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.
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 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 was a view east on a Willamette Valley farm road south of Salem on a June early evening.
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.
4x6. Pastel
These were all photographed separately, so color and lighting vary a bit, but it gives you an idea of how they each look framed.
This is one of my favorites, and it sold!
One of several paintings of the same subject done in a Laurinda O’Connor workshop. Painted quickly with an ink value study beneath the pastel.
On a visit with family many years ago in Boise, we walked in the sun along the Boise River Greenway. I’ve tried painting this three times, trying to get the reflections right. I might try one more time, but I’m happy with this version.
My reference photo was from a late May road trip down the Willamette Valley and back, this is on a dirt road off Hwy 99E south of Salem in early evening, facing west.
10.5 x 7.5. Pastel
Pastel on La Carte, 8.25 x 11.5
First painting during our 2021 retreat. Quick, small paintings often work better than expected.
Soft pastels on LaCarte paper, 2016. This painting received an honorable mention at the 2020 Society of Washington Artists (Vancouver) Fall show. Sold.