Audubon Society of Portland Wild Arts Festival

American Robin, 6"x6", india ink and watercolor on papyrus mounted to canvas

Art Media donates canvases to local artists who want to contribute a painting to be sold at the Audubon Society of Portland's Wild Arts Festival, November 21 and 22, 2009. Come out and celebrate our local wildlife!

"Cast Shadows: Pacific Northwest Plein Air Landscapes" at Aurora Gallery

left: "Light and Shadow II", 12"x6", pastel
right: "Light and Shadow III" 12"x6", pastel



I've two pieces in the invitational juried show at Aurora Gallery, 1004 Main Street, Vancouver, Washington, during the month of November, 2009. Local artists painting at their best. Go see the show.

Celebration Oregon! Oregon Plein Air Painters exhibit

"Deadine Falls",9"x12", pastel
High Desert Galleries in Bend (October)and Redmond (November) are the hosts of this fabulous juried show celebrating the beauty of Oregon. All of the work was painted en plein air, meaning in the open air. By all means, stop into the gallery if you're in Redmond this month and check it out. Here is my contribution to the show. It's of Deadline Falls on the Umpqua River in southern Oregon. As I painted the piece, I saw several salmon jumping up the fall. Pretty nifty!

Frankly Scarlet II

This 24"x18" pastel painting was accepted into the 17th Juried Art Show of the Arts Council of Snohomish County in Everett, Washington.

Rolling Pastels - yes, you can!

I recently spent a non-painting day with my pastel painting buddy, Brenda Boylan, where we rolled new pastels out of broken pastels, small chips and pastel dust. Check out her blog to see how it's done.

Red, White & Blue

The crimson clover was fabulous this year and just begged to be painted. You'll find these two paintings at Aurora Gallery in Vancouver, Washington.


Crimson Morning I, 12"x9", pastel


Crimson Morning II, pastel, 12"x9"

California Poppies at the Vineyards

Poppies & Vines, pastel, 9"x12"






I'm 'way overdue to post something so here it is. My painting buddy, Brenda Boylan, and I've been out painting several times in the past two weeks and here's a pastel painting I did at the base of the road up to Tualatin Estate Vineyards. We found a cool spot in the shade to work at the side of the road...a perfect location for a warm spring day of painting.