Canyonland Ranch

 

 

Painted this from a couple of reference photos,

 that I took this summer while traveling

 through Oregon's north central canyons.

This depicts a ranch on the John Day river,

that has become a state park called appropriately, Canyonland St. Park.

  It still has many of the old ranch buildings,

 including this old red barn.

It is a beautiful place to visit and paint.

 

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

Foot Bridge

 

 

This is a little foot bridge

 that crosses a creek in a park near my home.

I walk/hike the trails here often.

 Had to truck through the soft ground to a place

where I could paint the bridge from a good vantage point.

The little creek was flowing more heavily because of recent fall rains.

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

Falls in Fall

 

 

Hiking the local trails

 with my "en plein air" kit in a backpack,

 I came across these ​waterfalls

cascading down the mountain side filled from the recent fall rains.

 I loved the pops of autumn gold from the maple trees

that dot the landscape

 and are just beginning to turn their rich fall colors.

 

available on DPW auction

Meadow in Autumn

 

 

​The last of the Queens Anne's Lace

stands among the dry grasses and red leaves of autumn,

while a bird perches on a bare limb

contemplating the threatening storm. 

 

 

6 x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

 

available on DPW auction

Early Fall

 

 

When fall comes to the northwest,

it brings the turning leaves

and the return of the rainy season.

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

 

 

 

 

 

Steller's Jay in Autumn

 

watercolor on 140lb paper

 

Sold

 

 

 

Golden Fall

 

Painted for the DPW  Fall challenge.

 

8" x 8" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

 

 

 

 

Jays in the Sunflower Patch

 

 

​As fall approaches, the sunflowers in the garden

begin to set their seeds, a virtual banquet

 for the bright blue Steller's Jays that can't resist the feast.

And I couldn't resist painting them.

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

Her Secret Garden

 

A little girl and her cute little dog

watch a blue butterfly as it flits around

the flowers she has collected for a bouquet.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction