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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.
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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
