Sake Cup and Persimmon - sold

More persimmons! I like painting the little sake cup.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Fuyu Persimmon - sold

I just love the colors of persimmons this time of year!!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Friday Portrait Model

Friday Portrait Model 3 hour session results. This model is very fun to paint, she had a little of the Madame X going on with her right shoulder...
Oil on Linen :: 7.5in x 12in

Christmas Pear - sold

Actually I know this pear won't last until Christmas, it will get eaten before then.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Snow and Sun - sold

Heather Canyon at Mt. Hood, Oregon. Snow and Sun rhymes with FUN.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Skier's View, Mt. Hood - sold

This is a view of Mt. Hood from the parking lot of Mt Hood Meadows, it's the view that you get as you are walking from your car to the entrance of the ski resort. We have been going up there alot this year already. Big snow year so far with the ski resorts this year. Hope it continues...

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $175.00 + shipping
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And here is a larger 36in x 36in painting I did a while ago of Mt. Hood in the Summer. You can see the snow is very sparse in this painting, and it is very colorful.

Mt Hood in Summer - available at the Columbia Art Gallery - 541-387-8877
215 Cascade Ave
Hood River, OR
36in x 36 in :: Oil on Canvas :: Framed
$2800.00

Cherries and Blue Bowl - sold

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $175.00 + shipping

Cherries and Orange Bowl - sold

A friend commissioned me to do a painting of cherries for her mother, for a Christmas present, so she drove to Portland to get cherries for me to paint for the painting because we didn't have any here! I made several "cherries" paintings since I have the cherries anyway... this is one of them. They are fun to paint, I loved painting this one with the bright orange bowl right next to the cherries, I think the colors worked out well.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
framed $175.00 + shipping
link to photos of frames: framing page

Hen and Rooster Pecking - sold

Chickens pecking at the ground.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $175.00 + shipping

Gallinaceous Paintings - sold

Gallinaceous means having to do with chickens, so this is definitely a series of paintings about chickens. As in Gallina... spanish for chicken, gallinaceous is actually from latin... yes, I have one of those "weird word" books that I read snippets of from time to time.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Rooster - sold

Another in the Chicken Series of paintings. This painting will be available in the Open House Party and Sale, TODAY! It's finally here, Nov 13! Come to the sale if you can - 4-8pm, 621 State Street, Hood River, OR.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $175.00 + shipping

Don't Mess with My Chick - sold

Don't mess with a mother chicken is all I have to say.

This is another one of my paintings that will be available in my Open House Sale, Saturday November 13. Please let me know if you would like an invitation.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

3 Hachiya Persimmons - sold

Hachiya Persimmon Series, this painting is available and will be featured in the Open House Sale, Saturday November 13, 2010.

Please let me know if you would like an invitation.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 18 in :: 15.2 cm x 45.6 cm
framed $345.00 + shipping

Three Pomegranates - available

Pomegranate Series, this painting is available at the Columbia Art Gallery - 541-387-8877.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 18 in :: 15.2 cm x 45.6 cm
framed $345.00 + shipping

Pomegranate Leaning - sold

Another of the Pomegranate Series - I have one more pom painting I will be posting tomorrow, it is larger though. It is a 6x18 of 3 pomegranates.
This is another one of my paintings that will be available in my Open House Sale, Saturday November 13. Please let me know if you would like an invitation.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Pomegranate Up - sold

This is one of the pomegranates that I have been doing studies for. This pomegranate is straight up.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
$175.00 + shipping (framed)

Hachiya Persimmons - sold

Love painting persimmons, with the smooth shiny deep orange skin, and the neutral colored tops. This is another one of my paintings that will be available in my Open House Sale, Saturday November 13. Please let me know if you would like an invitation.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Persimmon - sold

This is another one of my paintings that will be available in my Open House Sale, Saturday November 13. Please let me know if you would like an invitation.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Red and Blue Bowls

I did this painting for an oil painting class, I taught on Tuesday. In the class we were talking about direction of light and shadows, and how to make a subject look like it is "in the light". It is a 3 hour long class once a week at the Columbia Center for the Arts.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Fall Pomegranates - sold

I just love painting pomegranates! They seem to say a lot, with their bumpy red/pink shapes and randomly torn tops.

8 x 10 in :: oil on panel :: framed :: $550.00 US

Studies for Larger Paintings - Pomegranate 2 - sold

This is a study for some larger paintings I'm planning to do with pomegranates as still life subjects. This is the same idea as yesterday - just a little more experimenting with shapes and colors.

Pom 2 :: 2.5 x 3.5 in :: oil on multimedia artboard :: $65.00 each :: shipping $5.00 in the US

Studies for Larger Paintings - Pomegranate 1 - sold

This is a study for some larger paintings I'm planning to do with pomegranates as still life subjects. I'm just checking out my color ideas and shape ideas, in a rough sketchy way.

Pom 1 :: 2.5 x 3.5 in :: oil on multimedia artboard :: $65.00 each :: shipping $5.00 in the US

The Red Knife and the Egg - sold

This painting is really about my really cool new red kitchen knife.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Stir Things Up - sold

A painter friend, Todd, (who is a professional illustrator in addition to being a fabulous painter) challenged me to paint 100 Eggs. Todd says he will paint 100 Eggs also. I will put Todd's blog address in my post, as soon as I see an egg painting from him.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Demitasse

My main interest in painting subjects is the challenge of capturing how light falls on objects. And this demitasse cup is white, so it is reflecting all of the colors around it.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Little Faces - Forrest

This is Forrest, he just turned 2 yesterday. If you would like to commission a "little faces" portrait, please email me for details, how to proceed. crehfeld01@gmail.com

nfs
Oil on panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton
4 in x 4 in :: 10.2 cm x 10.2 cm

Shiny Ladle

Something shiny to paint. Did I mention that I met the painter, Henry Stinson at our local art gallery, he has some very fun and exciting paintings on display there. Google him, he has quite a resume. He studied with Ron Lukas, who was a student of Sergei Bongart. I wish I had studied with Sergei Bongart. Anyway, I was inspired to paint something colorful and shiny. More to come.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 12 in :: 15.2 cm x 30.4 cm
unframed $175 + shipping
framed $245.00 + shipping

Live Model, Portrait Sessions

model with green hat

the knitter

We are lucky to have "portrait sessions" at our local art center, Columbia Center for the Arts. These are a couple of my paintings from the past couple of weeks. We have a live model available every Friday from 9am - 12 noon. It's great practice to paint from a live model. The model on the top, wanted us to try painting her green hat, the painting on the bottom, looks like her eyes are closed, she is actually knitting while posing for us.
Approx 6x6in

More Chairs - sold

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
framed $175.00 + shipping

Fire Hydrant with Shadows - sold

This is the painting from the Quick Draw, it was a fun painting day, the weather couldn't have been more perfect.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping

Quick Draw in Hood River - Sketch

The Quick Draw (it's really about painting, don't ask me why they call it Quick Draw) is tomorrow, and the location is downtown Hood River. I would love to paint some people at the coffee shop. So I was sketching them today at the coffee shop to see how it might go, and this is what I came up with in my sketchbook.

It is sponsored by Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River and Bellas Art Supplies.

Yellow Daisies in September - sold

I painted these this summer and forgot to post them online!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Colorful Chairs - sold

This painting is in the Plein Air 2010 show at the Columbia Center for the Arts. It sold the first night at the opening of the show, with lots of interest in more commissioned paintings of the "famous chairs" at Rasmussen Farm, in Hood River OR. Rasmussen Farm is up for sale, so "the chairs" may be no more! Lots of artists and photographers stop and make their interpretation of the chairs. I will be doing more chair paintings, in different sizes.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 18 in :: 15.2 cm x 45.6 cmOil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
framed $345.00 + shipping

Black Eyed Susan Flowers - sold

This one was fun to do. A group of us, plein air painters, went to Good News Gardening this morning, and painted (and sweated, it was hot!) the beautiful flowers and plants they sell there.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

The Beet Goes On - sold

Been a while since I posted, but I have been busy! Here is the finished painting that I was working on when Oregon Public Broadcasting, Art Beats film crew, Katrina Sarson; Producer, audio tech Randy Layton, and videographer Greg Bond, came out to my studio to do some filming for the program. That was a fun thing to do. They are so professional... you can tell they have lots of years of experience working with many different kinds of artists.
http://www.facebook.com/OregonArtBeat

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

The Farm Bed and Breakfast - sold

I went to the Troutlake Art Festival and painted this yellow farmhouse, "en plein air". They have this art festival every year, I was one of the invited artists to paint on site.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Vine Tomatoes - sold

Summer tomatoes, fresh off the vine. Today is Gorge Grown Farmer's Market day, and I am on my way to check out what veggies they have that are the most paintable! They think I eat those vegetables I buy. Ok, I do eat most of them. Next week OPB is coming to my studio to do some filming for the Art Beats program, and I am probably going to take them to the farmer's market, to see my inspiration for summer veggies and fruit.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Red and Purple Radishes - sold

These radishes are from our fabulous Gorge Grown Farmer's Market.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Blaney's Fava Beans

My painter friend, Blaney has a spot at the farmer's market, where she sells locally grown vegetables. I had never SEEN a fava bean, much less eaten one! Blaney told me they were great, (and they looked interesting to paint) so I got some. They are good to eat, and good to paint. The background color is sort of blue-gray laverdery, I thought it looked good with the fresh spring green of the beans. I don't know if the photo accurately captures this color.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

This painting is available in my eBay Store:
http://stores.ebay.com/CATHLEEN-REHFELD.

Surfer in 10 Speed Coffee Shop - sold

The light in this coffee shop is so interesting, coming in the windows, and backlighting the people. This guy looked interesting. As I mentioned in the post yesterday - I like paintings subjects that have alot of light/dark contrast, and this place definitely has light blasting in from the windows. Oh yeah, and 10 Speed has GREAT coffee!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Born To Be Wild - sold

This was a fun one! I like my new format.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 18 in :: 15.2 cm x 45.6 cm

Pink Hydrangeas - sold

Another new format, for me.
10in x 20in
oil on panel

The Little White House in the Orchard - sold

This is a different format, 6 inches x 18 inches. The painting is based on an older painting, 6x6 of the little white house.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 18 in :: 15.2 cm x 45.6 cm

3 Pea Pods - sold

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé

6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Fiestaware Bowls - sold

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé

6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Yellow Daisy - sold

It feels like summer is really here!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé

6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

unframed $100 + shipping

Half Full - sold

 The emotional content of still life paintings. The cup could be half full or half empty.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping

Chicken Culture - sold

So many people I know - now have chickens! So many varieties, I had no idea. This cute guy is a more familiar variety. It's a chicken culture here. And then, it's all about the chicken coop. The portable coop, the coop with laying area, nesting, sleeping... fascinating!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed $100 + shipping
framed $165.00 or $175.00 depending on the frame + shipping