GOLDEN SKY AND PALMS

Golden Sky and Palms, 8 x 6 oil

A summer painting.  Maybe there are surfers out there on that wave.  Maybe the coconuts are ripe.  Maybe I can walk down that path to the beach and go snorkelling.  Meet you there?

MOUNTAIN VIEW AT BLACK BUTTE RANCH

Black Butte Mountain View, 6 x 8 oil 

Across the golden meadow, North and South Sister lend their reflections to the pond light.

WAILUA VALLEY

Wailua Valley, 5 x 7 oil

While chasing down waterfalls on Kauai, we stumble on to this valley view.  Everything is so intensely green, here.  I feel that Jack's beanstalks could really grow into the sky overnight.

WILLOW AGAINST HILL

Willow Against Hill, 6 x 8 oil

Another brushwork experiment, this time go as it grows.

JONSRUD VIEWPOINT IN FALL

Jonsrud Fall Quilt, 12 x 24 oil

October, 2013 It is a crisp fall morning, and the sun shines through atmosphere at the base of Mt. Hood, cascading across the hilltops and lighting the fall leaves afire.  The air warms, and so does the river valley.  I shed my coats and finish my painting, enjoying the last bit of warm weather.

WILLOW REFLECTIONS

Willow Reflections, 6 x 8 oil

Part of a series in which I am experimenting with brush strokes. In this one, brush strokes follow the planes of the landscape.

WAIMEA CANYON LOOKOUT OVER NAPALI COAST

Napali Coast, 6 x 8 oil

We have driven all the way to the end of the Waimea Canyon road, and can look down on the Napali Coast.  Mist comes and goes between us and the distant shoreline.  It's easy to imagine heavy rains pouring down and carving the swooping curves of the mountain.