Hunkered Down / 30×40 in / oil painting on canvas / $1400

Three gulls hunkering down to stay warm. I’ve had this picture in my head for a long time, and it was time to bring it out!

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“Enjoying the Waves” 30 x 40 inches, oil on canvas. Contact me for information.

You’ve probably noticed that I really enjoy painting birds. Painting the Scoters was harder than painting crows or geese, for some reason. These birds are just having a good time floating around. I guess they’re surfers.

I’ve been seeing a lot of geese and wild turkeys lately around here. The wild turkeys are nothing like the domestic ones – they look like peacocks to me (without the color).

Don’t forget to e-mail me with photos of moms and kids bonding for my Mom Loving project. Thanks!

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!

“Landscape Stripes” / 12×16 inch / water soluble oil on canvas panel / Email to purchase or inquire

On the drive home from my mom’s house a few weeks ago, we passed this area of farmland, where I could just see the striped area behind the near hills. I really enjoy striped farmlands for some reason.

With this painting I tried out water soluble oil paints, again. It felt a little like painting with gouache. I like some of the qualities of this paint – the vibrancy, and something I can’t really put my finger on. But it will definitely take some getting used to.

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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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“Orcas Island IV” -  24 in x 36 in – $1225 – Email to purchase or inquire

I’ve been working on some larger oil paintings the last couple weeks. This is the last one to start and the first one to finish. It’s based on Orcas Island II, but I wanted to explore the pink colors more. There’s a really nice glow to the trees on the right. All those shapes in front of the near island are sail boats. Can you see the ferries in front of the more distant island?

SOLD. “Crow Looking 2” -  5 in x 7 in – oil on wood

This small, affordable painting is framed and ready to brighten your wall.

I’m really enjoying this color scheme, and all the character of the crow.This guy is standing in the grass looking out at the trees at the edge of the grassy field. It was beautiful and sunny.

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SOLD.

“Crow Looking Forward” -  5 in x 7 in – oil on wood

I love crows. They’re so smart and expressive, and they have such a good sense of humor. This guy just flew down out of a tree, and hopped around checking out the park before flying off again.

“Dusk”
12 in x 20 in, oil on wood, $425

This is a little piece of Eastern Washington, off I-90, in the dusk. You can see the sun shining through the tops of the trees, and the green and red colors of the shadowed field. Even though there isn’t much sky up there, this painting is about light in the sky.

I was jury-accepted into the Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour, which will be on September 25, 2010. It’s a talented group of artists; I’m excited that they accepted me. I’ll post more about that as it gets closer.