This painting was begun in a workshop with Tara Will, finished in my studio several months later. The reference photo was taken standing on the Cascadia Covered Bridge on a beautiful summer day.
The reference for this was a photo taken in the Palouse not far from Garfield. I really like the colors and the way the road is carved into the hills. I will paint this again larger.
This pear tree was incredibly dense and very full of Bosc pears.
We had a volunteer sunflower during the summer that grew to over 14 feet with multiple large blooms. I enjoyed painting one section of this plant a couple times — creating shadow colors and the turquoise sky was fun!
Sunlit alder leaves at the edge of a coastal forest.
This is looking downriver from near the suspension bridge where the Grove of the Patriarchs trail began.
The Wallula Gap along the Columbia River. I have two paintings that show the view from slightly different positions. The main focus is the light and the reflected light — the basalt cliffs are beautiful, but with that reflected orange light, they’re just amazing.
Several years ago I was driving just north of Umatilla, Oregon along the Columbia River at sunset. The views were amazing, this was a painting from one of the references photos I took that evening.
I love the gold sun on these poplar trees with a bit of summery blue sky.
I’ve painted this a few times, it’s a beautiful place.
I got on a cloud kick. Painted with Shahar at our annual retreat, this is from a reference photo taken on the east side of the Willamette Valley after a storm. I was very happy with how the cloud colors came out.
Painted with Shahar at our annual retreat, the blue of the sky and the scudding clouds came across as I hoped they would.
painted at a McKinley workshop at San Miguel de Allende in January 2020. From the banks of Las Colonias reservoir.
From San Miguel de Allende workshop, painted on location during workshop. Double mat with beautiful frame.
This is tiny, but the colors are great. I have a small Italian frame that it looks really nice in.
I was driving back to Portland from the Columbia River Gorge one day, driving down off the plateau to the river when the sun broke through clouds producing a beautiful golden cloud and hilltop.
Soft pastel on Pastelmat. Painted during a great workshop with Scott Gellatly in April this year. I discovered for myself how important it is to keep both the palette and painting out of direct sun when painting outdoors. The colors shift out of the sun, but again, great experience, and Scott’s classes were wonderful.
This painting is from a spot just at the base of the coast range between Corvallis and Newport, Oregon. The gold fields are backed by thick forests, it’s beautiful country.
Painted with a friend in 2018.
Mostly painted at a Tony Alain workshop with some follow up work once I got home. View of the Oregon coast range from the Willamette Valley near Monroe, Oregon. This was an assignment to paint something familiar from memory. Turned out much looser and richer than the versions done with a photo. Tony’s workshop was great fun!
This was painted during an annual five-day painting retreat with my friend Shahar. I used a photo taken on a day trip through the Willamette Valley to Eugene and back with my camera. Hit Jefferson, Oregon as the light was getting golden.