20x24oil on canvas
I used a photograph and a previous plein air painting as references for this studio painting. It is the largest I've painted, so far, and I really enjoyed doing it.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tactical Manuevers
20x24I used a photograph and a previous plein air painting as references for this studio painting. It is the largest I've painted, so far, and I really enjoyed doing it.
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Shoulder Season
11x14oil on panel
I love the hills of the eastern gorge. This is looking south, along the line of the Deschutes River.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Eye Of The Beholder
9x12oil on canvas
Beauty is everywhere in the Columbia Gorge; there's no need to go looking for inspiration. The best thing to do is settle on a location, set up, and paint what's in front of you. (I do confess, though, to particular affinity for cliffs... as any reader of this blog knows!)
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Forever Frontage
9x12oil on panel
Every time I look out over these hills, I feel an emotional tug of westward yearning. I imagine a similar feeling was felt by early explorers and settlers of our nation.
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Portrait - Doug
12x16oil on canvas
I painted most of this while holding my 3-month-old son in a front carrier. It's not as developed as some of my other portraits, but I think it has a fresher quality to it-- I didn't have time to mess it up!
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Autumnal Intersection
5x7oil on panel
This was done on a day in which my daughter was in preschool, my son was at my sister-in-law's house, and I had time carved out to go paint. And it's snowing. Yucky, wet, drizzly snow. So I turned my car around, popped the back window, crawled into back, set up my easel and painted. This mist was moving in as I painted, and the hillsides and cliffs were about as visible as I've represented them. Interestingly, there were lots of dogs and their owners out, meandering the paths, in spite of the weather.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Meadow Dance
8x10oil on panel
This was painted at the Conboy Refuge near Goldendale, Washington. I was intrigued by the tree line-up.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sovereign
11x14oil on panel
I dearly love painting cliffs, and these particular ones keep inviting me to paint them, so I do! This was done late September.
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Monday, November 9, 2009
To The Point
8x16oil on canvas board
I've painted at this location several times, but mostly have focused on the nearer, Washington side, cliffs. This is looking eastward, down the Oregon side of the gorge.
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Peaceful, Easy Feeling
6x6oil on panel
I am endlessly inspired by the Columbia River gorge. In all its moods, it is lovely.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Northwest Forty
6x8oil on canvas
Early September. In the evening, the shadowed hills contrast beautifully with shorn fields.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
First Impression
5x7oil on panel
This was painted with a paper towel. No joke! My son was just under a month old, and my husband volunteered to come along one overcast evening, and take care of him and our daughter while I painted. We packed up (anyone with kids knows what it takes to plan an outing with little ones), drove through the woods and over the river, and found this lovely view. My husband got set up in the back of the car with the children, while I set up my easel in preparation for painting. Then I realized I'd forgotten my brushes. I was dismayed, as was my husband. I jokingly said maybe I could finger-paint, to which he responded why not, it would be better than nothing. I plunged in and it quickly morphed into paper towel-painting, and this is the result.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Horsethief Revue - SOLD
8x16oil on canvas board
More cliffs... can't get enough! This piece sold at the 2009 NW Plein Air Show, held at Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Encore - SOLD
9x12oil on canvas
One of my favorite scenes to paint. I love the close-up cliffs against the river and the distant hills. This was part of the 2009 NW Plein Air Show at Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, Oregon.
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Edge Of The Wild
6x12oil on canvas board
This ended up being more of a study, since the light was disappearing fast. I'd like to get back over to this area again, sometime, to do a more developed piece.
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Natural Design
5x7oil on panel
My son was born August 10, and I painted this August 20. It was the first time I'd gone out painting after his birth, and the scene was chosen based on where I could park and stand next to the car to paint. He was an excellent assistant-- he slept right through!
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Two-faced - SOLD
5x7oil on canvas board
This was my first August painting, and was a part of the 2009 NW Plein Air Show at the Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River, OR, in September. A friend first challenged to paint these cliffs as a quick study, and I have since painted them several times, which you will see in upcoming posts. I haven't tired of them and I hope you won't, either.
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Chicken Charlie's
9x12oil on canvas board
This island is difficult to catch in the right light-- I had to go later in the morning than usual to get some contrasting shadows. I only painted the east end of the island. I have no idea why it is called "Chicken Charlie's." One of the mysteries, along with Plog Hill and Button Bridge, that I have yet to plumb.
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Evening Soliloquy
6x8oil on canvas board
Looking west along the Columbia River. I'm fascinated by the cut-out shapes the hills make when the sun is setting.
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Flower Farm
5x7oil on canvas board
Painted at a local winery/berry & flower farm. I photographed the painting after it had been varnished, so it's a little fuzzy (as was "Tranquility").
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Tranquility
5x7oil on canvas
Looking east from the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. I never, never get tired of looking at the beautiful area in which I live. It can make for dangerous driving...
Monday, October 26, 2009
Lavender Profusion
8x10oil on canvas board
A view of Mt. Hood from a local lavender farm. I really liked the dark shadow line of the trees, hemming in the blanket of lavender.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Serenity - SOLD
5x7oil on canvas
This was painted at the same location as "Water Way," just looking the other direction.
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Water Way
8x10
oil on panel
Another June one. I remember being attracted to the tree crevices lying in shadow. It was a beautiful morning.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Selah - SOLD
8x16oil on canvas board
A June painting. We always seem to be driving east at this time of day, and I'm always looking in my rear-view mirror (or turning my head, which is not terribly safe...) to see the beautiful view behind me. I finally made it happen to get out at sunset and paint looking west. The title comes from the "amen" feeling this view gives me.
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Distance
8x10oil on panel
Another June painting. The day was so windy we had to weight out easels with bags of rocks. It's the price you pay...
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Mt. Hood Classic
8x10oil on panel
The beautiful view of Mt. Hood from a Husum winery. It would be hard to run out of inspiration in the Columbia Gorge.
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Mayer Cliffs
9x12oil on canvas board
This is from June 2009. I am finally getting back to my blog, now that my son is 2 months old, so I will be catching up!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Glacier Highway
8x10oil on panel
This was done at about 7am one very windy, cold morning, from the back of my car. I sat on the tailgate, with the hatch popped open, and painted as fast as I could!
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Jewel Tones
5x7oil on canvas board
The sun was breaking through the mist and hitting the front of this cabin. I liked the contrast of the sharp edges on the cabin in relation to the mountain behind which was still shrouded in cloud cover.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Garden Sunshine
6x8oil on canvas board
Unfortunately, this isn't from MY garden, but another painting done at the local garden center, bless them.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Five Pots & A Plant
8x10oil on canvas board
I had a really pleasant experience painting this group of pots at a local garden center. I sat on a bench in the shade, eating my lunch as I painted. I managed to keep my brush out of my mouth...
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The Other Side II
11x14oil on canvas
I continue to be challenged by this particular scene, looking across to the Washington side of the Gorge. One of these days I'll nail it!
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
No Boundaries - SOLD
11x14oil on canvas
I usually do plein air paintings in the early morning, but this day had been unable to accomplish much of anything (three-year-olds need a lot of attention). My husband graciously agreed to keep our daughter with him that evening so I could go out and paint. I drove around for a bit and settled on this view. The residents pay for it by tolerating the strong winds (first time I've ever had my easel actually start to tip on level ground), but I imagine they find it worth it!
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Farmlet - SOLD
6x12oil on canvas board
Newly-mown fields gave this setting such a perfect, bucolic appearance.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Shades of the Gorge
10x8oil on canvas board
Another cloudy, early morning, this time looking west. I never tire of looking at the receding hills, whether in the Columbia Gorge or up the Hood River Valley.
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Morning Kiss
8x10oil on canvas board
As I was finishing "Mountain Mist," below, the sky was starting to clear to the east, so I turned and painted that view, as well.
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Mountain Mist
8x6oil on canvas
I had to be in Glenwood, WA for business one morning at 9am, so took my painting gear along and stopped by the side of the road to paint. It was incredibly overcast and foggy; my goal was to capture that atmosphere.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Twin Tunnel Cliff
8x6oil on canvas
Cliffs continue to challenge and inspire me, although I confess I painted this at the behest of a friend who wasn't finished with his painting and didn't want me to leave the location yet! It really was intended to be a "study" more than a finished painting, but I liked it enough to frame it. I guess it proves the "less is more" axiom.
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Morning Soliloquy - SOLD
12x6oil on canvas board
I am not a morning person, but have discovered the joys of a 5:15 am alarm. The twittering birds, the sparkling air, the crisp atmosphere. It's a wonderful, encompassing feeling of being fully alive. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cloud Cap - SOLD
10x8oil on canvas board
This is another from the Conboy Refuge area. Several of us in the group painted the same scene, and it was interesting to see the differing interpretations.
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Gray Day - SOLD
16x8oil on canvas board
This is from a few weeks ago, done at the Conboy Refuge in Glenwood, WA. I've been crazy-busy with painting lately, and am just starting to catch up on my blogging. I love to play under clear skies, but prefer to paint cloudy ones!
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