Fall Evening - sold

Evening pink sky.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm

Fall Color - SOLD

The fall colors have been good here this year.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm
unframed
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Ok, so I have too been tagged by 2 artists, I didn't mean to be slow about it. It just seems that there are a BILLION things to be done in one day/week. Like paint... : )

The artists who tagged me are a talented architect/artist Elizabeth Floyd and Mike Rooney, who was just published in a new book about plein air painting, thank you, I appreciate very much being tagged.

The rules of being tagged are:
1. Link to person who tagged you
2. Mention the rules
3. List 6 or 7 unusual things about yourself or quirky but boring, unspectacular details about yourself
4. Tag 6 or 7 other bloggers at the end of your post and comment on their blogs to let them know they've been tagged

Here goes:
1. I love my ipod. I mostly listen to music, but also books.
2. My studio is very SMALL. People walk into it and say, wow this just proves you don't have to have a large studio to paint.
3. I am intrigued by marketing my artwork. I can't say that I know what I'm doing, but it is interesting.
4. I love my car too. It's a subaru outback, good for plein air painting and hauling paintings around. I hope subaru will make an outback hybrid or something like that in the future.
5. I have a dog.
6. I do yoga.

Tag 6 or 7 bloggers ( I don't know if these people have already been tagged) I guess if you have already been tagged, you just ignore the tag?
Irina Koslova, Daniel Garcia, Celeste Bergin, Darren Maurer, Jeff Mahorney, Donna Van Tuyl

Trees in the Columbia Gorge - sold

Rowena has some high cliffs that go about 1000 feet up. The vegetation is at the level of the Columbia River, and is a mixture of desert and forest.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm

3 Limes - sold

Marg time!

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

Poblano Pepper - SOLD

Time for some Chili Rellenos.

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

Massage Oil - SOLD

A pretty little bottle of Massage Oil with the light shining through the oil.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.3 cm x 15.3 cm

Chinese Jar and Persimmon - SOLD

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
8 in x 10 in :: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
unframed

One Persimmon - SOLD

I like to really discover a subject sometimes, just paint it several times until I feel like I know it very well. I might have to go to the store and get more persimmons to paint, these are getting a little mushy.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Oak with Hills Behind - sold

The color of the hills peeking through trees is a fascination of mine.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15 cm x 15 cm

2 Persimmons - SOLD

More persimmons, they are just too beautiful not to paint.

This framed painting is in the Small Works Show
December 5 - 29 at the Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 97031
541 387 8877

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Persimmon - sold

It seems like each season has interesting fruit for painting. Persimmons are a nice, fallish orange. On this painting, I was paying particular attention to forms and the relationship of the shadows and values. Really not so much color, the color just sort of happens, if you concentrate on values.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Yellow Pear

Working with shadows is one of my favorite challenges.

This framed painting is in the Small Works Show
December 5 - 29 at the Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 97031
541 387 8877
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Scream, Hawaiian Orchid, Start to Finish - sold

I didn't think up painting cosmetic still lifes, lots of people do them, but they are very fun to paint! And the names of the colors, you can't make names like that up!

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Ben

Working on a portrait for today. Ben is a pleasure to know. He's a very talented and creative young guy.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
8 in x 6 in :: 20.3 cm x 15.3 cm
unframed

Clouds in the Gorge - SOLD

Clouds in the Columbia River Gorge.

This framed painting is in the Small Works Show
December 5 - 29 at the Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 97031
541 387 8877

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

One Little Apple - sold

This is a crabapple. I liked the leaves and the shadow on this one.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Little CrabApples - sold

These apples are from a friend's tree. I think that's the only way you get the leaves with the apples. They are some really small variety of apple. They were a challenge to paint, because the red is so deep, it's almost wine colored.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
This framed painting is available in the Small Works Show
December 4 - 29 at the Art on the Boulevard Gallery, 210 W Evergreen Blvd # 300
Vancouver, WA 98660
360 750-4499

A Pear - sold

I'm still working with the idea of keeping the the lights in the light and the darks in the dark on this one.

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Colorful Oaks - SOLD

Having fun experimenting with colors and shadows on local landscape forms.

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

Red Pears - SOLD

These red pears seem to be in season now, they are in all the grocery stores. Hood River Valley is a significant pear producing region.

This framed painting is in the Small Works Show
December 5 - 29 at the Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR 97031
541 387 8877
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15.2 cm x 15.2 cm

Two Pears - SOLD

This painting is a demo from a class that I taught today. I liked the way it turned out, with the minimum of brush strokes to define the form. I was trying to count the brushstrokes, a max of 20 brushstrokes per form.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
unframed

Friday Model Session

This was a 3 hour painting session with a live model.Trying to stay with neutral colors for this one.

This painting is available for purchase.
$100 + shipping

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
8 in x 10 in :: 20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
unframed

Fall Gourds - sold

Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15 cm x 15 cm

3 Carrots

Fall is here, lots of autumn colors.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15 cm x 15 cm

Small Oaks - SOLD

I have been experimenting with different brushes and colors for trees and sky. Today I used Napthol Red instead of Cadmium Red in this painting. I have heard that the Napthol Red doesn't gray down like the Cadmium Red. So that's what I used today. I think I like it. It makes a very nice muted purple too. The Langnickel Royal Sable brushes really do seem to do a better job on the trees and sky for me.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6 in x 6 in :: 15 cm x 15 cm

Hood River Valley Tree - SOLD

I like trying to find the right sky holes to paint.
6 x 6 inches :: oil on panel

Her Tail Was Switching - not for sale

If her tail is switching, don't mess with her.

5x7 inches :: oil on canvas

The Garden Shed - SOLD

This is a little garden shed where our group painted today.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
5 in x 7 in :: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm

Pomegranate - sold

Pomegranates are uniquely intensely pinkish red. It is a challenge to capture that red.

6x6 inches :: oil on canvas

Harmony of Three - SOLD

Three apples, three colors (red yellow and blue), musical tones, there is supposedly some sort of psychophysical theory about harmonies of threes. Probably someone out there knows more about this than me.
Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé
6x6 inches :: oil on canvas