Chicken Friends

6" x6" | oil on archival panel

We are just chicken friends. I just love these guys.

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Little Green Teapot

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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Through Glass

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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Vintage Blue Pottery

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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On The Road to Bend Oregon

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Road Trip! Painted from a photo when we visited Bend in the Summer.

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Put it on the schedule - Four Artists Holiday Studio Sale!
One Day Only! Saturday Dec 13 from 12 noon to 7pm

Studio is located in Hood River, OR

I will have lots of work for sale! All sizes, large and small!

Western Skies

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I do love western skies...

I am having a Holiday Studio Sale next week, (see photo below) and just fair notice, I will be putting EVERYTHING into this one day sale. So if there is a painting on the Daily Paintworks website, that you think you might want... and you are not coming to the Holiday Sale... you might want to purchase it online this week. I will start marking paintings as "unavailable" on Friday. The Sale is on Saturday Dec 13. If it doesn't sell at our Holiday Studio Sale, I will be making them available again on DPW website on Sunday Dec 14 after the Holiday Sale.

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Put it on the schedule - Four Artists Holiday Studio Sale!
Saturday Dec 13 from 12 noon to 7pm

Studio is located in Hood River, OR

I will have lots of work for sale! All sizes, large and small!

One Persimmon

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

This is painted on a dark gray background.

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AND put it on the schedule - Four Artists Holiday Studio Sale in one week!
Saturday Dec 13 from 12 noon to 7pm

Studio is located in Hood River, OR

I will have lots of work for sale ! All sizes, large and small!

Know What I'm Sayin'?

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

My husband thought up this title. I kinda like it.

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Traditional Persimmons

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Some traditional looking persimmons for Thanksgiving...
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Translucent Leaves of the Persimmon

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I'm experimenting again! This time it's curiosity about painting translucent leaves... and a slightly bluer background.

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At It Again

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​The persimmons are at it again! These persimmons are from a private farm in Mosier Oregon. They have a slightly different look, and one of them came with leaves! bonus.
I am having a blast experimenting with new tools. New brushes from Rosemary Brushes, Ivory Flats with Rounded Edges. And a Kemper tool, that scrapes paint away beautifully.

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Meditative Composition

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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Blue Bowl and Persimmon

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I'm into experimenting with different compositions... can you tell?

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Kissing Persimmons

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I couldn't help it, they just wanted to. Don't they know they are breaking rules of composition?

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Vintage Green Glass and Persimmons

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I just love this small green vintage glass, it has a nice green glow about it, I have wanted to paint it forever. Today it seemed the perfect combination with the orange persimmons in season now.

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Persimmons and Blue Bowl

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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My Mother's Copper Pot

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

This copper pot has sentimental value, it belonged to my mother. I have never painted copper before, so, like many of my small 6"x6" paintings, it was an experiment. I liked doing it! One of the things I liked about it, was composing the still life, I have always liked putting turquoise and orange objects together, one of my favorite color combinations.
This painting is part of the weekly painting challenge on Daily Paintworks, the challenge this week is copper.

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Light Peeks Through

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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Sunny Day River Rocks Reflection

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

A study for larger paintings of creeks and rivers...

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Persimmons and Lemons

6" x 6" | oil on archival panel

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My Mother's Silver

5"w x 7" h | oil on archival panel

br> I was very curious to try painting silverware, something that is almost colorless... almost a tonal study, this is one of my experiments, to see how it works out. I want to paint more... I always liked the John Singer Sargent paintings of a table setting with silver...

This was my mother's silverware... young women were "picking their silver patterns" in the 50s, these were her choice... a time of hopes and dreams maybe...

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Shoe Fiend! # 7 Summer Sandals

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Seven days of shoes! This is Shoe Fiend! # 7 Summer Sandals, the last one of this series. I hope you have enjoyed the shoes as much as I enjoyed painting them.
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One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... Here is a photo of the whole series...they look good all together...

I am headed off to Portland, the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery Fall Show, (click this link to go to their Facebook page) Friday Oct 24 from 5-8pm downtown. I have 2 pieces of work in this show. Hope to see you there!

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Shoe Fiend! #6 Purple Booties

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

This is Shoe Fiend! #6, "Purple Booties". A friend offered me the opportunity to paint these beautiful booties. One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... ; )

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Shoe Fiend! #5, Purple and Yellow

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​This is Shoe Fiend! #5, "Purple and Yellow". This one is about kind of crazy brushstrokes and complementary colors, purple and yellow. It might be my favorite one... I'm not sure. What's your favorite one, so far? Two more to go...

One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... ; )

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Yippee! Another painting sent off to a happy customer. To see more of my work, go to my page on http://www.dailypaintworks.com
Pictured: “Cherry Tree in the Columbia Gorge, oil, 6”x6” by Cathleen Rehfeld
Off to the post office!

I ship all my painting via Priority Mail Flat Rate, in a little 6"x6" Origami Envelope, and a thank you card!

Shoe Fiend! #4 Fluevogs

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

What is a Fluevog? It's any shoe designed by John Fluevog, a Canadian shoe designer. They are artsy to say the least, very well designed and constructed. For day number 4, here is a pair of Fluevog shoes...

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Shoe Fiend! #3 Elegant - sold

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​I forgot to post this on painting for Monday! My only excuse is that we went kayaking on Sunday... Very distracting... ; )

This is Shoe Fiend! #3, "Elegant". One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... ; )

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kayaking on the Little White Salmon River

Shoe Fiend! #2 Red Shoes

I am offering a series of 7 shoe paintings - This is Shoe Fiend! #2, One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... ; )

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Shoe Fiend! #1 - Toms

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I am offering a series of 7 shoe paintings - Shoe Fiend! for the next 7 days. One pair of shoes a day... you can purchase one painting or the whole set! Do you own a shoe store, or know someone who does? They would look awesome framed in a shoe store! or a present for yourself... or your favorite shoe fiend... ; )

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Lemons In A Bowl

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​I use my daily paintings to try out lots of ideas. I'm trying out some things...some new brushes...the Rosemary and Co. Mongoose brushes. They have a subtle, different effect on my brushstrokes. And I'm experimenting with creating some different grays in my still life paintings.

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Plums and Asian Bowl

5"x7" | oil on archival panel

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The Syncline

8"x8" | oil on archival panel

​A painting of "The Syncline", in Plein Air! painted from the Oregon side of the Columbia River. "The Syncline" is a prominent geological feature in the Columbia Gorge.

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Plums and Greens

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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Harvest Plums

Harvest Plums | 6"x6" | oil on archival Ray Mar panel

​Our Plum Tree has a "plumsplosion"! They are beautiful to paint...
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Columbia River At Twilight

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Main and Park Street, Portland OR

8" x 8" | oil on archival linen panel

I'm painting just down the street from the Portland Art Museum, for the PAM Plein Air Event... the event was two weeks ago, this is one of the paintings from the art show we had at the museum.

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Klickitat River

6"x6" | oil on archival linen panel

My husband and I have been kayaking a lot recently on the local rivers, and I have been getting lots of inspiration from our adventures. The perspective from the boat is a great "point of view" too.

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Colors of Hawaii

6" x6" | oil on archival panel

This is the first in a series, of the Colors of Hawaii.

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Morning In The Vineyard

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​I spent the morning in the Mt Hood Vineyard painting. The views are spectacular.

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"Paris In The Park Blocks" Rose

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

​All of these paintings "Paris In The Park Blocks" were painted this past weekend at the Portland Art Museum, a very fun event. 40 invited artists all painting on the museum grounds for the weekend.

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"Paris In The Park Blocks" Portland Art Museum Rose Garden

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

"Paris In The Park Blocks" at the Portland Art Museum all weekend was very fun! All 40 of us invited artists were out there painting in the park all day Saturday, then on Sunday was the viewing and sale of all of the work produced on the Museum Grounds.

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Cherry Tree In The Columbia Gorge

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Just painted - early this morning! In the orchard, in the Columbia Gorge.

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I'm going to be painting in the Portland Art Museum Plein Air Event at the Portland Art Museum Park Blocks this weekend! All artwork is for sale on Sunday! Come check it out...

So looking forward to this!

Early Morning Farm Road

5" x 7" | Early Morning Farm Road

​It is so idyllic, the road is just everything you could want in a Pacific Northwest farm road. Distance, fir trees, sun, long shadows...

5x7 size called out to me for this one.

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Early Morning Farm Barn

10" x 5 " on shellacked bee paper

This is Rasmussen Farms in Hood River OR. An early morning study in black and white oil paint for a future painting in color...

The black and white study really shows the brushwork!

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