Blue Teacup and Sweetpeas

 

​A pretty blue polka dotted teacup

sits on a black lacquered side table

next to a jar filled with sweetpeas.

Painted for DPW's "Teacup" challenge.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

(starting bid $30. see sidebar)

 

Red Barn in Winter

 

 

Painted from a scene on our property just after a snowfall,

of the red barn and outbuilding against a stand of fir trees and maples.

There is a small creek which is frozen now which runs behind the buildings.

A lone fir tree stands in the foreground .

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on DPW Auction

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After the Storm

 

Painted for DPW's storm challenge.

I particularly like the layers of detail in the landscape,

and the wonderful after-the-storm light

in the challenge photo​.

A small surprise was the house hidden in the trees.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Rainy Day

 

 

Painted for DPW Quick Christmas challenge

- abstracted through a rainy window pane.

Painting the rain streaks was the real

challenge for me...

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $20.

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White Rose Edged in Pink

 

 

 

Another rose painted for DPW's "Another Rose" challenge.

I've always found this kind of rose very pretty and interesting,

but a challenge to paint. 

Just to switch things up a bit, I used a brush

but mostly a palette knife to achieve the impasto look in the rose,

and the scraped look in the background.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Yellow Rose

 

 

Painted for Daily Paint Works

"Another Rose" challenge.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Winter Evening

 

 

​A couple strolling along a lane

on a beautiful winter evening.

The homes reflecting the lovely light of the holidays

and a snowman greets passers-by.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Lavender Pink Roses

 

 

 

Luscious lavender pink roses in a pearly vase.

The abundant foliage and daisies in a jar

with flowers scattered about waiting to be arranged.

Painted for the DPW  "Another Rose" challenge. 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Steller Jays in Winter Apple Tree

 

 

​We have many Steller Jays

that seem to stay around at least in early winter.

These two are sitting in the bare apple tree,

with only snow on it's branches.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Faded Old Glory

 

 

Painted for DPW Old Glory challenge.

When traveling around the US I often saw flags painted on barns.

Some were fresh and new and others as faded

as the old barns they were painted on.

I have long wanted to paint one, and this challenge gave me the opportunity.

I chose the fading flag and old barn

because it reminds me of the long standing patriotism of the country.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

available on my DPW Gallery

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Last of Summer's Roses

 

 

The last of this year's roses,

full blown and dropping petals,

but still is a bright summery spot indoors.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

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Calla Lilies

 

 

Thought I'd try something a little different

- it's fun to experiment with painting styles.

This work was done from a picture I took this summer while traveling.

The calla lilies were so tall I couldn't see inside their trumpet shaped flowers.

Thy were nestled in a garden of other smaller blooms of blues and orange.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$30.

available on my DPW gallery

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Cardinal Pair

 

 

The seasons are in transition from autumn to wintery weather.

A pair of pretty cardinals rest in a tree laden with the early snowfall.

Wonder where they are going.

I have my feeder out, maybe they will visit.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$30.

available on my DPW Gallery
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Pansies

 

Used the Pansies that I purchased

to paint one of the cards I send my Mom.

I have these blank watercolor cards

that I occasionally paint florals, birds etc. on,

to help brighten her day.

Actually it was her suggestion

a few years ago, that I paint her cards

and send them to her.

I have been doing so ever since.

 

NFS

 

 

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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Autumn Garden

 

 

​An autumn garden still life,

 depicting some of the bounty harvested in fall:

 acorns, pumpkin, squash, pomegranates.

 

Collecting seasonal art work,

 means you can switch out your art to reflect the seasons and holidays.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$20.

(starting bid)

available on DPW auction

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Blue Rain

 

 

Painted for DPW "Party Dress" challenge. 

 I originally began this painting in acrylics a couple years ago.

 Never finished it until now - repainted it in oils.

I wanted to style this painting after John Singer Sargent's paintings of women,

 but a little more modern, by giving her a Vera Wang evening gown,

and long hair worn down on her shoulders.

My nod to Sargent's era is the long lace scarf.

 

14" x 11" oil on canvas panel

 

$125.

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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All Dressed Up

 

 

​​Painted for the DPW "Party Dress" challenge. 

She loves her pretty red velvet dress,

 but her shiny new black patent leather shoes are her favorites,

 and for showing off.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery

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Titmouse in a Fir Tree

 

 

Birds are so much fun to paint.

Captured this pretty little Titmouse

flitting about the branches of a fir tree.

 

6" x 6" 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

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Morning Glories

 

 

​A quick little sketch of the morning glories

 that almost inundated the mailbox with their bright blue flowers,

 before we had to trim them back.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

$25.

available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery

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Trusty Rusty

 

Painted for Daily Paintworks 'shadow' challenge.

​When I first saw this rusty old VW bug,

 I was drawn to the shadow it cast in the bright sunlight.

 But I also loved the rusty old character of it.

 In spite of it's age, its owner probably cherishes it.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

$35.

 

available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery

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Autumn Bouquet

 

 

 Fall flowers and grasses from the garden,

make a lovely autumn bouquet, set in a white pitcher.

The tangerines and grapes add their color to the setting.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery

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Cherries in Stoneware Bowl

 

 

​Painted for PADT challenge from a photo provided.

 I love the pretty little stoneware bowl,

and the bright red cherries.

 The lovely purple background gives a royal air to the scene.

 

8" 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$40.

Available on my DPW Gallery

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Lemon Blossoms

 

 

I​nspiration for this painting

was the words to an old folk song by Harry Belafonte,

 that got stuck in my head:

 "Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet,

 but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat."

 I had hoped that by painting this, I could exorcise the little demon.

 Not Harry, loved his songs.  We'll see.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$30.

available on DPW Gallery

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42 Rue des Fleurs

 

 

​Another quaint and colorful painting

for DPW Balcony challenge,

 of a wonderful old building on Rue des Fleurs

in a little French town.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

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Balconies

 

 

Painted for DPW "Balcony" challenge.

I love old building with character.

I jazzed up the mottled old plaster,

added more plants and bright flowers.

This was fun to paint.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

available on my  DPW Gallery

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White Poppies

 

 

​I revisited my 'White Poppies" painting

and touched up the background

and deepened the petal shadows.

Hit a few highlights here and there.

 I think it works better now.

 These white poppies were growing

 along the road in a little coastal town.

I was attracted by the movement of the petals

dancing in the breeze, but loved the way

 the lovely white flowers revealed blues and purples

in the shadow areas.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Vine Maple

 

 

​This was painted en plein air,

in a campground where I stayed this summer,

 I added a few finishing touches in my studio.

This sunlit path led to my campsite

and was lined with Vine Maple

 just beginning to turn into it's spectacular fall colors.

It is glorious to see and a welcome break

 from all the greens one sees in the forest.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Fireweed

 

 

​Fireweed is one of my favorite wildflowers

 (also I love the honey made from these flowers).

I painted this from a photo I took this summer of fireweed,

growing in a mountain meadow.

 I decided to paint it more abstractly

to emphasize the rich pale violet color of these pretty flowers.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Boulders and White Water

 

 

​Painted this while camping on the Breitenbush River.

It is a beautiful river that runs

 through a narrow canyon in central Oregon.

 One of the most spectacular scenic drives in Oregon

 follows this river.

 There are many great campgrounds along the drive'

and dispersal camping is allowed.

 It is a place I will surely go back to.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Mysterious

 

 

​Painted this en plein air at a lake where I camped late this summer.  

Added a few finishing touches in the studio.

The trees were already showing some fall colors. 

  Across the lake, they seemed to float in and out of the mist

 arising from the water in the early morning.

The sky was cloudy and overcast

which gave the whole scene a somewhat ethereal look.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

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Cows and the Red Barn

 

 

Painted this scene for DPW "Cows" challenge.

These lovely black cows, mom and baby,

 are actually two from a small herd

here on the farm where I live. 

 I painted the barn outside plein air,

and  have the fir needles in my pochade box

 and paints to prove it,

 from the tree I was standing near.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Sunflower Gold

 

 

​It seems that everywhere I traveled on this years road trip,

 I  saw sunflowers growing in gardens,

 along side buildings, in fields, farms and cities.

So one day I was looking around, trying to decide what to paint

while lounging around the campsite,

 when sunflowers came to mind. 

 Sunny, bright and golden -  a perky break from all the lush greens.

 

8" x 6 oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Citrus Slice With Seed

 

 

Photographer and artist, Carolyn Anctil

graciously gave me permission to paint my interpretation

 of her spectacular photo entitled "Citrus".

 I initially was intrigued by the wonderful way

the light shone through the fruit slice.

But soon I realized I couldn't do the 'light' justice in paints,

but as I studied it more, I decided to paint my work more abstracted, 

emphasizing the many "dots" of color I perceived

from the rind to the blueish shadow spots.

You can see her photo on her blog, by clicking on her name above.

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Wildflowers 2

 

 

​A second entry for DPW Wildflowers challenge.

I painted this one from one of my own photos

 taken on my road trip this year. 

 Although the wildflowers are seemingly the stars of this scene,

 I was taken by the rickety old fence around the pasture.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas

 

$35.

available in my DPW Gallery

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Summer Wildflowers

 

 

 

​Painted for DPW Wildflowers Challenge". 

Loved this challenge and the photo

 because it reminded me of so many of the beautiful places

 I saw while traveling this summer.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Blue Moon Effects

 

 

 

Recently we experienced the Blue Moon

with all the folk lore and fantasy that surrounds it.

This painting is a surreal depiction of the Blue Moon,

where I incorporated the red clouds

caused by the effects of the fires burning in the forests nearby,

 and the way the bright moonlight lit up the tree tops.

All part real, part imagination, part fantasy 

to make up a painting that is unique

 to the Blue Moon's appearing. 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $30.

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Santa Fe Spring

 

 

Painted this for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paint Out Santa Fe challenge.

 Spring in New Mexico, with the white blossoms, and bare tree yet to green out.

 I particularly liked the peachy adobe house

 with the bright gorgeous shade of turquoise trim.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $25.

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Confetti

 

 

​The deck in the side garden

 is enveloped with a profusion of colorful flowers.

 As I approached it one day,

 it made me think of so many impressionist paintings,

where the colors are scattered in bits of bright hues of paint

across the canvas like garden confetti.

 I knew I wanted to paint it

and the name would be

 "Confetti".

 

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas

 

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Cle Elum River

 

 

While on my road trip,

I camped in the Red Mountain Campground on the Cle Elum River,

 in the Wanatche Nat. Forest in WA.

This was the actual scene from my campsite.

 This painting was done early one morning while the sun was just coming up.

The clouds moved in and filtered the light, so it was mostly flat.

I had to paint the light and dark values quickly, when I could.

 But the weather had been so hot, that no one was complaining

 - except maybe the resident artist.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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Lavender Farm

 

 

Another painting from my summer road trip.

I saw several beautiful and well groomed lavender fields,

but this one was the one I loved,

for it's wild and free ambience.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

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Spring Thaw

 

 

As I mentioned before,

I take along some books by artists I admire

while traveling.

This painting is after Johannes Vloothius

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

starting bid $30.

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High Desert Canyon

 

 

Painted for this week's DPW "Summer" challenge.

For me, summer means a road trip where I paint and take photos.

This year's trip included the high desert of SE Oregon.

I take along a couple books to study, by artists I wish to learn from.

 I painted this beautiful scene from the influence of Johannes Vloothius.

This amazing high desert landscape of soft colors

reflecting the canyon's stark beauty,

 beginning with the pale grays of the overcast skies,

to the muted purples of the distant hills,

 the sandstone canyon walls,

 to the vegetation growing along the seasonal creek.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

Available on DPW auction

beginning bid $30.

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