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Couples Portrait – Stage One

Posted on June 9, 2013
Color study

If we were all like angels, the world would be a heavenly place. ~Author Unknown A couple approached me recently to create a portrait of them as embracing angels. They’d seen my figure work at the Naked Winery tasting room in Hood River, Oregon, and wanted something similar for their home. This is a challenging, but incredibly inspiring project. To get ready I’ve been doing … Continue reading →

Cool Gray Wind

Posted on September 22, 2012
Cool Gray Wind

Cool Gray Wind 24 x 36, oil on canvas, commissioned It’s hard to believe, but what started out one year ago as a series of color explorations of a wind turbine in a stormy, wind-filled sky, has finally been completed in a commissioned painting. Last October, a customer found my work on the Internet, and inquired about commissioning a painting of a wind turbine. He … Continue reading →

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Lupines

Posted on May 13, 2012
Lupines at the Port of Kalama by Marie

Allan loves the lupines and we both love walking at the Port of Kalama. The trails stretch for more than a mile right alongside the Columbia River, and today was the most beautiful day we’ve had this year. I admire urban sketchers and plein air painters; wishing I could be spontaneous enough to draw and paint outside like many of the artists I admire. Alas, … Continue reading →

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Cool Gray Wind Commission: Drawings

Posted on February 22, 2012
Cool Gray Wind: Drawing #2

People seem to love my painting Yellow Wind. It’s one of three paintings in a series I call Primary Wind. In 2011 I completed a commission that reproduced each painting in Primary Wind; only larger. It was a fun to recreate the paintings, considering I loved them the first time around. Here’s more about that commission. Now I’m working on another commission based on just Yellow … Continue reading →

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More lap painting, baseball and drawing wolves!

Posted on July 3, 2011
Sunflower from memory, 5 x 7, watercolor

Take me out to the Ball Game! Ah summer! Gloppy sunscreen, shaved ice and baseball moments. I’m trying to incorporate creative art expression into every part of my life. The Fourth of July is a busy holiday and it put my latest painting project–a copy of Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party–on hold. The fact I’d just finished a study of the painting left me … Continue reading →

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