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| Winterbird #7 4x5 oil on panel, framed $150 |
It's New Years Eve and I only have one Wnterbird painting left to post. I will do that tomorrow morning, the first day of 2022 and then it's a whole new year to look forward to! I have lots of adventures planned for next year so I hope you will continue to follow along! May your New Years Eve be filled with lots of love and family! Thank you for all your support and encouragement! See you in 2022!
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| Winterbird #6 5x7 oil on panel, framed $150 |
Hope you are enjoying a winter wonderland like we are here in the Pacific Northwest! If you are, you will probably be seeing these friendly birds at your feeder. Chickadees are one of the songbirds that will readily use a nest box in the spring. Be sure to clean yours out before they start nesting!! Enjoy!!
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| Winterbird #5 7x5 oil on panel $150 |
Another Chickadee...They all seem like they have unique personalities =]
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| Winterbird #4 6x8 oil on panel SOLD |
Now that major snow has come to the Pacific Northwest and the temps have dropped dramatically I see these Chickadees flitting about everywhere as if they are celebrating the winter wonderland. This is another painting that sold recently at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo, WA
Hope you are enjoying all your feathered friends!
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| Winterbird #3 6x6 oil SOLD |
This one sold at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo over the weekend. Someone had a good Christmas!
Hope you did too!!
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| Winterbird #2 6x8 oil on panel framed SOLD |
Just gonna keep posting the little bird paintings till I run out... Hope you enjoy them!
Merry Christmas!
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| Winter Bird #1 6x6 oil on panel $150 |
Every year I get in the mood to paint little song birds. I especially like the snow scenes. I am using stock photos off the internet for these but I make up my own compositions and color.
If your interested they are framed for $150 plus shipping. Super deal! robinweiss@earthlink.net
Daily Paintworks Pick of the Day! Thanks David! =]
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| "Edmonds Side Street" 15x19 oil on linen $1200 Available through the Cole Gallery 425-697-2787 |
Any subject can make great art. Even a non-descript side street on a wet Northwest day in Edmonds.
Part of appreciating life is the ability to quietly observe the beauty of everyday encounters with all that surounds us. A special bonus is to be able to make a living capturing those moments on canvas..
View this painting in person or inquire through the Cole Gallery in Edmonds WA.
Thanks to all of you who encourage me every day as I live the artists life!
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| "The Resting Place" 14x18 oil on linen SOLD |
I keep finding pieces in my artwork file that have not been posted on the blog. It's important because all my sites are interconnected now. When I post on my blog, that post is picked up and applied to my Dailypaintworks gallery page....and when you click on the portfolio tab on my website, it goes to that DP gallery page. ...so if I want all my work to be available on the website, it needs to be posted on the blog....Anyhow, I'm trying to keep up!
The Resting Place is one of those paintings that never got posted. It recently sold at the Roby King Gallery on Bainbridge Island. It's a scene of Port Hadlock from a favorite painting location outside the Ajax Cafe. You can see more of my work available at the Roby King Gallery HERE.
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| "Fish Park Trail" 11x14 oil on linen $800 |
They made a park at the bottom of our road where Dog Fish Creek meets Liberty Bay and called it Dog Fish Park. I guess, originally, it was Dog Fish Bay because they caught a lot of Dog Fish here. The livers had oil in them which they would render and use to grease the skids that slid the logs into the bay for transport. They changed the name to Liberty Bay which was probably a good idea.
There are a lot of trails that wind through the marsh now and it is a good place not far away to paint. I caught it on a foggy day here. This is what winter mostly looks like in the Pacific Northwest. I love it!
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| "Fish Camp on Stavis Bay" 24x32 oil on canvas $2200 available at the Roby King Gallery 206-842-2063 |
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| "Marrowstone Point" 12x24 oil on panel SOLD |
There is a stretch of salt marsh as you pass by Indian Island along the causeway to Marrowstone. I love the open vistas of tidelands, marsh and distant points of land. I think sometimes about the ancestors of the S'Klallam and Chimacum peoples who used to hunt and gather here for over 1500 years. It's a good place to be quiet and listen,... and especially I like to try and capture the authenticity of this land on canvas.
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| "Cotton Wood Creek" 12x9 oil SOLD |
Sometimes I lose track of paintings and forget they are even out there until I get a check in the mail. A nice surprise came from the Roby King Gallery on Bainbrdige Island this week for two paintings they sold.
This painting was done several years ago during a trip with Plein Air Washington Artists to Teton National Park. I remember being a little nervous painting this one because I had no bear spray and there were reports of grizzlies in the area and a recent attack.....All I saw were mosquitoes!
If you are Christmas shopping on Bainbridge Island be sure to visit the Roby King Gallery! They have some of the best representational painters in the Northwest on display there. =]
Merry Christmas!
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| "Skagit Fields" 12x24 oil on panel SOLD |
Big thanks to everyone who came out to Arts in the Woods studio tour! We didn't know what to expect but it turned out to be our best studio tour so far in the ten years we have been participating! Thanks to all who supported local artists in North Kitsap! It means so much to our community as a whole that you encourage our local artists and support local business! We couldn't do it without you! =]
The painting above was bought by a local collector at AITW 2021. It depicts a tranquil scene in Skagit County Washington. The flower fields have been put to bed after the harvest season is done and the fall rains begin. It reminds the viewer of the changing and renewing landscape and a hopeful spring bursting with color and new life.
Don't forget to put Arts in the Woods on your calendar for next year! Always the second weekend in November where there will be a new crop of paintings to add to your collection! Have a wonderful holiday season!
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| "Over the Edge" Mount Ranier 18x24 oil SOLD |
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| Me and Jim Lamb at Mount Rainier National Park 2019 |
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| "Flowers at the Fat Turnip Farm" 12x9 oil on panel $600 |
Two events coming up quickly are;
"Arts in the Woods" The North Kitsap Studio Tour comprising 18 studios and over 50 artists participating.
Plein Air Washington Artists Winter Exhibition opening Dec 3rd at the American Art Company in Tacoma Wa.
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| "The Lewis River" 9x12 oil $600 |
After having a thoroughly fun time painting at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill a few of us decided to try and find Lucia Falls on the Lewis River to capture the afternoon light. Thankfully my GPS was working well and we found our way after winding around the wilds of Woodinville. After reaching the park we couldn't find the falls but set up anyway and I managed to get in some brush miles...Then the long drive back to Poulsbo. Yet another fun PAWA pop-up paintout! =]
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| "Cedar Creek Cascade" 9x12 oil on panel SOLD |
PAWA pop up events have been happening all summer. PAWA is the acronym for Plein Air Washington Artists. It is a large group of plein air artists in Washington State who regularly get together to paint our spectacularly beautiful region of the US.
In September a number of us traveled to Woodinville to paint at the Cedar Creek Gristmill. It started out as a cool foggy day but the sun slowly made an appearance and artists began to set up around the mill and down the river. I decided to paint a cascading section of Cedar Creek in the morning not finding a good view of the mill I liked.
I took many pictures of the Grist mill which is a striking old, authentic grain processing mill originally built in 1876 and bought ,sold and refurbished many times until it became the oldest working museum in Washington state. After working up this photo I wished that I had given it a shot from this perspective but it would have meant trying to balance on a big boulder under the bridge!
As is often the case when you go to a PAWA paintout, I met new friends and reacquainted with old ones. Candy Smith painted the cascade with me on Cedar Creek. It was a pleasant morning listening to the river run and chatting with a new painting buddy.
Hope you can make it to a PAWA paintout next year! If you have ever considered joining a painting support group PAWA is a gem! A good time to meet many members and get a sense of who we are is to come to the end of the year get together in Edmonds . It is a live model paint in and we will be talking about events in 2022. Hope to see you there! Click HERE for more info.
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| "The Lime Dock" 10x20 oil on panel SOLD |
Thought the long skinny format would work good for this scene in LaConnor, WA . We set up just outside the Seaside Gallery for a final painting before I headed back down to Poulsbo. I have painted this scene a few times before but this was my best effort...Confirmed when I sold it a few days later....=]
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| "LaConnor Boat Haven" 9x12 oil on panel $600 |
There is a great little marina and boat graveyard not far from Laconnor along the canal on Tribal land that is a a hidden gem for painters! We went two days in a row to this great location. On the second day we did a little exploring and found another great painting spot down a trail that starts at the marina. I'll post that painting in the next few days.
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| "Fishing at Lagoon Point" 12x24 oil on linen panel $1200 |
I have posted most of the work I did on location during the Whidbey Island Plein Air Festival. This one is a studio painting done from photos I took near where we stayed in Green Bank. It is a favorite spot for fishing from the shore. The light was fading fast when I walked out to Lagoon Point so only enough time to get a few shots. This painting will be included in the group show coming up in November at the Scott Milo Gallery. Hope to see you at the opening , November 5th!
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| "Ala Spit" 12x12 oil on panel $800 |
I have been painting on Whidbey Island for many years but had never been to this location. An artist friend who lives on the island told me about Ala Spit and I decided to drive up to the north end to see it. Turns out it is a great fishing and clamming area with beautiful views of Hope Island and the inner Puget Sound. I spent a very pleasant morning watching the eagles hunt and capturing this scene.
Daily Paintworks Pick of the Day!
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| "Island Farm" 16x20 oil on linen panel Sold Available through the Scott Milo Gallery 360-293-6938 |
Island Farm was my most ambitious plein air painting to date. I passed by this scene in the early morning on my way to Ala Spit during the Whidbey Island Plein Air Festival in 2021. After spending the morning at the spit I called Maury to meet me at the farm where I found a great spot off the highway to tuck in and set up.
I also knew if I could nail the atmospheric distance in the background I could have fun with the foreground elements so I started with the architecture of the barn and outbuildings, filling in the tree/shrub line along the water and then working from the sky down to the top of the field softening edges as I went.
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| "Admiralty Head Lighthouse 2021" 10x20 oil on panel Sold |
I have painted this scene so many times now I just titled it the same as the others with the date added. Ha!
It is a great view of the lighthouse on Whidbey Island. Hard to resist! I painted it with snow on the ground one year during a freak snow storm. Sometimes you just need a long format canvas for compositions like this. I was able to get the distant point of land near Ebeys Landing which takes you through the painting and into the distance. This one will also be in the November group show at the Scott Milo Gallery.
Be sure to subscribe to my blog so you don't miss information on upcoming shows and workshops.
Happy Trails! =]
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| "Classic Coupeville" 11x14 oil on linen Sold available through the Scott Milo Gallery 360-293-6938 |
No Whidbey Island Plein air competition would be complete without several impressions of Coupeville's iconic boat dock. This was mine. I've painted it several times but liked the textural, low tide, rocky, shelly debris in the foreground. I pulled out all my texture tricks including splattering the panel with dark and light paint. This one will also be in the upcoming Scott Milo Gallery group show opening November 5th
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| Maury painting under the dock in Coupeville |
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| "Field of Gold" 10x14, plein air, oil $800 Available through the Scott Milo Gallery 360-293-6938 |
It never made it into the competition as we were only allowed three entries...but it will be in an upcoming group show at the Scott Milo Gallery in November along with many other recent plein air paintings. The opening will be on November 5th during Anacordes Gallery Walk. hope you can make it!! Click on the highlighted text for more info! =]
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| "Close of Day" 9x12 oil on panel SOLD |
In my last post I promised to include the paintings completed during the Whidbey Island Plein Air Festival. I won Best of Show from juror of awards, Al Currier for this piece. It was also the very first painting I did for the competition. I went on to paint 10 more paintings including my largest plein air at 16x20 inches.
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| Close of Day on location |
It was nice after so much time cooped up because of covid to head over to Coopeville and get back to competing again. ..=]
Heads up on current and upcoming shows:
Front Street Gallery: "Northwest Passages" a featured artist exhibit opening Oct. 9th and up through the month.
The Scott Milo Gallery: opening Nov. 5th and up through the month of November 2021
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| "Misty Morning" Ebeys Landing 20x24 oil on linen $1800 |
Back from a blogging hiatus I would like to present this painting of Ebeys Landing on Whidbey Island. This 20x24 studio painting is based on a plein air study created during the Whidbey Island Plein Air Festival that took place in August.
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| Me, Maury and Brook during the Whidbey Island Plein Air Festival |
We had a great time at the Festival which lasted from
Aug 16-19. Maury registered as well and joined in the fun.
We both won awards and sold paintings! I will be posting
more about the competition as I add the paintings to In Plein
Air.
At this time I would like to use the above painting "Misty Morning" to promote "Northwest Passages" a featured artist exhibition of recent work at the Front Street Gallery in Poulsbo. WA through the month of October.
The opening will be during Second Saturday Artwalk , October 9th from 6-9pm. Hope you can make it!
Also coming up in November is "Arts in the Woods"!! Yes! It's that time again! The yearly North Kitsap studio tour is drawing near! There will be six artists in attendance and showing fresh work at the Knowles Studio again this year. Come out and see some of the best local art North Kitsap has to offer!
The second weekend in November , November 12th, 13thand 14th 2021
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| "Wildflower Field" 11x14 oil on linen $800 |
This is one of the paintings I did in Crested Butte from outside the Nordic Inn as the rain showers cycled through the mountains. It rained a lot but look at those wildflowers! Everything was lush and green!
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| "Butte Bagels" 9x12 oil on panel SOLD |
If your hanging out in Crested Butte, Colorado and you need something quick and tasty for breakfast..This is the place. You will love all the options for stuff you can smear on a bagel.
This painting is part of the Town Show at the Oh Be Joyful Gallery in CB. Check out their website HERE
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| "Alley View" 6x8 plein air SOLD |
The alley ways in Crested Butte are the best!! So many cool little tucked away scenes to paint!
I traded this one to anorher artist who's work I love. Sales at the Oh Be Joyful Gallery are brisk! There are still a few of my paintings available from our last trip to Colorado. Check out the website HERE
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| "Blue Bird Sky" SOLD |
Shows I am participating in the month of August:
"The Gift of Water" Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
The Cole Gallery, Edmonds , WA
Edmonds Art Festival Poster Artist and gallery show at the Francis Anderson Center for the Arts
The Oh Be Joyful Gallery, Crested Butte CO Summer Shows
The Whidbey Island Plein Air Paint Out, Whidbey Island, WA
