Big Sky 1 - SOLD

I am working on a series of paintings that focus on the sky.

Oak Tree - SOLD

Red Bush - SOLD

Red Dahlias - SOLD

This painting was from the first day of our Plein Air 2008 paint out. A group of 30 painters painted at the Gorge White House in Hood River, OR. I have a link to the Plein Air Blog on my list of blogs, there are some good photos of artists painting outside.

Hood River Valley - SOLD

I was painting from Sakura Ridge Farm and Lodge, it's beautiful up there (sort of an understatement). I am participating in the Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2008, in Hood River. Here's a link to the blog, I am posting photos every day from the event. There are 30 artists who have been selected to participate this year.
http://pleinairhoodriver.blogspot.com

I don't know why the date doesn't show up for this painting at the top like all the rest of the posts.
8/28/08

Big M and M's - SOLD

M&M Candies, but bigger.

Orange Pepper - SOLD

Peppers are so challenging to paint!
6x6 :: oil on canvas

Portrait Model Session

The Art Center had it's Friday Portrait Session, with a live model posing for 3 hours.

This painting is available for purchase.
$95 + shipping
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Another Red Pepper - SOLD

Another red pepper, I'm changing colors tomorrow.
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Red Pepper - SOLD

I am working on a series of peppers... in all colors. I like the intense red.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Road Shadows -SOLD

Shadows are really fun to paint.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Melts in Your Mouth - SOLD

This was a commissioned piece, so I back dated it.
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Far Away Trees - SOLD

Little Farmhouse - SOLD

Tight Corner - SOLD

The trees around here are mostly firs, each one has it's unique shape.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Orange and Blue - SOLD

Sometimes I just pick things that are colors that I want to paint that day. I just wanted to paint complementary colors that day.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Going Somewhere - sold

This is a friend's dog, Belle, she really looks like she's having a blast in the back of that blue pickup.
6in x 6in canvas panel. Not for sale.

Sungold Tomatoes and Cherry - SOLD

More treasures from the Gorge Grown Farmer's Market in Hood River.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Chioggia Beet - SOLD

Once again the Farmers Market is my inspiration.
6in x 6in canvas panel

Dancing Cherries - SOLD

Cherries have relationships too.
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Heirloom Beet - SOLD

This beet is very interesting, the farmer at the Farmers Market told me that when you cut it open, it has alternating pink and white rings.
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Italian Plum and Bowl - SOLD

We are lucky to have an Italian Plum tree in our yard. It yields more plums than we can eat.

6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Summer Radishes - SOLD

I was looking around for something red to paint, and there they were. Bright reddish pinkish summer radishes in the farmers market. The shadows are always my favorite part.
6x6 inches :: oil on canvas

3 Bowls - SOLD

The colors and shapes of these bowls is what attracted me to them. I like the way that the shapes are uneven with the stacked bowls. I think they will be good in some other paintings too.

6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Portrait Session

This painting is from last Friday's 3 hour live model portrait session.

6x6 inches :: oil on linen

City Shadows - SOLD

I liked the way the shadow of the fire hydrant looked on the pavement.
6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Helen and Ted's Blueberries - SOLD

I went to Ted James Organic Blueberry Farm today, and got inspired by the abundance of farm life. Ted will have a blog up soon, so you can check out his farming philosophy and he is also a printmaker, so maybe he will talk about that too. I'll put a link on when he has it ready. And I took home some delicious berries. This painting was inspiring to me because I like the abstract silhouetted shape of the berries and leaves against a contrasting background.

6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Crossed Lines - SOLD

Just got back from a couple of days in Seattle, I was hoping to get some good cityscape reference photos while I was there, we will have to see what's on the camera.
I saw this house in my neighborhood, the house itself looked so much like a Tim Horn painting (the bright light on one side of the building) I just had to paint it.I also liked the way the telephone pole went off the canvas and the shapes that the crossed wires form.

6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Zen Boyfriend

At the Art Center today, we painted one of the actors in costume for a series of one act play/musicals Zen Boyfriend, My Butterfly and Junk. This was a 3 hour pose, with breaks for the model of course.

16 x 20 inches :: painted on linen

Looking East down the Columbia River Gorge - SOLD

Painting an epic scene like this one was really fun. This was painted from private property above the gorge, about 2000 feet elevation. You could probably spend the rest of your life just painting scenes from up there. The vegetation is kind of scrubby grasses, pines and patches of oak trees.
6x6 inches :: oil on canvas