"Saturday at Cascade Alpacas & Foothills Yarn Shop" (sold)p"

12"x12"

Oil on Panel

The latest in the series of paintings for "An Uncommon Beauty--Paintings of Life and Land East of the Cascades"!  Visit my NEW BLOG about this extensive undertaking by clicking on the above link.

This painting is of one of the owners, Thomas, at Cascade Alpacas and Foothills Yarn in the gorgeous Hood River Valley. They raise the alpacas, shear their yarn, spin it, sell it, etc. along with other types of yarn in their shop.  Their meticulous care of their award-winning animals keeps it all going strong.

"Packing Up Apples"

16"x12"

Oil on Panel

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Holidays are past and life is getting a bit back to normal and for me that means getting back to painting! This is another painting for our "An Uncommon Beauty" project. The setting is a packing house in the Hood River Valley that is owned by one of the larger orchardists in the area.  I asked and found out that a big farm as far as orchards go is 500 acres.  That was interesting to me, as a big ranch in SE Oregon could be 25,000 acres, and a big farm in the Klamath Basin could be a couple of thousand. . .everything is relative!