"Colorful" desktop calendar, 1280 x 1024 for square and laptop monitors.

“Colorful” desktop calendar, 1280 x 1024 for square and laptop monitors.

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Small Mobile Devices and Tablets

"Colorful" desktop calendar, 600 x 800 for iPad, Kindle and other readers.

“Colorful” desktop calendar, 600 x 800 for iPad, Kindle and other readers.

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Cell Phones and Smartphones

"Colorful" desktop calendar, for 400 x 712 for mobile phones.

“Colorful” desktop calendar, for 400 x 712 for mobile phones.


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