Foot Bridge

 

 

​Painted from DPW's challenge photo

of a footbridge across a river in a lovely autumn setting.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on my DPW Gallery

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To Crown the Year

 

 

Recently, I was driving through the countryside

where I live and saw this scene.

I knew that I would have to paint.

It had so many elements that are quintessentially fall in the PNW.

When the rains return, the skies are cloudy and gray;

the cover grasses of farmland fields show a surprising springish green color;

and of course the autumn trees putting on their full show.

 When I finished the painting, I thought the line of trees

banding the farmer's field looked like natures jewelry .

I then, remembered a line from the psalms

that I had always wanted to use for a title

"To Crown the Year!"

A simple painting that I feel reveals a beautiful truth about this season -

it truly is the crown of the year.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

$30.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Autumn Mist 2

 

 

Another painting of the foggy mist from the river,

but this time the temperature had dropped during the night

and the trees still had a dusting of frost on them from the mist

 

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on my DPW Gallery

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Autumn River Mist

 

 

In fall, we get fog along the river

and it moves as mist through the trees on the farm,

creating a lovely scene with the fall colors softened in the distance.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on my DPW Gallery

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Autumn Country Road

 

 

Autumn is such a beautiful time of year, 

that it can lend a cheerful and glorious ambience

 to this once vibrant and productive farm,

now overgrown and returning to it's natural state.

 ​I wonder how many families have lived in

and enjoyed life in this old abandoned country farm house.

Maybe a new family will take up the challenge

and bring life back to the rooms and land.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas board

 

25.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Catching Tadpoles

 

 

​The beautiful autumn days of warm weather

 bring the children out to the river.

These kids are catching tadpoles in jars

 - or maybe it's crawdads.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on my DPW Gallery

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Autumn Fire

 

 

This is a place where the fall colors

are so brilliant and riotously beautiful,

with a seasonal creek that runs though their bright reds, oranges and golds.

  The fallen leaves float down this placid stream.

This is a palette knife work. 

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

(see sidebar)

Golden Fall

 

Painted for the DPW  Fall challenge.

 

8" x 8" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

 

 

 

 

Valley of the Blue Moon

Usually the term "once in a blue moon" 

indicates something rarely happening, unusual or extraordinary. 

In traveling, every once in a while, I'll see something so lovely, 

with such a beautiful ambiance, that even a photo cannot capture 

what the eye and mind perceive. 

This valley with the spectacular moon is one of those places.

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

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