"Waiting and Watching"

10"x8"

Oil on Board

$290 plus $10 domestic s/h

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One of my favorite places for subject matter is at Union Station in Portland, OR.  I love the light and the reflections that seem to be everywhere and the variety of people I see.  I like going to a public place and being able to just snap away to get my reference photos, but at the station, I feel so obvious and so aware of security issues that I don't do that much anymore.  I ask permission and am often turned down--oh all those people who could've be immortalized!!  (:

"Liz at Union Station"

8"x6"

Oil on Board
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I have painted Liz a couple of times before, but still love this subject. She was at the train station in Portland, OR this summer, having come in on the train from Chicago. I snapped a few shots of her and then asked permission to, saying that she didn't have to pose or anything. She was very generous and allowed me to take pictures of her--and then she began to pose. . .

"Union Station Afternoon" (sold)

10"x8"

oil on board

I finished this painting yesterday and forgot to post!! Anyway, the title is changed, the painting is a bit different, and I am happy. I really like the feel of the interior of the train station. For me it captures the feeling of how cool it was inside while being so hot outside. This was a joy to paint!

"From the Trains"

10"x8"

Oil on Board

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Finished! This painting was really fun to do. There's something about the reflective surfaces that I love working with. I think it's the abstract quality they get and that it gets to be more just about color than objects. Another thing I enjoyed about doing this painting was the working with negative shapes and how they define the positive. I find myself going back to the simple palette alot lately--permanent crimson, alizaron yellow and ultramarine blue (plus the whites). "Simple" is the key word here for me!

"Through a Golden Door" (sold)

8"x6"

Oil on Board

This is another painting from Union Station in Portland. I was attracted by the lines and colors of this subject. I love how working with reflections so easily brings me to the place where I am just seeing color shapes and I can let go for awhile of the subject matter.

"To the Trains" (sold)

7"x5" image

Oil on Gessoboard

I loved the open spaces and reflections at Union Station in Portland, OR. This little painting shows little part of that.

"In the Union Station Lobby"

6"x6"

Oil on Gessoboard

NFS

This is a painting from my trip to Portland. The woman's name is Liz--unfortunately I didn't think to ask anymore about her than her name! She came in off the train from Chicago and that's about all I know! One thing I learned this week is how much is added to the painting for me when I have a bit of conversation with the subjects rather than just take pictures and go. That was a good lesson! This painting had an unhappy accident after I photographed it--it accidentally was scraped down past the gesso, so there's no fixing it! I expect I'll do another version. She deserves it!