"Have a Taste!"

12"x18"

Oil on Panel

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Donna, one of the owners of Cody Orchards in the Hood River Valley is depicted here as she slices off a bit of apple for us to taste.  Their fruitstand is an old packing shed and full of pumpkins, squash, and all sorts of good things that they harvest in the fall--particularly apples and pears. This is another painting for the rural life project I'm working on--which has undergone a change of title!  It is now "An Uncommon Beauty--Paintings of Life and Land East of the Cascades".

"Before Lunch" (sold)

6"x6"

Oil on Board

I really enjoy how things almost take on a different life when you focus in on them--I think a part of me almost expects them to get up and move! This painting reminds me of the workshop I took with Carol Marine and all she shared with us--good stuff on composition, edges and color.