Paintoutings With Karen E. Lewis

After visiting galleries in Astoria, I drive to the beach at Seaside. It is carousel time for gulls. They follow the leader in swirls and sw...

A cloudy morning in the park as I walk the upper paths, looking for an ideal painting spot. I reach a deck built out over a hillside with a...

It’s a pleasant warm day, not too hot, not too cold, and I’m staying comfortable under my market umbrella while I paint the colorful busy ma...

Goose day. We paint near the boat ramp, where all the geese hang out. I’d estimate the flock at between 50 and 80 birds... young ones with...

A quiet, cloudy morning to start painting, with violet-blue cloud cover and a blush on the water. A large flock of geese has been grazing on...

The river is still and glassy beneath a quilt of clouds. I stand on the dock where it crosses the water, and paint first the sky, which cha...

Rick and I head up the Columbia Gorge for an art day. We begin with the Hudson River School exhibit at Maryhill Museum of Art. It is a rea...