Spring 2018

Getting back outside to paint again

 

Rhody Tuesday 9" x 12" oil on board

Swollen Clackamas 12" x 16" oil on board

Old Papermill Oregon City 16" x 12" oil on board

 

Mill complex 10.25" x 19.25" oil on birch panel.

Pioneer Church 14" x 11" oil on board.

Chinook Landing 12" x 16" oil on board.

And so begins the Lake Oswego Plein Air Festival. These are in order of painting.

Outside Honore' 9" x 12" oil on board.

Rogers Historic 11" x 14" oil on board.

Rogers View 12" x 16" oil on board.

Luscher Tractor 11" x 14" oil on board.

 Millenium Shadows 18" x 24" oil on canvas.

Summer's End 2017

 Had to break out the old french easel for this 22x28 canvas.

Keeping the sun off me but not the canvas

Had to lighten up all the color once I got some shade.

Worms eye view. Much

 better umbrella situation. I borrowed this Shadebuddy
from Tim Young. I have
since bought one of my own.

Way too much sun here.

Sauvie Large 22" x 28" oil on canvas.

Lavender Festival

Lavender Festival

Joining other plein air artists in a paint-out.

Wayward 2 11" x 14" oil on board

Wind Barn framed

Lavender Aisles 10" x 8" oil on board

Mountainside Rows 12" x 16" oil on board

Repurposed 11" x 14" oil on board

Bloomers 10" x 10" oil on board. Framed for upcoming show.

Eagle Creek 16" x 20" oil on board

Experimenting

Wild Beach 11" x 14" oil on canvas

  

Mary Young Cloudscape 16" x 10" oil on wood panel

Light Breaks on Smith Rocks 12" x 12" oil on panel

Vert Beach  18" x 14" oil on wood panel

 

Yaquina Tree 26" x 22" oil on canva

Smith Sunup 16" x 12" oil on wood panel

2017 Adventures in Fine Art

Snowbound in the studio for a week it was a great time to rework a painting from 2014 that never felt real. I was trying too hard to stylize my brushwork and it ended up looking cartoony. Now that I have resurrected the painting I enjoy looking at it.

North end of Agate Beach 18" x 24" oil on canvas

This one started as a plein air study this summer but the bottom rose was just a red smear. I gave it some definition without over painting the piece.

Roseys 10" x 8" study oil on board

Finding images to paint from my travels. This one is from 1998 in Italy.

Verona Stairs 14" x 11" oil on board

This is where Margaret & I spent our honeymoon:

Krista's Hacienda 20" x 16" oil on wood panel

Depoe Bay 12" x 24" oil on wood panel

 

Maddox 10" x 16" oil on board 

Meldrum View 9" x 14" oil on board 

Painting with a group of plein air artists on Sauvie Island for a Memorial Day paint-out.  I really like painting with other artists like this.

Sauvie Oak 12" x 16" oil on board 

Clackamette Green 9" x 12" oil on board

Clackamette Trunks 11" x 14" oil on board

Meldrum Bank 14" x 11" oil on board

Garden Pots 11" x 14" oil on board

Ona Leaner 11" x 14" oil on canvasboard.

Incidental Portraits

I have done several portraits in the last year or so that capture candid moments.

Surf (Zack and his children) 8" x 10" oil on cradled panel

Jane and her Granddaughter 12" x 9" oil on board

Patrick 14" x 11" oil on board

M&M's wedding in France 10' x 8" oil on board

Walking Aspen 12" x 16" oil on wood panel

Reiki Day - Travis & Jeff 10" x 8' oil ob board

Suyana 4" x 4" oil on board
Christmas portrait

Mimi 7" x 5" oil on board
Christmas portrait.

My earlier more traditional portraits:

Marg Bandana 12" x 9" oil on board

Shay 11" x 8.5" oil on board

Aria 11" x 8.5" oil on board

Li'l Will 11" x 8.5" oil on board

Stella 12" x 9" oil on board

This is what started it all in 2013