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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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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Summer Pasture

 

 

​A plein air painting

of a pasture with rolled bales of hay

 with wildflowers growing up around them.

 I painted this while on a summer roadtrip.

Some scenes are too lovely to pass up.

 I had to stop and paint this one.

 

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

$35.

 

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Bluebonnets

 

 

​A spring morning in Texas,

 the bright green leaves on the trees

 and patches of  lovely bluebonnet wildflowers

against the misty purple hills.

 I like the road,

which suggests that this pretty landscape

 is somebodies ranch home.

Lucky them!

 

8" x 10"  oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

with a starting bid of $40.

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Field of Yellow Mustard

 

 

​This is a scene painted of a nursery near where I live.

The owner has sown some of his fields

with yellow mustard, which has started to bloom.

This is such a spectacular scene

with the cascade foothills and evergreen trees in the background, 

that I had to paint it.

 I love these bright sunny wildflowers

and often fill a vase with their loveliness.

 

5" x 7" oil on canvas panel

$35.

available on my DPW Gallery

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High Desert Morning

 

​Another plein air painting of the high desert of Central Oregon

where I began my roadtrip this year.

 I was particularly fascinated with the pastel colors

produced by the morning atmosphere, flowers,

and natural coloring of the landscape.

 

6" x 8" oil on canvas panel

 

available on DPW auction

 

Picking Wildflowers

Revisited this painting, adding a little girl and her dog
playing in the blue-purple wildflowers.

6" x 8" acrylic on canvas panel

for sale on DPW auction

SOLD

Spring Storm in the Tetons

Painted this from a photo I took while in Western Wyoming,

one of my favorite places. The Tetons Rockies are amazing in spring.

But beautiful and majestic in all seasons.

6" x 8" palette knife acrylic on canvas panel

$50.

Oregon Wetlands Wildflowers

Painted for Dana Marie's Artistic Sentiments
Wetland Wildflower Challenge.
I found painting this photo a nice change of pace
from all the snowy landscapes and wintery conditions
this time of year.


5' x 7" acrylic on canvas panel


$50. includes shipping US

Fishin' With Grandpa

A little whimsical painting done for DPW's "Superstition" challenge.
Grandpa is wearing his lucky hat to ensure a good catch.
I actually took a photo of these two fishing in a lake in
Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado.
Such a great scene, grandpa and grandson fishing in blue lawn chairs,
surrounded by a forest of wildflowers, with a pale blue lake as a backdrop.

6"x6" acrylic on linen paper

$125.