Three Birches

In the Olympic National Park, Wa., the Hoh River runs through the beautiful rain forest that makes up most of the Olympic Pennisula. This is a scene I painted looking out over the Hoh river from my campsite in the Hoh NP, on the west side (near the town of Forks from Twilight fame). The opposite side of the river has a broad rocky shoreline. The closer side is lined with birch trees like pickets, with occasional openings between stands.


6"x6" acrylic on linen paper
(entirely plein air painted)

$50.

Through the Birch Trees

"Through the Birch Trees", is a scene from the south shore of McDonald Lake, Glacier NP Montana.


6"x12" acrylic on linen paper


$175.

Springcreek

A seasonal creek runs through the little birch woods near my home. Not sure where the creek begins but it  ends by the road where I paint these series of pictures. I was disappointed that the owner of this wood lot thinned most of the trees; and cleared much of the underbrush away and left it in piles among the trees.  It has lost the dense wooded look allowing you to see through the trees into the farmlands beyond. But using my artistic license, my little woods, at least for this painting, can still look like a dense forest.


6"x6" acrylic on linen


$125.