Painting, painting, painting-- Really!

Well, I have actually completed two large paintings and several small ones since I last posted, but am unable to upload photos of them as my camera battery has died and I have lost/misplaced the extra battery and charger (Sony! argh).

So, instead, here is a photo of a painting I helped install in a collector's home last weekend.  My camera was set on landscape, so it's a bit blurry and dark (this should not come as a surprise to anyone who's been following me for very long-- I'm notoriously scattered), but you get the idea.

what to paint... thinking...

I went out plein air painting this morning and it was disastrous.  I'm glad no one else was there to see!  So I'm now back in my studio contemplating what to paint.  I need to reassure myself that I still know how!  thinking, thinking...

painting, painting, painting

This painting just came off my easel.  I started it before the open studios tour and have worked on it here and there since then-- it's fought back. :)  I'm pretty pleased with the final result, though.
 

untitled, 30x40 inches, oil on canvas

Whispers on the Water will be at the Columbia Art Gallery this month.

Whispers on the Water, 12x36 inches, oil on canvas

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Open Studio! May 14 & 15

Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour this weekend-- 10-5p, Saturday & Sunday.  I've got walls full of new work that haven't hit the galleries yet-- come and be the first to see!  Here's one of them:

Whispers on the Water

12x36 inches, oil on canvas

Hope to see you here!


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My New Book!

I actually have been painting lately, just not posting.  One of the projects I've been working on that's now complete is My New Book!
Please check it out-- and leave a comment while you're there!

I'll have copies available at the upcoming Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour, May 14th & 15th, or you can order online.  Thanks for looking!

Underneath a Painted Sky - SOLD & Until Tomorrow - SOLD

 18x24

oil on canvas

18x24 

oil on canvas

I am on a sunset/evening light kick right now, with no sign of stopping!

Both of these paintings are currently at The Pines in Hood River, Oregon, as part of the preview show for the Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour, in which I will be participating.  The preview show will run through the month of April and the tour is May 14 & 15-- hope to see you at my studio!

A time-lapse of the painting progress for "Until Tomorrow" can be viewed here: 
timelapse video

Another Painting Truism

It's not smart to place your coffee cup right next to your jar of medium...

(and the first, in case you didn't see it or forgot):

When painting and at the same time dealing with a cold, it's important to remember which hand is holding the kleenex and which has the painty paper towel...