Winter Starry Sky

 

 

Science says that everything

 is made from the same stuff as stars.

 In that light, in painting this skyscape of the milky way,

I brought the starry sky down into the landscape

in a continuous connection.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

(see sidebar)

Sunset Feast

 

 

The setting sun reflects

 its orange and golden colors

 in the wet sand and shallow waves

 that lap the shore,

 as a white heron finds an evening feast.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas

available on DPW auction

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Cardinal

 

​A beautiful red cardinal

sits in a star pine tree all fluffed out

to keep warm as the temperatures drop

 with the first snow fall.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Nuts

 

 

An industrial painting of a pile of nuts

 reflecting the colors of the lights around them.  

It was the colors and shapes that drew me

 to paint this for DPW's "Industrial" challenge.

 

6 x 8"  oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Antiques in a Barn

 

In traveling the country back roads and farm lands,

I frequently would come across an old barn

which had been converted into an Antique shop.

They were wondrous places to poke through for hidden treasures,

 but for an artist, they most of all,

make wonderful painting subjects.

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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Alpine Glow

 

 

As a first big winter storm approaches,

 the setting sun casts an amazing pink

 "Alpine Glow" over the snow topped foothills

 and scurrying clouds

against the darkening evening sky.

 

 

Copper Bowl

 

 

 

A copper bowl is filled with pine cones

and pomegranates to be set on a side table

 near the evergreen sprigs

adding to the cheerful holiday ambience.

Painted for DPW copper challenge.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

(see sidebar)

 

 

 

Rainy Day in Fall

 

 

 

Here in the NW fall usually ushers in

 the 6 - 7 months of rainy season,

 often interspersed with sunshine though.

 The rain is what makes everything here so beautiful,

 so we don't mind.

 Besides its usually a gentle misty rain,

where most people don't even crack open an umbrella.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

(see sidebar)

 

SOLD 

 

Hood River Barn

 

 

A fall scene of a red barn

 situated in the hills of Hood River below Mt. Hood.

I photographed this on a recent trip

 through the orchards and vineyards

of this lovely valley along the Columbia River.

This painting was done for the DPW Barn challenge.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

Cherries, Crystal and Silver

 

 

Imported cherries and hot house flowers

 set on a sideboard while sleety rain falls against the window.

 Painted for DPW's Fill the Bowl challenge.

 

available on DPW auction