Featured Artist at Amato's Gallery

"Marie's Palette" pastel, 9"x6" (SOLD)

"Catherine Creek" pastel, 6"x12" (SOLD)

These are two examples of the pastels and the oil paintings I have in the new exhibit at Amato's Gallery. The reception is this Friday. Hope to see you there!

Artist Recognition Award for Oil Painting

"Morning Reflections" oil, 9"x12" plein air painting (SOLD)

I'm thrilled to have won the Artists Recognition Award for Oil at the 2010 Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts for my painting "Morning Reflections". It was painted "en plein air" at the Gilbert River on Sauvie Island on a cold and damp autumn morning.

Crimson Clover Time

"Crimson Gates", pastel, 6"x6", plein air painting

Went out with my painting buddy, Brenda, this morning in search of the yellow canola fields. We found 'em and photoed 'em but didn't paint 'em as it threatened to rain. As we wended our way through the countryside toward home we had a bit of an "equipment failure" right by a lovely crimson clover field. After the situation was remedied by a kindly "road angel" we received permission from the farmer to paint on his property where I knocked out this little 6"x6" plein air pastel piece in short order.

Coos Art Museum Expressions West 2010

The April 23rd reception for Expressions West 2010 at the Coos Art Museum was very nice and well attended. I am pleased to have my plein air pastel painting "Deadline Falls II" accepted into the show. It's exciting having one of my paintings hanging on the wall of a museum!

Accepted to Art & Agriculture show in Hood River

Afternoon Glow, 9"x18" plein air pastel painting

This piece was painted during the Northwest Pastel Society's paint-out last year at Rasmussen Farms in Hood River. The golden glow of the hills was beautiful.

'Bear Spot' painted during Amato's Gallery demonstration

Bear Spot, pastel, 6"x12" (SOLD)

Here's the piece I painted at Amato's during "Breakfast At The Gallery" while demonstrating pastel painting Saturday, March 6th . I did most of it at the gallery with just a little touch-up in the studio. It's always fun to show the public how I paint and answer questions all the while.

Painting Accepted Into Coos Art Museum Exhibition

Deadline Falls II, 9"x12", pastel painting by Gretha Lindwood ©2008

I'm pleased to announce my pastel painting, "Deadline Falls II," has been accepted to the Expressions West 2010 Exhibition at the Coos Art Museum. Dates of the exhibition are April 23 through July 3, 2010. Coos Art Museum is located at 235 Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, Phone 541-26-3901,www.coosart.org.

The 9"x12" pastel painting depicts the short but massive Deadline Falls on the North Umpqua River in Oregon. It was painted en plein air (in the outdoors) on a rather warm day. As I stood observing and painting I was treated to the sight of several salmon jumping up the falls.