Luscious Apple - sold

It's been a while since I have painted an apple. Just wanted to paint this beautiful apple that came from one of our local farms.
In painting this one, I really enjoyed leaving a little background showing through, and doing my best to make this apple glow.

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Sunny Morning at Ground Coffee Shop

Ground Coffee Shop :: 6"x6" :: oil on archival panel :: unframed

Plein Air Painting in downtown Hood River, Oregon. This place is an institution in Hood River. It's been a coffee shop of some sort forever I think. A few remodels and owners later, it's now known as "Ground Coffee Shop". It's a complex scene, so I did a sketch with pen and ink before I did the painting. The car moved just when I got out the paints!

Pen and Ink Sketch :: print included

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Alive with Pink! - not available

Painting in a Gardening Store in Hood River, OR. Beautiful Rhododendrons. I'm not sure, but I think this rhododendron is called Marie Forte. It was a spectacular day to paint at Good News Gardening this morning, with the other plein air painters. Not too much wind this morning, and beautifully sunny.

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Exuberance - sold

These flowers yelled at me exuberantly in the store, "buy me! paint me!" so I had to… Happy Mother's Day to all mothers in the universe.

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Looking Down on the Columbia River - not available

8in x 8in :: Looking Down on the Columbia River :: oil on archival panel

A little larger daily painting - 8 inches x 8 inches. This scene is from a friend's property on Burdoin Mt, looking down the Columbia River to the East.

Apples

Apples :: 6"x6" :: oil on archival panel

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Retro Cups

Retro Cups :: 6"x6" :: oil on panel

The green glass is from a cool little retro/vintage store in the Pearl District in Portland, OR called Porch Light. I have found several great little things to paint in this store. I really love painting translucent objects too.

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Phoebe - sold

This is a commission for a pet portrait, a donation to the Columbia Gorge Cat Rescue organization here in Hood River, Oregon. Phoebe is a wonderful subject to paint!

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/gorgecat.html

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Red and Green - sold

My favorite new color combination! Red and green… I'm actually wearing red and green often too, I love it so much for Spring. All shades of reds and all shades of greens. Pink counts as a red too.
This painting is already sold, it is a commission (yay! love commissions!), I had to post it because of the reds and greens.

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Mt Hood, very large and very small...

Mt Hood :: 6in x6in :: oil on panel

I have been working in extreme sizes of paintings lately and loving it! This 6in x6in painting is a commission, for a friend.

Mt Hood :: 4ft x 4ft :: oil on panel

This large 4ft x 4ft painting is a finished commissioned painting for the new Kaiser Medical Building in Portland, OR. Going from large to small and back and forth is really a blast! : )

Mt Hood - sold

8"x8" oil on raymar archival panel

It seemed like I had a lot of people come by the Studio Sale today! It was great, I was busy all day, people coming in, chatting, visiting, and buying paintings!

Don't miss out on checking out my new work! One of the paintings I have in my studio, will be in the new Kaiser medical building in Portland, OR. It is a painting of Mt Hood, 4ft x 4ft, just a little larger than my daily paintings!

The Gorge Artists Open Studio Sale - Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, 10am-5pm. I have small and large paintings for sale directly from my studio. All 23 artists who are on the tour, will have their studios open to the public on these days. You can buy a map (for $10) to all 23 Artist's Studios, just down the street from my studio - 10 Speed Coffeehouse on 13th Street in Hood River, Oregon. My studio is #6 on the map. Click here to see all of the locations where you can get a map: http://gorgeartistsopenstudios.blogspot.com

Oaks on the Columbia - sold

Oaks on the Columbia :: 6"x6" oil on ray mar archival panel - sold

This painting is for sale at my Studio Sale - Friday April 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15, 10am-5pm

The Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour starts TODAY! Friday April 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 from 10-5pm. I will have about 80 small paintings for sale directly from my studio, and over 100 paintings total from my studio for sale.

All 23 artists who are on the tour, will have their studios open to the public on these days. You can buy a map (for $10) to all 23 Artist's Studios, just down the street from my studio - 10 Speed Coffeehouse on 13th Street in Hood River, Oregon.

My studio is #6 on the map.
Click here to see all of the locations where you can get a map:
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Yolk on a Green Plate

Painting egg yolks is so fun. They are so shiny, and translucent...

The Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour starts this FRIDAY! wow, it's here already... April 13, 14 and 15 from 10-5pm. I will have lots of small paintings for sale directly from my studio!! All 23 artists who are on the tour, will have their studios open to the public on these days.
You can buy a map (for $10) to all 23 Artist's Studios, just down the street from my studio - 10 Speed Coffeehouse on 13th Street in Hood River, Oregon.
My studio is #6 on the map.
Click here to see all of the locations where you can get a map:
http://gorgeartistsopenstudios.blogspot.com

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This auction begins Tuesday, it is a 7 day auction.
This auction ends on Tuesday, April 17, 6pm PDT.

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Blues and Oranges - sold

Blues and Oranges :: 6" x 6" oil on panel :: unframed

This one was fun to paint. (ok they are all fun to paint) Complementary colors are fascinating to me. Pthalo Turquoise is one of my new favorite colors too.

The Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour is coming up soon... April 13, 14 and 15 from 10-5pm. I am on the Tour again this year! Artists will have their studios open for the public on these days. You can buy a map to all 23 Artist's Studios when you get to the Gorge, if you are from out of town. My studio is #6 on the map.
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Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge - sold

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

We live in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, and it is beautiful in Spring!

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Turquoise Pitcher - sold

One of the students in my oil painting class, brought this beautiful hand thrown pitcher for us to paint. I couldn't resist painting it for the demo. I hope she brings it back to the class in the future.

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Water

6"x6" :: oil on panel :: unframed

Here I am, breaking the rules AGAIN...don't put your subject right in the middle of your canvas... I don't know, I think it works. I like the glass in the middle. Perhaps it works because one of the centers of interest is the glow in the shadow off to the side.


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The Red Bowl - sold

6" x 6" :: oil on panel :: unframed

More explorations of color and composition.

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Pink Bowl and Green Fiesta Cup

6"x6" :: oil on panel :: unframed

Ok, I'm having fun with these new colors of objects and the challenge to paint them. I love this little (what color is it, pink? salmon? persimmon?) bowl, and all the color combinations that can be made with it. It is a sort of composition challenge before the painting is even started. I dropped the pinterest button, because people were telling me that they clicked on it and it didn't work. I hope blogger puts a pinterest button into the little gadget that has the other social media buttons in the group below, to make it easy for everyone. hello... google, are you listening? : D

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Composition of Color - sold

As part of my visual diary of painting idea, I really love experimenting with different color ideas on my small paintings. Today, I am experimenting with reds greens, teals and neutrals, in differing proportions.

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Red Green - sold

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Orange Slices on a Plate - sold

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

This painting was done as a demo for my Thursday class at the Art Center in Hood River, so it is a little more sketchy than most of my paintings.
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Pinks and Reds - sold

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Oak Trees On The Edge of the Desert

Oaks in the Desert :: 12in x 48in :: kiln dried birch cradled panel

I just love the variety of climate zones we have here in Oregon. To the East we have desert with Oaks and grasses, and to the West, we have waterfalls and a variety of Fir and Evergreen Trees. This painting is of the desert landscape with oaks in the foreground, one of my favorite subjects to paint. I painted this on kiln dried birch panel, with two coats of shellac. It's fun to look at in person, because I left some of the birch showing through the painting. You can view it if you are in the Hood River area, at the Columbia Gorge Family Medical Center.

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Freesia

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6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Northwest By Northwest Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

10"x10" A Little Port and a LIttle Wine :: Oil on Panel :: framed

8"x8" Three Wines : Oil on Panel :: framed

8"x8" Empty Bottle :: Oil on Panel :: framed

I am very excited to have these 3 paintings in the Northwest By Northwest Gallery, during the Savor Cannon Beach Wine and Culinary Festival in Cannon Beach, Oregon this weekend! The Festival is Mar 8-11. These paintings are larger than my normal "Daily Painting" size, they are 8"x 8" and 10" x 10", plus framing. They have been a kick to paint, I love the challenge of painting transparent glass objects.

If you are in the area, stop by and take a look!

Northwest By Northwest Gallery is located on 232 N. Spruce St., Cannon Beach Oregon.

Cannon Beach is one of the 100 Best Art Towns in America, and Northwest By Northwest is a beautiful gallery, with very friendly long-time owners, Joyce and Bob. If you would like to know more about these paintings or are interested in purchasing any of these 3 paintings call 800 494 0741.

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Terroir - sold

No this painting isn't about dogs (terriers) or terror (ism), it's about the region where wine is from...
: )

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Red Bowl - sold

6"x6" unframed :: oil on panel

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Two Green One Red - sold

Working with neutrals and color…

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Dream Breakfast - sold

I had a dream about this breakfast... the colors and everything.

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