Society of Washington Artists Spring Show. If you live in Southwest Washington or the Portland/Vancouver Metro, stop by the show. It runs today through Saturday.

Note to Self #thesedaysofourlives

¿En que piensas mamá? Óleo sobre cartón entelado. #oilpainting #artisinbluesky

#stunday #collage #happy #colorful #art

Oil painting of a sea stack near Cannon Beach, Oregon. I loved the beautiful winter light shining through the tunnel in the rocks. 20”x16” #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #seascapepainting #color #Landscape #paysage #paisaje #landscapepainting #pacificnorthwest

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here’s the final of a little study of a #watertower near the #FieldsPark in #Portland, Oregon. 10”x8” (250mm x 205mm) #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #architectureartwork #architecturallandscape #orange #blue

It has been years since I’ve done an architectural landscape painting. I’m so excited to get back it. #WIP #thefieldspark #pearldistrict #portland #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #architectureartwork #architecturallandscape

Final version. (Most likely 😊) Oil on canvas 12” x 9” #Trees #arbres #Árboles #color #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #Landscape #paysage #paisaje #landscapepainting

Here is a work in progress. I’m trying to make a vibrant, fun little tree. Attempting bold colors and brushstrokes. 12” x 9” #WIP #Trees #arbres #Árboles #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #Landscape #paysage #paisaje #landscapepainting

Summer fields in the Willamette Valley with the Oregon Coast Range in the distance. #oregoncoastrange #willamettevalley #wheatfields #Sky #Clouds #mountains #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo #figurativepainting #Landscape #landscapepainting

Another cloud painting…with some mountains encroaching (😃). This shot is from the central Washington Cascades near #leavenworthwa. Beautiful territory! 12”x9” (30.5cm x 23cm) Oil on canvas #Trees #Sky #Clouds #mountains #cascademountains #wenatchee #Oilpainting #peinturesalhuile #pinturaaoleo

Here is the final. I did some work on the trees. I don’t think you can see it from the full painting, so I provided some close-ups. Oil on canvas 9”x12” (23cm x 30.5cm) #Trees #Sky #Clouds #Stormyclouds #Landscape #Oilpainting #Figurativepainting #nuages #ciel #peinturesalhuile #arboles

I added a few silhouetted trees in the foreground. Trying to keep the trees subtle and NOT cheesy….. #dramaticsky #cloudyday #landscape #painting #oilpainting

Cloud painting. WIP. (I need to get the foreground in.) 9”x12” #clouds #cloudpainting #wip #oilpainting

A Bargue sketch with some invented and not realistic shading. But it was fun. #Bargue #figuredrawing #graphitesketch #dailydrawing

Third Bargue sketch #timedsketch #barguedrawing #graphitepencils #dibujos #esquisse

And more Bargue sketches #timedsketch #barguedrawing #graphitepencils #dibujos #esquisse

More Bargue sketches

More 7-minute poses. #figuredrawing #shortpose #sketching

I took my first figure drawing class today! Never worked with a live model and was nervous going in. It was so professional, artistically stimulating, & mentally exhausting. Here are a few 7-minute drawings that turned out OK. #LifeDrawing #FigureDrawing #ShortPoseDrawing

Spur of the moment 15-minute sketch of cover image of #Bargue Drawing Course. #figuredrawing #graphitesketch #quickdrawing #practicesketch

Big thanks to the #PortlandArtGuild and the #EastPortlandCommunityCenter for organizing and hosting this art exhibition. What a generous way to give artists an opportunity to show their work in public. (So different, and much scarier than online!!) #Artexhibition #portraiture #landscapepaintings

Finished the floating frames. I kept the natural wood for a different look and feel. This is how I am going to configure them at a little showing in Portland, OR next month. #traditionalmediums #oiloncanvas #figurativeart