The Ultimate Alley View Take Two (watercolor 10 x 13) commission
A little commissioned piece based on a larger more colorful painting I did some years ago.
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June 2, 2020 6:07 pm
May 10, 2020 3:11 pm
Park Giant (watercolor 17 x 23) Available
Portrait of an imposing pine tree in the Salem, Oregon Pioneer Cemetery.
April 24, 2020 10:18 am
Dappled Spring Trail (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
Dappled Spring Trail II (watercolor 13 x 21) Available
Two sunny spring views, of the trial below our house in Salem, Oregon. Croisan Creek Trail, is an endless source of inspiration. During the current shelter in place orders, it is even more valuable as an escape.
9:34 am
Harbor Abstract II (17 x 23 watercolor) Available
A harbor existing only in my teeming brain.
9:16 am
Stone-Drop Before the Bridge (watercolor 13 x 18) Available
Water is ever fascinating. This time it is the ripple pattern caused by a stone landing the the Llangollen Canal, in Shropshire, England that caught my eye.
January 31, 2020 12:21 pm
Lithe Birch (watercolor 13 x 19) available
An upwards look at a graceful birch.
12:10 pm
Looking Up Cologne (watercolor 10 x 14) available
The tower leading up to Cologne Cathedral’s tower is uniquely lit with multiple windows. Here is my take on the view up to the bells.
January 11, 2020 3:39 pm
Harbor Abstract I (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
The abstract harbor view contains reference material from Wales, to Oregon, British Columbia, to Washington State. Prints are available here.
3:27 pm
Barcelona Night (watercolor 13 x 19) Available
Barcelona in January. Even after midnight the streets still bustle. Prints available here.
3:15 pm
Fall Light on Croisen Trail (watercolor 12 x 19) Available
Another view of the hill below our house. Prints are available here.
January 1, 2020 5:20 pm
November 22, 2019 4:32 pm
The Bridge in Our Wake (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
This is the beautifully rural Llangollen Canal, near Llangollen, Wales. As you can see from the wake, I took the reference photos for this painting looking back over the stern of our little narrowboat. To be ridiculously specific, this Bridge 36W looking back towards Trevor Basin on the last leg of our journey to Llangollen itself. Its idyllic up there.
Prints are available here.
November 4, 2019 6:26 pm
The Bones of Dinas Bran (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is bits and pieces of what’s left of Castell Dinas Bran, sometimes referred to as Crow’s Fortress or Crow Castle. The castle was probably built sometime in the 1260s by Gruffydd II ap Madog, making it the only Welsh Castle we visited to actually have been built by the Welsh. The castle is now an evocative ruin perched on the hilltop above Llangollen.
We walked a mile or so up to see it after having moored within sight of it the night before. It’s a powerful sight whether seen from above or below.
Purchase fine art prints here.
October 28, 2019 5:05 pm
Moored Garden (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Another painting from our narrowboating trip on the Llangollen. This time there’s actually a narrowboat in the painting, not to mention the canal itself. I took the reference photo for this painting not far from Ellesmere.
Prints are available here.
October 20, 2019 1:15 pm
All Rows Lead to the Eastgate Clock (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Chester’s pride and joy, is the The Rows, a shopping district of more or less authentic Elizabethan building centered around the The Queen’s Jubilee Clock set over the Eastgate of the city walls. Prints are available here.
1:13 pm
Late Afternoon Denbighshire (watercolor 17 x 23) available
We are just back from a narrowboating trip on the Llangollen Canal in North Wales. Paradoxically, we spent much of our week’s boat rental walking on dry land both along the canal and into the countryside. This particular walk was along part of the Offa’s Dyke Path just a few miles west of Chirk Marina. The typical slate farmhouse in the mid-ground was visible for most of our late afternoon walk. Prints are available here.
August 19, 2019 6:12 pm
Shadows Over the Hilltop (watercolor 10 x 15) available
Shadows on the hillside above Croisan Creek, Salem, Oregon.
6:01 pm
Looking Up Saint Peters (watercolor 15 x 17) available
An upwards look at St. Peters, in Rome.
5:48 pm
July 30, 2019 5:17 pm
Cresting the Hill (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
Another forest painting from Croisan Scenic Trail.
5:00 pm
July 8, 2019 5:00 pm
Northwest by Victorian (watercolor 15 x 22) Available
This is a fantasy grouping of the real Victorian houses just east of downtown Albany, and the rather prominent church just west of downtown.
Purchase the original or a fine art print here.
4:58 pm
Old Woman (watercolor 16 x 21) SOLD
An upwards look at the woods backing our yard. Either you will see the old woman or you won’t. If you do see her, you won’t be able to stop seeing her.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art reproduction here.
4:56 pm
Lacey Edge (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
Watercolor painting of the lacy patterns made by light on the forest edge.
Purchase the original or a fine art reproduction here.
June 8, 2019 8:44 pm
Spring Tangle (watercolor 14 x 19) Sold
This painting has sold, but you can purchase a fine art reproduction here.
5:22 pm
4:47 pm
Early Spring (watercolor on yupo 11 x 14) Available
A little bit like alcohol ink, but more controllable. This painting is watercolor on Yupo, which is a little like painting on glass.
May 23, 2019 1:53 pm
Pantheon Spotlight (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
The dome in the Roman Pantheon is open to the sky. It provides all of the natural light in the church. The result is slowly moving spotlight, picking out first one wall than another in the Pantheon.
May 8, 2019 8:22 pm
Looking Up Towards Home II (watercolor 13 x 19) Sold
Walking home from a morning walk in the woods we looked up the hill towards our house into magical morning light. I’ve done my best to capture that light in this pair of paintings.
Looking Up Towards Home I (watercolor 13 x 19) Sold
These paintings have sold, but you can still purchase prints here.
8:18 pm
Spring Snow on Croisan Train (watercolor 14 x 19) Available
We walked Croisan Scenic Trail all this winter, rain, snow, or shine. It is beautiful in the snow.
8:13 pm
8:10 pm
Breaking Out: Empty Nest IV (watercolor 18 x 21) Available
Another painting based on my empty nest.
6:28 pm
To the Cathedral (watercolor 15 x 19) SOLD
Santa Cruz in the Barrio on a street leading to the Seville Cathedral.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
February 15, 2019 6:23 pm
Wings From Home: Empty Nest III (watercolor 23 x 17) Available
Another painting based on the empty nest I found in our yard.
February 5, 2019 7:54 pm
Looking Up (watercolor 12 x 17) Available
Looking up from the nave of Salamanca Cathedral, Spain.
7:47 pm
Waking Forest (watercolor 13 x 18) Available
A Columbia Gorge nymph emerges out of the landscape.
7:39 pm
Empty Nest II (watercolor 15 x 19) Available
Reflections on becoming an empty nester, via abstract variations of a bird’s nest I found in my backyard.
7:29 pm
January 14, 2019 3:36 pm
Empty Nest (13 x 15 watercolor) Available
We had Juncos nesting under our deck last spring. After the birds had left, I stole the next to paint.
3:34 pm
Freight at Dusk (16 x 21 watercolor) Available
I drive through Albany on my way to Art in the Valley several times a month. Crossing over the railway bridge I admire the trains, but there’s no place to pull over and stop. So last month, I made a point of pulling into the station and walking up the bridge to photograph the trains. I may do it again at a different time of day.
