Cathleen Rehfeld

Working with shadows is one of my favorite challenges. This framed painting is in the Small Works Show December 5 - 29 at the Columbia Cente...

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, yo...

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 Ma...

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, Hoo...

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 i...

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 va...

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...

Having fun experimenting with colors and shadows on local landscape forms. Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé...

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...

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 for...

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 purch...

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

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

I have been experimenting with different brushes and colors for trees and sky. Today I used Napthol Red instead of Cadmium Red in this paint...

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

If her tail is switching, don't mess with her. 5x7 inches :: oil on canvas

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 ::...

Pomegranates are uniquely intensely pinkish red. It is a challenge to capture that red. 6x6 inches :: oil on canvas

Three apples, three colors (red yellow and blue), musical tones, there is supposedly some sort of psychophysical theory about harmonies of t...

$100 + shipping 6x6 inches :: oil on canvas

Goldendale Washington is beautiful in a big sky, desert kind of way. Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé 6 in ...

More of the landscape series from around the Columbia Gorge. Oil on canvas panel - Öl auf Malplatte - huile sur carton entoilé 6 in x 6 i...

I like the challenge of trying to make the lemons look transparent, and to get the shadows light enough to look like a little light is comin...

The tree overlooks the Columbia River. This painting is of the view from The Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, Washington. A group of 30 of us ...

This is another commissioned piece. The commissioned pieces have been a lot of fun to create. There are a lot of different kinds of trees in...

$100 + $10 shipping 6x6inches :: oil on canvas

Belated posting. 6x6 inches :: oil on panel

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