#1091 Black and White Value Study "Glass Bowl and Pom"

3.5" x 4.5" | gouache on illustration board

A demo of gouache, small value study for my Tuesday Class.

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#1090 Black and White Value Study "Poms"

3.5" x 4.5" | gouache on illustration board

A demo of gouache, small value study for my Tuesday Class.

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#1089 Dancing In The Moonlight

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

I'm still loving Ultramarine Blue! I'm still loving Ultramarine Blue! It looks nice with Orange pigments...
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#1088 Petal Shadows

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Geranium flower from my garden.
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#1087 Geranium Glow

6"x6" | oil on gessoboard

I painted this one as a demo for my weekly oil painting class.
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#1086 Hops Flowers

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

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#1085 Desert Tree

8"x8" | oil on archival panel

​Painted "en plein air" during the 2017 Plein Air Event at Maryhill Museum. It is a little larger than my usual daily paintings, 8"x8". I'm starting the bidding at $100 just like my little 6"x6" paintings.
This is the first time it has been displayed to the public. I didn't enter this painting into the Plein Air Event in August.
I'm not sure what kind of tree this is... maybe a Locust Tree, they are very common in the Oregon and Washington desert. They have an incredibly rough bark.
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#1084 Columbia Gorge

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

A plein air class demo

#1083 Sunset In The Gorge

6"x6"  oil on gessoboard

A quick sunset sketch.
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#1082 Multnomah Falls

6"x6" | oil on gessoboard

​This is a small 6"x6" commissioned piece that I completed before the recent extensive forest fires. Multnomah Falls won't be this green again for a while.


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#1081 Columbia Gorge Fall Afternoon

6"x6" | oil on archival

Fall is a great time for Plein Air in the Columbia Gorge.
Day 30 #stradaeasel

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#1080 Hug Point Trees

5"w x 8" h | ink on paper

The coastal trees have a unique look.
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#1079 Summer Reading

5" w x 8" h | ink on paper

He was the perfect subject. An unseasonably hot day for the beach in the Pacific Northwest.
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#1078 Cannon Beach Tide Pools

5"x8" | pen and ink

During our trip to Cannon Beach, OR, I sketched Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach. I was using Staedtler pens 0.5 and 0.7 on multimedia paper. I was 3 stories up looking down on the beach. A beautiful day
Day 27 #stradaeasel

#1077 Waterfront

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard panel

Plein Air at the Hood River Waterfront. Columbia River looking at Underwood Mt.
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#1076 Clouds Across The River

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

A plein air painting from the Hood River Waterfront today, looking across the Columbia River, the border between Washington and Oregon. Lots of clouds today.
Day 23 #stradaeasel

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#1075 Fallen Petals

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard

Day 22 #stradaeasel



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#1074 Plein Air Oak Tree

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard

Day 21 #stradaeasel

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#1073 It's Complicated

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard

Day 20 #stradaeasel

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#1072 Joyful Roses

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard

Roses from the garden.
Day 19 #stradaeasel

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#1071 Garden Roses

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard panel

I picked these roses from the garden today.
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#1070 Plum Impression

6"x6" | oil on archival gessoboard

Here are some photos below of my process. It has been way too smoky from wildfires, where I live to be able to paint outside this September. The smoke is so thick it is actually harmful to breathe.
It's ok, because I'm bringing the outside in.

Day 17 #stradaeasel

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I sketched my composition on the board with a palette knife this time. 

My original inspiration, freshly clipped from the tree outside, and hung on the wall so I could get good shadows from the sun shining in the window on the right.

#1069 Plum Harvest

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Beautiful plums. Day 16 #stradaeasel

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#1068 Plum Perfect

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

We have an Italian Plum tree in our backyard, that gives us more plums than we can possibly eat!
Day 15 #stradaeasel

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#1067 Garden Rosebush

6"x6" | gouache on illustration board

I have painted this rosebush in front of my house several times with oil paints, so I wanted to give it a try with gouache (a matte water media) on archival illustration board. Gouache has a similiar look to oil paintings but has a very matte finish. I use a varnish especially for watermedia when it is dry.
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#1066 My Felco Red Clippers

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

My Garden Clippers! A present from my brother and his wife. I think of them every time I use them!
Day 13 #stradaeasel

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#1065 La Marzocco

5"x8" watercolor on paper

The Red La Marzocco, I love that machine!
On Site sketch with Ink Pen and Watercolor
Day 11 #stradaeasel

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#1064 Sunflowers on Teal

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Day 10 #stradaeasel

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#1063 Marker Study Of A Tree

Study Of A Tree | 4"x4" marker on paper

Just a quick marker study on paper of a tree for today.
Day 9 #stradaeasel

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#1062 Sunflowers

6"x6" | oil on archival panel

Day 8 #stradaeasel

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