Red Barn / 6×8 in / oil on linen /

I love driving around rural farm areas, especially on beautiful overcast or foggy days. Lately my son and I have “chased the fog” a few mornings – where we see where the fog is and where it ends. Super fun stuff! This scene is between us and the rollerskating rink and bowling alley.

Tony Moffitt just wrote a review of my artwork on his Artist Blog Critique web site. Thank you Tony!

More landscape paintings are on my “Landscape” page.

Tree on the Edge / 6×6 / oil on linen / SOLD

We go by this house and tree when we drive the back way home. I thought the red tree with the faint treed mountain in the background was beautiful.

I got a couple great frames recently and am having fun with them. Here’s what it would look like framed.

Peach Tree / 6×6 in / oil on linen / $150

This is one of the many trees at the U-Pick farm. We went a few weeks ago, but the peaches weren’t ready yet… But my son got to ride a horse and a pony, so it was worth the drive.

I think this is one of my best paintings so far. I’m so happy with this little painting that I’m planning to do a really big one of the same subject.

Oncoming Traffic / 6 x 6 in / oil on linen / $150

With this painting I infused all of the colors with Cerulean Blue for color harmony. I’ve been trying out different color combinations lately, and with this one I didn’t use my ultramarine blue at all… I usually use that when I mix black, but for this painting, I think cerulean blue made a fine ‘black.’

I tried to get the effect of the car lights shining, and of atmospheric perspective on the tree-covered hill / mountain in the background…

Not Available / Riverfront Park / 5 x 7 in / oil on canvas board

This painting was the November newsletter giveaway! Congrats Rebecca!

Snow Cow / 9×12 in / oil on canvas / $400 framed

Hi everyone, I have been working on several portraits, and the one that is finished may show in the 20 under 40 show at Tinman gallery (Spokane) in Feb, so I’m keeping it un-posted…

Anyways, for a mental break from all that, I painted this cow standing in the snow. I loved the atmospheric effect of the scene, and the silhouette of this solitary cow. The colors of snow is my favorite part of this snowy winter…

As always, comments are appreciated.

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Road to La Grande / 36×24 / oil on canvas / $1225 (+50 s/h)

My son and my mom and her dogs and I went for several walks ‘on the mountain,’ and every time we drove back down I was taken by this scene with a barn-house and these beautiful colors.

I did a fair amount of rearranging elements for artistic reasons – mostly in the mountains. I am really happy with the design elements in this painting – the receding green-blue-aqua-blue violet colors as well as the bare land that repeats in the foreground and on that first mountain. I am really happy with this painting!

View from Mt Emily / 24×36 in / oil painting on canvas / $1225

While we were visiting my mom, she took us up to a walking path on Mt Emily several times. It was beautiful up there – especially when looking down on the valley below. My son ran and ran on the trail and could have kept on running the trail all day…

I love the way grasslands on the Eastern side of Oregon and Washington turn somewhere between red and green in certain months. Can you see the little bits of town rught at the bottom of the mountain?

Please let me know your comment.

Rattlesnake Ridge / 12×16 in / oil on canvas / $500

My son and I went for a walk a couple weeks ago on a trail along the Little Spokane river. It’s a beautiful trail where sometimes you can see the river and sometimes it’s just a densely  pine tree shaded path.

In this painting you can see a little glimpse of the river and a house in the distance. I really like the way the tall trees on the left came out – I think those are my best trees so far, especially that red one. Sky-holes (where you can see sky or background through the greenery on a tree) are really hard for me, and I am always so pleased when it comes out just right.

*Price above is for a framed painting. If you prefer to purchase the painting unframed, either to hang frame-less or to have framed yourself, email me and I will set up a special invoice for you.

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