Desert Mountains Moab

"Desert Mountains Moab", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2021

A painting from my trip to Moab in October of this year.

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Idaho Peaks

"Idaho Peaks", 10 x 10 In, Oil, 2019

A painting from a couple of years ago after one of my journeys through Idaho.

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Christmas Rose

"Christmas Rose", 10 x 8 In, Oil, 2010

Happy Holidays to all!

Lake House

"Lake House", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2020

I was sure the photo I did this painting from--a photo I took--was taken in Italy. But after extensive searching for the original photo, I found that it was taken much closer to home--in Port Angeles, Washington!

I found this description: "Between 1790 and 1792, several Spanish naval expeditions explored the Strait (of Juan de Fuca). Port Angeles, named for the sheltered bay that Captain Francisco Eliza called Puerto de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, is one of the few names from Spanish maps to survive in Clallam County." This is on the northern part of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

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Zangle Fall Late Afternoon

"Zangle Fall Late Afternoon", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2011

Painted years ago looking out from my studio window. The tides and currents on Zangle Cove continuously change, in a rythym related to the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun and the seasons. In the fall and winter, the highest tides are during the day and in the spring and summer the lowest tides are during the day. This is lucky for us, because when the tide is a -4, it is a different universe. In the painting, as you can see, it is close to high tide during late afternoon, which is consistent with the fact that the highest tides during the fall/winter are during the day.

https://faculty.washington.edu/pmacc/LO/tides_background.html

"Why are the two tides in a day different in size? One of the low waters in a day is often much lower than the other in our region. This has an interesting pattern over a year: in summer the lower low water happens in the day, but in the winter it happens at night. The reason has to do with the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the sun - the same tilt that causes Summer and Winter. The extra tug the tides feel once a day causes the difference in the low waters."

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Colorado River Morning

"Colorado River Morning", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2021

This is the Colorado River outside of Moab, UT.

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La Sal Mountains

"La Sal Mountains", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2021

I painted in October in the La Sal's outside of Moab.

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Yellow House

"Yellow House", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2021

The countryside, the mountains--

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Wenatchee Clouds and Sunlight

"Wenatchee Clouds and Sunlight", 9 x 12 In, Oil, 2021

Thank you to Aimee Erickson for awarding this painting First Place for Plein Air in the Plein Air Washington Artists show currently on view at the American Art Company Gallery in Tacoma, Washington. Congratulations to all the other award winners and all the exhibiters.

I am happy to contribute my award to two local Western Washington environmental organizations: Friends of Burley Lagoon near Gig Harbor and Protect the Peninsula's Future near Port Angeles Both these groups are fighting the installation of industrial aquaculture in their respective waters. You can go to their websites to learn more about the devastation these industrial operations cause in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. As Plein Air painters--we touch the land and the waters around us with our hearts and our souls.

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Grand Canyon Light

"Grand Canyon Light", 8 x 10 In, Oil, 2021

Years ago I went three times on painting trips down the Grand Canyon. Every once in a while I go "back" to those days.
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