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Graphite sketch of friend.
12” x 9” (30cm x 23cm)
#graphitepencils
#dibujos
#esquisse
#sketching

Oil painting of a wind swept tree with a muted conifer forest in the background and a blue brilliant blue sky.

NOT A REPOST. This “Wind Swept Tree” is much larger (30” x 24”). (Yes, that’s my cat in the perspective photo!)

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#Trees
#arbres
#Árboles
#color
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#pacificnorthwest

Painting of windswept tree.

Windswept tree.

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#Trees
#arbres
#Árboles
#color
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#pacificnorthwest

Oil painting of woman seated on a chair and leaning back on her arms. View is from behind.

“A Seated Woman Viewed from Behind”: A friend asked me to use this subject for a painting and gave me complete license (including the possibility that I may never do it). A year and a half later with no pressure, i had an absolute blast with this! #woman #oilpainting #figurativeart #retrato

Colorful oil, painting of a woman seated backwards on a chair. Wearing a bathing suit.

Another WIP of this seated woman.
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#orange
#femalepainting

I am having a blast with this WIP. A friend wants a painting of a woman with a back view and NOT sexual or coquettish. Other than that, I am FREE!
20” x 16” (50cm x 41cm)
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#paintingofwoman
#wip

Pencil sketch of a toy robot and a toy dinosaur.

Doing a little sketching.
#Robots
#Dinosaur
#LostInSpace
#Sketching
#Drawing
#dibujos
#esquisse

Every year I do a few hand-painted cards. This year we are sending wishes of strength, kindness, and compassion. A resilient tree standing strong through the storm.
#resilience
#Kindness
#Compassion
#HandpaintedCards
#TreePainting
#LandscapePainting
#HappyNewYear

Ocean scape. Rocky coast with conifers and grasses in the foreground.

An arch rock on the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach.
5” x 5” (13 cm x 13cm)
#oregoncoast
#cannonbeachoregon
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#seascape
#oceanpainting

A friend of ours is a singer\songwriter. This painting is based on one of his recent performances at the Waypost in Portland, Oregon.
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#guitars

Work In Progress. Interesting lighting with red from above and cool blue from the music stand. The flannel shirt is also challenging.
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#musician
#guitar
#retratos
#portrait

For some reason, I agreed to paint a friend’s husband (and a fish and a cigar). Didn’t JS Sergeant say every time he paints a portrait he loses a friend? We will see!
12” x 9”
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#retratos
#portrait

Did you ever do a portrait that looks nothing like the subject, however you like the painting? Ha!
#portrait
#retrato
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting

Self portrait from a 2005 photo.
6” x 5” (152mm x 126mm)

#selfportrait
#Autoportrait
#Autoretratos
#portrait
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting

Wildwood
gouache
#scape #ForestFriday #painting #nature #peaceful #art #forest

Calling this the final of Casa Grande Peak in Big Bend National Park.
9” x 12” (23cm x 30.5cm)
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#bigbend
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting

Or it may my Casa Grande Peak…

#WIP #artisticprocess #blockin
Emory Peak in #BigBendNationalPark
#oiloncanvas

2025 Portland Open Studios Tour Guide Find out what the artists in your neighborhood are up to in this free, annual art studio tour—October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm. The guide includes maps, artist directories, neighborhood pages, printable ...

Portland Open Studio!!!
Woo-hoo! I love this!!! It’s like a city-wide art gallery!
Studios are open October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm.
#portlandoregon
#artgallery
#portlandopenstudios
portlandopenstudios.com/2025/tour.html

Painting of a desert sunset

Another offering in my 5“ x 5“ (127x127mm) personal painting challenge. There’s nothing like a desert sunset; this is from a trip to Terlingua, Texas (Big Bend).

#desertart
#sunset
#coucherdesoleil
#atardecer
#BigBendNationalPark
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo

Small oil, painting of ornamental grass and a lawn chair shining in the afternoon sun. With Trees in the distance.

Another 5” x 5” personal painting challenge.

A mini landscape.
In the REAL view, I loved the afternoon sun shining on the ornamental grass and the arm of the lawn chair.
#paintingchallenge
#painting
#pintura
#peinture
#lawnchair
#ornamentalgrass

My continuing series of 5“ x 5“ (12.7cm x 12.7cm) paintings.

Here’s a sunny little palm tree.

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#arbres
#Árboles
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting

I’ve got all these old 5” x 5”panels. So I have “pledged“ to myself to use them. Here is #2. (Notice that I didn’t say how many I was doing? Hmmm.) Mid-century modern lamp in my studio.
#oilonpanel
#orange
#green

Here’s a throwback from 2019. I call him “Blue Man Gazing“. (And as a joke Papi Smurf!) I really enjoyed tying hair highlights into the painting and trying to get the form of the shoulders to show through the jacket.
20“ x 16“
Acrylic on canvas
#tbt
#portrait
#retrato
#green
#red

A small landscape showing Mount Hood from Hood River, OR. I’m trying to force myself to work quicker and simplify.

5” x 5” (127mm x 127mm)
Oil on panel

#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#cascademountains

A larger version of the Fields Park Water Tower. The same color palette, although I played around more with temperature.
24” x 20” (61cm x 51cm)
#thefieldspark
#pearldistrict
#portland
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape

“Trombone Man” is from a few years ago.
5” x 5” (13cm x 13cm)
Acrylic on cradled panel.

#trombone #blue #jazzpainting
#tbt
#musicpainting
#acrylicpainting
#brightcolors
#couleursvives
#coloresvivos

Are these your paintings? Regardless, they’re beautiful. And your poetry describing them is wonderful.

#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
#Astypalea
#greece
#turquoise

The sarcastic title of this is “Because the World Needs Another Painting of a Greek Church.” Ha!!

Regardless of the world’s needs, I love when friends travel and let me paint their memories.

12” x 9” (30.5 x23cm)
Oil on canvas

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting