FALLS AND SUNGLOW

Falls and Sunglow
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March 2012,

This waterfall is one of the closest to the road in Silver Falls State Park.  That's not the only reason I chose to hike there with my watercolors, but it's a beautiful falls, and a short, pleasant walk.  Years later, I paint this oil painting based on my plein-air sketch.  I can still remember sitting in the cool shade to the right of the creek.  A great place to escape the summer heat.  Can't you just imagine swimming in the pool below the falls?

LIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER

Light Across the River
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April 2012,

A larger version of a sketch posted earlier.  This, in square format, looks quite a bit different.  I loved the very orange light of this late afternoon.

RIVERBEND AGLOW

Riverbend Aglow
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April 2012,

A bend along the Clackamas River, reversed just because.  I'm always amazed at how much light there is on water.  Do you know that if you put on a sun hat and stood in a river on a sunny day your face could get sunburned?  I suppose fisherpersons know that.  As a painter, I mainly suffer eye fatigue.  (Not that I very often stand in the middle of rivers to paint.)  This painting is a studio piece, thus no sunburn.  Just a lovely memory.

RIVERBEND (palette)

Riverbend Palette
8 x 6

A color study for a larger painting.  This is the Clackamas river.  I flipped the photo, because too many of the riverbends in the series of paintings went the same way.  I kind of like the way this balanced out.