30 in 30 Collage

 

Painted these during Leslie Saeta's 30 in 30 Challenge.

Not quite 30 paintings, but almost.

 

Winter Green

 

 

 

The Clackamas River runs a beautiful emerald green in summer,

but in winter the ice and snow cause it to be a lovely mint shade. 

I have several photos of the river in it's various seasonal dress,

 this is one of my favorites.

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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French Lavender, Too.

 

 

This is the second half (of the photo)

 of the DPW "Relaxation Challenge".

The colors were stronger as this half was in more shadow.

 I liked the contrast of the white basket against the darker purples of the French Lavender.

 Still loving the scrollwork on the chair and the bright blue background.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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French Lavender

 

 

Painted this for DPW's "Relaxation Challenge"

from the photo of French Lavender

provided by Dreama Tolle Perry as something that relaxes her.

What relaxes me is painting. So I painted the lovely Lavender.

 I particularly love all the pastel colors in her photo

and tried to keep that look.

I also liked the pale blue wrought iron chair the basket rested on.

 So French country...now that's a place I could really relax in.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

(see side panel)

Bridge Over Multnomah Falls

 

 

​Painted this from one of my many photos

 of beautiful and spectacular Multnomah Falls.

It was hard to choose an angle and how much to include,

 as these falls are three levels each with it's own pool at the base, 

and fall over 300' total. I decided on this perspective

because I wanted to show all three levels of the falls

and the old and lovely bridge which spans the second pool.

The falls is spectacular in any season. I chose late summer/early fall.

The rocks and foliage surrounding the falls

 presents from a misty atmosphere

which creates a fairyland like image.

 

8" x 6" oil on canvas

 

SOLD

 

Available on DPW auction

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Intense Beginning

 

 

​Not being a morning person,

 it is rare that I get to witness a sunrise so spectacular as this.

 But I did.

One morning when I was on a road trip, I wanted to get an early start

and was treated to a glorious scene.

I have never forgotten how beautiful the kaleidoscope of colors were,

 that were painted across the clouds and sky and reflected in the lake.

 This is painted from that memory so it is part realism,

part impressionism and part fantasy.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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Springing Forward

 

 

 

​Sometimes during the gray days of winter

our thoughts turn to the brighter days of spring

with all the lovely flowers and warmer weather.

 

 

5" x 7"  oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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Black Sand Cove

 

 

​Along the wild and scenic Oregon coast,

there are little hidden places that make the coastline so special.

Here I have painted a beautiful little cove

ringed with high golden bluffs.

The sea has a silvery look from the black sand,

which I believe comes from volcanic pumice.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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Wild and Rocky

 

 

​Where the Oregon coastal mountain range meets the ocean,

the shoreline is wild, rocky, and extremely beautiful.

The occasional beach appears offering lovely sandy stretches.

The weather is often cloudy with gray skies and gusty winds

blowing the surf up and over the rocky headlands.

Creating misty layers that diminish into the clouds.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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Windblown

 

 

The Oregon coast

 is the most wonderful place to be a 'storm watcher".

The strong winds race through the trees

and fling the foamy ocean caps into the air.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Colors of the Sea

 

The sea is not just blue or green or gray

but quite often many different colors.

Depending on shadows and light,

sand and seaweed,

sky, clouds and sunlight.

 

see DPW auction for purchase

 

Ribbon Game

 

​Don't know what the game is

that these sweet little Dutch girls are playing,

 but I loved the old sepia photo (I added the color),

 the traditional costumes and the wooden shoes.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Thea

 

 

​Painted this for DPW's challenge "Paint your parent".

My Mother's family emigrated to the US,

 by way of Java, from the Netherlands.

 She was just a young girl when they left their homeland.

 Although they quickly became "Americans" in every sense of the word,

 they left us grandchildren with a strong sense of our Dutch heritage.

 Therefore, I chose to paint my Mom as a little Dutch girl

surrounded by what we most often associate with her culture and heritage:

 klompen (wooded shoes), lace bonnet an apron, windmill, and tulips.

I remember wearing an apron like this when I was little. It had been my mothers.

Her Father had a pair of klompen in his office.

I purposely faded out her face into the background

 to signify that she is no longer a child,

and this is just a beautiful, loving memory.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

NFS

Fof Rolling In

 

 

This sailboat is at anchor

against the fog rolling into the harbor

 as the afternoon fades. 

The pastel colors evoke the cold

and mysterious light of a foggy evening

 

7" x 5"  oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Alpine Glow on the Mountain

 

 

​Painted this from a photo I took of Mt. Hood

 aglow with the pinkish hue of sunset.

I particularly liked the location of this shot

because of the secondary point of interest

in the seasonal creek running through this farmer's land.

The gray skies had tiny traces of pink

 threaded through the rain clouds.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Scotch Broom

 

 

Painted this little vignette from one of my photos

 taken on country lanes and by roads during my many road trips.

This depicts bright yellow scotch broom,

 brought to the US by European settlers.

Now growing everywhere in the PNW 

among the summer faded grasses

and other trees and shrubs.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Tetons in Winter

 

 

One of my favorite Nat. Parks - Grand Tetons NP.

Painted from a photo I took one year

when I went there at the end of winter.

Visited both parks (Yellowstone, too)

with the beauty of a snowy landscape and lakes frozen over.

I always liked the simplicity and quietude of this scene -

kind of Zen like.

 

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Downtown

 

 

Painted for DPW "Gritty City" challenge

of a street scene in downtown Seattle.

 

7 x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Winter River

 

 

A plein air painting of the lovely emerald green waters

of the Clackamas River in the Cascade foothills.

The weather has warmed up (a little)  - no snow left :(. 

 A little detail work done in my studio.

 

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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You're Going Out Without Me?

 

 

He is sulking because he can't come along

as she heads out for a night on the town.

 

 

8" x 10" oil on canvas panel

 

 

SOLD

MIsty Coast

 

 

​The great diversity of landscape along the Oregon coast

makes it a wonderful place to photograph and paint.

Here along the central coast, is a mosaic of beach grasses

 and shallow tide pools, nestled among the sand dunes.

A creek finds its way into the waters of the vast Pacific ocean.

 Low hanging clouds give a misty, watercolor effect to the horizon.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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Old Fence Posts

 

 

Under summer blue skies,

 the pretty faces of little yellow field daisies

 keep company with the old fence posts which line the corn field.

Painted from one of my many photos taken year round.

 A little touch of summer to 'warm' up the cold winter days.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas

 

available on DPW auction

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After the Dance

 

Gorgeous silver silk and golden high heeled shoes,

just made for a night out on the town, dancing the night away

 but kicked off upon arriving home.

 

 (Not happy with the image - the background color is actually

 a luscious deep turquoise that I just love,

and not the cobalt blue the camera and/or computer registers.

Am going to try and rectify this color problem and will repost if it happens.)

 

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel

available on DPW auction

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Purple High Tops

 

 

On a shoe kick,

 so I am painting a few of my favorites.

Don't usually buy a lot of shoes,

but I always loved these purple high tops.

 They're comfortable and funky.

 

7" x 5" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

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