Friendly Skies

8x16

oil on canvas panel

The trees on the left are what initially attracted me to this scene, but as I got immersed in it, the clouds and the subtle change of blue in the sky started grabbing my attention. Since finishing it this morning, I've been thinking about warm weather...

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More Portraits

More portraits I've painted lately, of Glenn, Laura and Judy. Painting portraits helps improve my "eye," and I enjoy it for itself.

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Solitude - SOLD

11x14

oil on canvas

I live in the middle of mountains and evergreen, but less than an hour east of me are rolling hills and high prairie. I love the feeling of smallness that comes over me as the sky opens up and the horizon expands. This painting reminds me of that feeling.

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Foothills Majesty

8x16

oil on canvas panel

Isolated from the surrounding terrain, these look like mountains, but their actually part of the foothills that surround the Hood River Valley. I love them in all their phases-- green, brown, snowy, cloudy or clear.

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Sapling

14x18

oil on canvas

This is from the same area as the previous post. I really like the atmosphere of the mountains when it's overcast, and the sapling appealed to me, with its last vestiges of autumn still clinging to its branches.

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Harmony

11x14

oil on canvas

The tone of this painting is a bit somber, although with a few high notes in it. In fact, that mood is what inspired the title. Just as I sometimes enjoy listening to a heavy, mournful piece of orchestral music, I find a melancholic beauty in a gray, overcast day.

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