Back-Lit Bramble (watercolor 16 x 23) available
We aren’t going much of anywhere this summer due to Covid-19. Lucky for us, nearby Croisen Scenic Trail provides endless scenic fodder. This particular scene, is in the less trafficked part of the trail below Sprague High School.
In my Cumulus Balloon (13 x 15 pen and ink) available
I’ve always wanted to float on the clouds.
Digitally Altered Limited Edition Prints: 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75.
Cloud Balloon Colorized (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
Cloud Balloon on White (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
Tree Pose: Root Your Foot Down (pen and ink 11 x 18) available
In many standing yoga poses the instructions are to root down through your standing leg. That seems particularly fitting for tree pose.
Digitally Altered Limited Edition Prints: 9 x 12 $6o.
Tree Pose on White (digitally altered pen and ink 11 x 14) $60
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.
The Whale Titanic (archival pen 10 x 14) sold limited edition prints available
The Titanic was whale of a ship. This Titanic is a whale and unlike the original, it’s meant to dive.
Needled by Ravens (India ink 13 x 15) available
A second ink drawing of a pine tree with raven needles. This time a used gnarled and twisted old Ponderosa Pine from the edge of the Grand Canyon as a model.
Digitally Altered Prints Available: 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75.
Needled by Ravens on White (digitally altered pen and ink) 8 x 10 $40; 11 x 14 $75
The Raven Tree (2 x 21 archival pen) available
When I look at pines I often see things in the branches the way other people see things in the clouds. From there to a tree of ravens wasn’t much of a stretch.
Fine art prints are available. I’ve also digital manipulated the tree so as to place it on a couple different backgrounds for printing. Those images can be seen and purchased here.
Park Giant (watercolor 17 x 23) available
Portrait of an imposing pine tree in the Salem, Oregon Pioneer Cemetery.
Orange and Blue Mesa (alcohol ink 5 x 7) $50.00 unframed
A little painting of a fantasy mesa.
Three Trees in a Stony Landscape (alcohol ink 5 x 7) SOLD
Another fantasy alcohol ink landscape.
Dappled Spring Trail (watercolor 16 x 23) Sold
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.
Harbor Abstract II (17 x 23 watercolor) available
A harbor existing only in my teeming brain.
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.
Lithe Birch (watercolor 13 x 19) sold
An upwards look at a graceful birch.
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.
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.
Barcelona Night (watercolor 13 x 19) available
Barcelona in January. Even after midnight the streets still bustle.
Fall Light on Croisen Trail (watercolor 12 x 19) available
Another view of the hill below our house.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shadows Over the Hilltop (watercolor 10 x 15) available
Shadows on the hillside above Croisan Creek, Salem, Oregon.
Looking Up Saint Peters (watercolor 15 x 17 )available
An upwards look at St. Peters, in Rome.
Red and Black Ink Blot I (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Dark Place I (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Blue Place I (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Blue Place II (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Cresting the Hill (watercolor 16 x 23) not available
Another forest painting from Croisan Scenic Trail.
I reworked this painting in May of 2022. The new version is warmer and had more contrast. I like it much better.
Cresting the Hill Reworked (16 x 22) available
All Rows Lead to the East Gate 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.
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.
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.
Lacey Edge (watercolor 12 x 17) available
Watercolor painting of the lacy patterns made by light on the forest edge.
Spring Tangle (watercolor 14 x 19) Sold
This painting has sold, but you can purchase a fine art reproduction here.
Intrepid (Alcohol Ink 4 x 7) Sold
A little painting of a tree hanging on in hard spot.
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.
These are my very first alcohol ink paintings. The process is fast and exciting if not exactly controllable. Each of these paintings was completed in under thirty minutes working on Yupo with an eyedropper, cotton ball, cotton swab, gravity, and a mister. The good news it creates beautiful glowing results almost by magic. The bad news is that over half the painting made this way are fit only for the trash. These are the winners:
Blue Mountains I (alcohol ink 5 x 6) available
Blue Mountains II (Alcohol Ink 5 x 7) SOLD
Blue Mountain III (alcohol ink 5 x 7) available
Blue Cliffs (Alcohol Ink 4 x 7) available
Coastal Moon (alcohol ink 4 x 6) SOLD
Cliff Dwellers (alcohol ink 5.5 x 7) SOLD
