Day 3

"Chicken" 8" x 8" stretched canvas, $85

For Day 3 I decided to paint a critter from my photo files, this one is a chicken at Kat Sowa's blueberry farm

that was strutting around among grass and hay last summer.  I liked her strong profile and attitude.

Day 2

Wakeena Falls Nocturne, 9" x 12" oil on canvas

For day 2 I'm posting a painting actually completed a few days ago that will be part of the Muse Art 4' x 4' window display.  That will go on display on Monday, January 5 for the month, then individual pieces will be mounted and available for sale.  I have not visited any of the falls at night, it would be a slippery, treacherous path, so this view is imagined.

Day 1 2015

Rockaway Beach, 6" x 12" oil on canvas board $85

Day One of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, I started on one of my favorite places, Rockaway Beach on the rugged Oregon coast.  To me, the huge tunneled rocks offshore sometimes look like an elephant, a sea monster, or castles.  On this summer day, waves flowed in regularly, the sky was a clear blue, but why paint just blue?  An Indian yellow undercoat cast a warmer glow to the blues and gray-browns of the rocks and made the sea monster look friendly.  Since I was up late last night for New Years Eve, this painting was started after midnight this morning!  All of the paintings on my blog are for sale, just send an email for details.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Waterfall series

Two in a series of waterfall paintings that will be assembled in a collage for a 48" x 48" window display at Muse Art in January.  Each painting will be either 9" x 12" or 12" x 16" and can be disassembled to be framed separately, later.  These are La Tourelle and Bridal Veil Falls in the Columbia Gorge.

Hillsboro Afternoon

A quiet afternoon sitting next to the pond at Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro, after the heat of the day, a golden glow filtered through the trees and glittered on the shallow water.  Back from the Walters Art Center, where it was on exhibit in October and November.

Hillsboro

It was a hot September day in Hillsboro, when I gathered with other artists for the Plein Air Quick Draw at Rood Bridge Park.   The young man and woman seemed relaxed in the sunshine, and whether or not he was actually playing his guitar, there was music in the air.  

"Summer Song", oil, 11" x 14", painted alla prima, back from the exhibit at Walters Cultural Arts Center.

Still Life

Halloween is over, Thanksgiving approaching, the moldy carved pumpkins are gone but not all the small pumpkins, squash from the garden and visits to Sauvie Island Farm, and fall colors.  It has been too cold to go out except for quick trips to gather fallen branches, so I must paint inside.  In the summer, flowers wilt and fruit gets eaten before I get around to painting them, so now is the perfect time to paint a still life. This Still Life with Squash and Apples (and a pear and pomegranate, basket with dried flowers) is 11" x 14".