"Malone Elevator"

6"x8"

Oil on Board

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This is another painting of one of the "landmarks" of Klamath Basin (Oregon), the Malone Grain Elevator.  Though it doesn't really show it in my painting, this is one of the elevators that is slowly falling down.  It's hard to tell if they will be repaired as they age.  It seems like these elevators might be something that is disappearing along with the small and family-owned farms.  Hope not!

"The Old Takacs Elevator"

8"x6"

Oil on Board

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I was down in Merrill, OR the past few days, where this grain elevator has been part of the landscape for longer than I know.  I love these old structures.  There is such an elegance about them--at least to me!  I brought this little painting out of the archives--it was done a couple of years ago after I'd visited the area on a very very cold weekend.  Pristine air, snow geese, swans--what beauties that area offers!

"Oceanside Office"

8"x8"

Oil on board

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This grey day at the coast was warm and pleasant enough to be able to take out the paperwork and get busy--what a great spot for it!  This scene is of one of the participants in the Kim English workshop in September while we were taking a lunch break.  The rest of the day went from cloudy to pouring rain as it can.do on the Oregon coast.  We tried very hard to keep painting, standing under a big tree, putting up umbrellas as we could, placing the model in a comfortably dry spot, but the weather finally got the best of us!  The workshop was sponsored by Art in the Mountains and they had put together a great meal for us that afternoon of fresh-caught salmon, crab and cod (I think!).  A great feast which took our minds off the soaking we got!

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"Balboa Park Trolley Stop" Study (sold)

6"x8"

Oil on Board

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This was too much fun!  In the oil painting class I'm teaching, we have been working with split-complementary color schemes, so I decided to go with that.  Also, I was looking at the notes and pics I took at Kim English's workshop in September and was inspired to try to see my subject in a simpler way.  I look forward to working like this more.  Even though I've painted and drawn seriously for all of my adult life, sometimes I feel like I am just beginning to see!  It is one of the beauties of doing artwork, I think!

"Rebecca"

16"x12"

Oil on Canvas

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This is a study I did for a painting I hope to do soon.  I actually painted it twice!  The first one was with the palette I've been using alot over the past year and a half:  alizaron crimson, alizaron yellow, ultramarine blue and white.  The drama in it was great, the composition better, but the color ended up so muddy!  Skin tones were just plain ugly.  I decided to try it again using cad yellows, cad red, alizaron crimson, fanchon red and then cobalt blue and viridian.  It's better.  I am going to keep working on this, though!

"Anything But the Pits!"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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Admittedly, this is a strange title, but when I looked at these cherries, that's what came to mind!  They are SO BEAUTIFUL!!  It is amazing how everyday it is proven over and over that simple things can be the most affecting.  My goal today is to keep my eyes open for more of those gifts as I travel through the hours.

"Waiting and Watching"

10"x8"

Oil on Board

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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!!  (:

"A Quiet Moment"

Oil on Board

6"x6"

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  This is a subject that many of you will recognize as I go back to it trying different color, trying a different feel.  Needless to say, I like it!  The setting is the Memorial Union Building at Oregon State University.  It brings back so many memories--falling back into the worn, soft cushions of the many chairs and sofas in the huge room with wonderful light--trying to study and stay awake there at the same time wasn't easy!

"Kari's Daughter"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

sold

This painting is one of three "sister-paintings" of sisters.  It was nice to work with a summer subject and to imagine the feel of the sun on the skin when it is so cold and snowy here!

"Rooster' (commission)

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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It's been awhile since I have painted any feathery friends and I thoroughly enjoyed this one!  It is a companion piece to another rooster/chicken painting I've done.  Speaking of fowl, happy Turkey Day to all!

"Abby Waiting For Her Friend"

8"x10"

Oil on Board

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This is a commission I finished a couple of days ago.  It was a bittersweet painting to do!  Abby was a much loved dog who passed away awhile back.  She would sit at this window waiting for her owner to come home.  It was hard not to keep thinking about that while painting this, but it also made it that much more special.  I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to sometimes do these paintings that are enriching to those who commission them or receive them as gifts.  It's the best of both worlds--loving to paint and painting something that is loved.

"Betty-Boop Jammies"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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This was so fun, I could paint it again and again!  It's one of three paintings of the daughters of a woman who has a framing business here in Bend (Framer's Corner).  It is such a challenge to do these little things when you really want them to look like the person you're portraying--when it works, it feels like a true gift from above!

"Balboa Park Busker"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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This time last year, we were in San Diego--warm and sunny!  This young guy was playing beautifully at Balboa Park.  I have been working on getting together 30 6x6 paintings for a group show at River Bend Fine Art Gallery, here in Bend, OR.  This is one of them.  I can't believe I'm finished! 

"Pomegranate" (sold)

6"x6"

Oil on Board

I spent all morning working on a little figurative painting, wiped it off twice and got fed up and walked my dog!  I've been wanting to paint some of the beautiful produce that we've raised/traded.  So this is today's result!  Actually, I need to do this more often.  It feels so much more direct--both the process and the painting.  I know some of the best have said that if you paint from photographs alot, you REALLY need to paint from life alot, too.  I believe it!  Besides, I have to admit that it is just more fun to paint from life than to be looking at a piece of paper!  Uh-oh.  I may be opening up a can of worms for myself.

"A Closer Inspection"

6"x6"

Oil on Board

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This is a study of a fellow named Burke who was looking at art in one of the galleries I've shown in recently.  This started out really tight.  I was trying to paint him full-figure and after not enjoying it for too long, I wiped it off, focused in on his upper body and just painted it!  I enjoyed the spontaneity!