Three Apples

"Three Apples", 10 x 10 In, Oil on Museum Board
It is interesting to me that at the end of a painting like this, my palette itself is far more organized by color and variation of color than it is when using a brush. Its so easy to smush paint with a brush whereas with the knife, I have to really focus on the value and temperature of the paint.

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Looking Down - NFS

"Looking Down", 10 x 8 In, Oil on Panel
When I paint portraits, I sometimes like to experiment with different head positions, so this one is "looking down." There are always challenges with unusual poses, but it definitely makes the painting of it interesting.

Swan Valley Study #6 - SOLD

"Swan Valley Study #6", 10 x 8 In, Oil on Museum Board
This an Idaho Swan Valley painting I did attempting to practice a particular brush technique I learned from Ovanes. This part of the valley has meandering streams and ponds just east of the Snake River. In the evening we saw a mother moose and two calves just on the other side of this pond.

Fall Idaho

"Fall Idaho", 16 x 20 In, Oil on Panel
This painting is a reach back to last fall when I went to Idaho to take a workshop with Ovanes Berberian. This was done out in the field and it is just one I never posted before.

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Dana Passage Windy Day -- SOLD

"Dana Passage Windy Day", 8 x 10 In, Oil Museum Board SOLD
This the view past Zangle Cove out toward Dana Passage, the main shipping channel into Olympia. Just like many times in the past, sometimes I just point my easel to the north and paint the amazing changes that I see every day.

Yuhu Village Woman - NFS

"Yuhu Village Woman", 10 x 8 In, Oil on Panel
This lovely woman was one of the proprietors of the Inn we stayed at in Yuhu Village, Yunnan Province, China in 2009. She fixed us three meals a day. She would bring out the meal, sometimes a huge one-pot dish, we would look at it and think that the three of us could never eat all of that. And yet every meal, we did just that. It was amazingly delicious!

Blue and Orange - NFS

"Blue and Orange", 10 x 8 In, Oil on Panel
With this painting of Liz, I decided to use a limited palette--ultramarine blue, cadmium orange, titanium white and ivory black. Sometimes for me the idea of experimenting is more related to restricting my options than expanding them.

Meg in Violet - NFS

"Meg in Violet", 10 x 8 In, Oil on Panel
You can tell that I got into a portrait phase and it is especially fun to paint my daughters. When they are home, sometimes in the summer, I can get them to sit out on the deck in the sunlight--its a money making deal for them.  But meantime, I just get out the photos, some from years ago, and have at it.