Eye Of The Beholder

9x12

oil 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

9x12

oil 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

12x16

oil 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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Autumnal Intersection

5x7

oil 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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Meadow Dance

8x10

oil on panel

This was painted at the Conboy Refuge near Goldendale, Washington. I was intrigued by the tree line-up.

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Sovereign

11x14

oil 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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To The Point

8x16

oil 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

6x6

oil on panel

I am endlessly inspired by the Columbia River gorge. In all its moods, it is lovely.

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Outflanked

6x12 oil on canvas board

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Soft Spoken - SOLD and Soft Spoken II

8x10

oil on canvas board

6x8

oil on canvas board

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Northwest Forty

6x8

oil on canvas

Early September. In the evening, the shadowed hills contrast beautifully with shorn fields.

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First Impression

5x7

oil 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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Horsethief Revue - SOLD

8x16

oil 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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On The Vine

5x7

oil on panel

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Encore - SOLD

9x12

oil 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

6x12

oil 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

5x7

oil 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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