"Awakening" Seattle City painting by Robin Weiss

"Awakening" 20x24 oil on canvas
Available through Alki Arts  206-295-5115

 

June has been a busy month!   Lots of events, shows and work to be done on the house along with other stuff!

Coming up in July and August;    My show at Artful Connextions in Port Gamble continues through July.

Really looking forward to collaborating with my friend Brooke Borcherding for a "City Views" exhibition  at Alki Arts in August!  For more info check out the website or contact 
Diane at 206-295-5115 

The 2026 Whidbey Island Plein Air Paintout is coming up again ! Join us for a week of painting on beautiful Whidbey Island in August culminating in the gala opening the third weekend in August.  I will also be teaching an Introduction to Plein Air Painting workshop on the 15th prior to the paintout. 

More info HERE

Thanks for stopping by!!  =]   

"Port Gamble House" plein air painting by Robin Weiss

"Port Gamble House"  6x8 oil on panel  $350
Available at Artful Connextions Gallery, Port Gamble
360-930-8460

 

I have been making the short drive to Port Gamble from our house for many years to paint when I had a small window to get some work done.  The town has been growing with new restaurants and businesses.

I finally have the chance to show some of my work there at a new gallery called Artful Connextions. I  will be doing a painting demonstration in conjunction with an exhibition of recent paintings for the month of June and July. 

The demo will be June 6th from 1pm-3pm in the courtyard outside. hope you can join us!!!

"Rocky Point" California coastal painting by Robin Weiss

"Rocky Point"  20x20 oil on canvas  $1400

 

Very grateful to be among the fine artists participating in the 33rd Annual Carmel Art Festival this year.  It will all be happening in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California from May 15-17th 2026.  Hope you can come out for this exciting art event!  More information HERE

"Bloedel Cherry" plein air painting by Robin Weiss

"Bloedel Cherry"  6x8 oil on panel  $350

 

Grateful I was able to wander around the Bloedel Reserve last week and get one little plein air painting in. The cherry tree was at peak bloom so I had to try and capture it.

  Bloedel has an art program where you can take workshops in painting and other stuff, or if you are an artist, apply for a residency program where you can stay on site and work in your discipline. It's pretty cool!

"Pond Lilies" flower painting by Robin Weiss

"Pond Lilies"  7x7 oil   $500

 

When Maury was little I built a pond in the back yard for him to put fish and frogs in. We both really enjoyed it and now after starting his own life working and living in another town the pond still thrives with fish, occasional frogs and these pond lilies which bloom every summer.

I painted this on a smooth, gessoed panel, the kind I used to paint on all the time before I started using oil primed linen "Centurion" panels.  They definately have a different feel when painting and produce a more smooth finish.  Worked pretty good for this painting.

"Hollyhocks on Blue" Flower painting by Robin Weiss

"Hollyhocks on Blue" 8x6 oil on panel $350

 

Another friendly reminder that I will be teaching a Still Life Workshop at the Black Barn Fine Art Studio coming up Saturday, April 25th from 10am-4pm.  Get more info HERE

Hope you can join us!  =]

"Sunlit Vase" still life painting by Robin Weiss

"Sunlit Vase"   6x8 oil on panel, framed   $500

 

Waiting for the weather to break I have been working from old photo reference in the studio. Over the years I have organized all my photos in files by category and then by year so it is easy to go back and look up flower photos, cow photos or specific regions for landscape or seascape, boats etc. These photos may lay dormant in my external hard drive for years and then I will get a whim to paint a series of something like flowers. If the weather is bad I can still work from my reference images.  

Sometimes I will go back 10 years or more like in this case and paint a scene I have painted before. It's fun to compare how I approached the subject then and now.

Rhodies in Handle Vase  watercolor  2012
From life

"Garden Peonies" still life painting by Robin Weiss

"Garden Peonies"  8x6 oil on panel $350

 

Flowers are popping out all over right now!  I'll be getting out as much as I can but for now I am working from old photo reference for some of these trying to build up an inventory for upcoming shows and workshops.

If you are interested in what art adventures I will be participating in this year check out my website HERE

"Blue Vase with Peonies" still life painting by Robin Weiss

"Blue Vase with Peonies"  8x6 oil

 Spring has sprung! The weather has been beautiful and I am finding myself in flower mode...It usually begins with still life paintings and moves to whatever is bursting with color and new life.  Speaking of color and new life, I hope your Easter was full of family and hope for the future as you contemplate what the resurrection of Jesus means to you.  

My first workshop of 2026 is coming up fast! I will be teaching a Still Life workshop on Saturday , the 25th of April from 10am-4pm at the Black Barn Fine Art Studio in Kingston WA. I hope you can join us!  Register on the Black Barn Fine Art Studio website HERE

"Ruby Beach" original oil painting by Robin Weiss

"Ruby Beach"  8x12 oil on panel  SOLD

 

I continue to work from the reference photos and sketches I did from my trip to the Pacific Coast up in La Push, Washington State. The rock formations walking out to Ruby Beach are fantastic!  So many paintings here!  I did this smaller version to see if the composition would work on a larger canvas. Stay tuned for more coastal paintings!  =]

"Day Sailer" Bainbridge Island oil painting by Robin Weiss

"Day Sailer"   10x20 oil on panel  $950   
Available through the J G Gallery, Winslow WA
206-842-2063

 

I used a lot of pallet knife in the execution of this painting.  Things were not going good from the start but I just didn't want to give up on it. So I used the old trick of scraping the whole thing down and coming back the next day with a fresh eye. I was still thinking of washing it and starting over when I picked up the pallet knife and started noodling around. I didn't care if I ruined it or not. That seemed to do the trick. The painting started to come to life... Life is like that sometimes...  Cultivate the ability to adjust your attitude and expectations a little in uncomfortable situations and the joy may return.  =]

This painting will be a part of an all gallery artist group exhibition titled "Offshore" at the J G Gallery in Winslow on Bainbridge Island for the month of March. There will be an opening on Friday, March 6th during First Friday Art Walk. Hope you can Make it!!

"Bagley Lake" Landscape painting by Robin Weiss

"Bagley Lake"  20x20 oil on canvas  $1400
Available through the Scott Milo Gallery
360-293-6938

I have posted a lot of paintings from the Artists Point area of Mount Baker National Park. Many paintings of Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan.   This painting is a view looking the other way, back towards the Cascade Mountains with Bagley Lake in the foreground.

It will be on display at Scott Milo Gallery during Anacortes Art Walk on Friday, March 6th. Stop by if you are in the area. Would love to talk with you about my adventures in art!  =]
 

"Winter Driftwood" plein air landscape painting by Robin Weiss

"Winter Driftwood"  9x18 oil on panel  $850

 

I came home with a plein air painting on my last trip out that I liked but the drawing was off in my opinion. Also it seemed chalky and washed out. I went right to the studio easel and painted this version from the plein air study and the photo which had quite a bit more contrast. Think I should try one more to see if I can split the difference....Painting is hard!!  But so rewarding when vision, eye and hand come together to create a painting with heart and soul.  I can't help but keep chasing it!  

Check out my website for available work, workshop schedule, featured artist exhibitions and more!

robinweissfineart.com

"Washington Coast at La Push" Seascape painting by Robin Weiss

"Washington Coast at La Push"  15x30 oil on canvas  $1400
Available through the Scott Milo Gallery  360-293-6938

 

When I was looking through my photos from a recent painting hike to Second Beach on the Washington Coast the design of shapes in a series of images taken on the edge of this tide pool really caught my eye! I  painted a small study and it was just as striking so I decided to take it larger and longer. 

The challenge for me in a painting like this is to attempt what might seem impossible. To paint the illusion of air between the viewer and the distant objects. In other words the atmospheric distance. You do it by carefully adjusting edges and color. Bluer and softer in the distance, warmer with more contrast as you move into the foreground.

See this painting in person along with many others at the Scott Milo Gallery in March.  Joining me as featured artist for this exhibition will be Rowen Carey, Lorna Libert, Bithia Bjurman, Donna Nevitt Radtke and Ron Radtke.

Painting on the Washington Coast

"Wild Rhodies" flower painting by Robin Weiss

"Wild Rhodies" 20x16 oil on canvas  $1200

 

These Wild Rhododendrons grow outside our bedroom window and are pretty spectacular around Mothers Day in May.  This will be another painting in the featured artist exhibition in March at the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes.  There will be an opening receptions with all the artists in attendance on March 6th 2026. I hope you can make it!

"Dahlia Patch" Fower painting by Robin Weiss

"Dahlia Patch" 18x14 oil on panel  Sold

 

For my upcoming featured artist show in March at the Scott Milo Gallery I wanted some flower paintings. I love painting flowers and haven't done any for awhile so I went through my reference photos and found a series of pictures from the Dahlia Patch outside the post office in Port Gamble.

I started this painting by toning the whole canvas  with a mixture of Quin Magenta
(M Graham color) and Cad Orange. The mix was a color similar to the mid tone Dahlia shade.  Then using a paper towel I wiped out the highlights and flower shapes very loosely. I tried to stay as loose as possible on the first layer filling in the whole canvas and graduating contrast from dark to light as I reach for the color in the sky. I splattered the canvas with dark and light thinned paint to add textural interest. As I added more layers of paint I picked out leaves and petals.  At that point it is good to set the work aside and come back with fresh eyes to make adjustments.

An exhibition reception will be hosted by the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes on March 6th 2026 for all those who would like to see the paintings in person. Joining me in this fine art exhibition will be Rowen Carey, Lorna Libert, Bithia Bjurman, Donna Nevitt Radtke, and Ron Radtke.

I am very fond of M Graham paint!  I used it almost exclusively long before they sponsored me because of my love of alla prima painting. This paint will stay loose and fresh on the pallet longer than others.  If you would like to learn more about this fine product check out their website HERE

"Dosewallips Elk" Wildlife painting by Robin Weiss

"Dosewallips Elk" 18x24 oil on canvas  $1400

 

It has been another long interval of not doing much with the blog. Life has intervened in my usual routine of painting and posting. Life has a way of doing that but it always seems to circle back around to my internal drive and passion to create art... along with gallery friends urging me to produce fresh work.... =]   

I'm back in the studio now during this frigid stretch of winter, cozy with music, paint and canvas. 

 The painting above has been around for awhile sitting on an easel in the studio. I decided to add Elk into the scene. It was the natural choice since this is an area that the Elk bed down along the Dosewallips river in the summer months. It was the touch of life I think it needed.

This painting along with a group of others I am working on and will post in the coming days, will be included in a featured artist exhibition at the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes.  Hope you can make it to the opening but if not, check back here to see a preview of what will be hanging at Scott Milo in March! 

"Salt Marsh" Landscape painting by Robin Weiss

"Salt Marsh"  14x18 oil on panel    SOLD 

 

This is one of those paintings that fell through the cracks and was never posted but sold recently through the Cole Gallery in Edmonds WA.  It was created from photo reference taken at one of my favorite painting spots on the Olympic Peninsula. If you have ever taken a drive down Seven Sisters road, parked and walked south on the beach you will recognize this view. Walking north you will eventually reach Shine Tidelands State Park.

"Sea Stack Reflections" landscape mini painting on easel

"Sea Stack Reflections"  Mini  2.5x3.5 oil
on easel  Sold

 

There has been a lot going on in our life the last several months and I have not been painting much. However, to keep the creative juices flowing I have been doing small mini paintings on 2.5x3.5 little stretched canvases I found online. I put them on small easels and have been selling them at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo. People seem to really love them. Especially the small bird paintings. 

This is one of the mini landscape paintings I did from reference gathered this summer at Olympic National Park in La Push.   I would be happy to ship this little painting on it's easel to you for Christmas!  

"Twisted" Whidbey Island tree painting by Robin Weiss

"Twisted" 20x16 oil on canvas  $1400

We took our traditional hike around the island after turning in the final paintings picked for the gala exhibition on the last night of the Whidbey Island Plein Air competition, 2025. It's always a fun time and a great way to purge the stress of all the elements involved in a painting competition like this. It is great relief to get those paintings touched up, framed and turned in on time! 

We have done Whidbey so many times a routine has established itself.  One of the party of four artists reserves an AirBnB as soon as we get the dates. Once settled in we begin the week painting together or on our own. At the end of the week we help each other pick the best three paintings of each artist then after turn in we play ping pong in the park, go for long hikes and have dinner somewhere together. My son Maury is usually with us and it's really special to spend time with him doing what we love together.

Sooooo,,,all of that to say this painting I call "Twisted" is a coastal fir along one of the Bluff hikes we took after turn in.  I took a quick picture of the light hitting the trunk and did a studio painting using that reference.  I have entered this work into Plein Air Washington Artists Winter Show 2025. We will see what happens!  

"Fall Chestnut" Port Gamble plein air painting by Robin Weiss

"Fall Chestnut"   8x16 oil on panel   $750

 

The last two years have come full circle with these autumn paintings of Port Gamble.  I painted this very scene two years ago when the leaves turned golden.  See my post HERE.  It's fun to go back and see how I interpreted the scene two years later. 

"October in Port Gamble" plein air landscape painting by Robin Weiss

"October in Port Gamble"  8x16 oil on panel   $750

 

I was happy to get out on a couple beautiful fall days early last week.  I knew it would not last long with an "Atmospheric River headed our way...That's the way it is around here. Near the end of October it finally gets cold enough to turn the leaves golden and then the November monsoon season arrives and blows them all away..🍂

I only made some small adjustments on this one back in the studio.  The house was rendered way too small so I made it bigger.  I added some darker passages around the leaves in the foreground. Stuff like that. 

The morning fog simplified some of the detail for me. I considered putting a car on the road but like it a bit more quiet..  Peaceful.

This painting will be on display in our upcoming North Kitsap Studio Tour. I will be showing once again at the Knowles Studio in Poulsbo. Get more info from the Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest website HERE 

"Quiet Morning" Whidbey Island painting by Robin Weiss

"Quiet Morning"  12x24 oil on panel   $1200

 

I'm starting to paint in the studio from reference gathered during this summers art adventures. This one comes from the Whidbey Island Plein Air event.

 I had fun trying to paint the individual character of the rocks and not get too fussy...not sure I succeeded. There is a pretty big difference between the plein air attempt and the studio version, which is why I paint as much on location as possible and hopefully bring that PA immediacy and freshness to the studio. 

  

"Fall on Front Street" Poulsbo painting by Robin Weiss

"Fall on Front Street"  16x20 oil on canvas  $1200

 

Even though I was born in Ohio, Poulsbo is my home town now. I love to paint it's many seasons and faces.  This painting is a classic fall day in the Pacific Northwest with the "marine layer" of fog in the morning enhancing the changing color of the leaves which will be fleeting as the November winds and rains strip the color from the trees.

This studio painting has been around for awhile and undergone at least one repaint. Right now you can see it at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo. Stop by and see the new all gallery artist show called "Birds of a Feather" and how all the artists interpret bird themed paintings, pottery, prints and crafts.

"Corner Conversation" Seattle city painting by Robin Weiss

"Corner Conversation"  6x8 oil on panel   SOLD

 

Continuing to post paintings from the current group exhibition at Alki Arts called "Splendor"  Contact Diane Venti for more info at 206-295-5115.....Or if you are in the vicinity of West Seattle stop by and see some of the best local and affordable art in the area!