"Hedges Family Estate" original, vineyard, oil painting by Robin Weiss

"Hedges Family Estate" 16x20 oil on canvas   $1200

This was the companion piece to Blue Valley in the Valleys to Vinyards show I talked about in my last post. The work was inspired by our trip to Walla Walla in the eastern part of Washington State and the plein air paintings done on location there. Walla Walla and the regions around it are starting to be well known for their fine wines.

While I had a great time painting with the PAWA artists my wife , Ann
enjoyed sampling the wine!

"Hedges Vinyard" plein air study  9x12 oil on panel   $600

The plein air study that inspired the studio work won Honorable Mention from juror, Tim Diebler.


One of the nice things about plein air painting is the wonderful memories that come back to you when viewing the work . I'll always remember the warm summer days we spent in WallaWalla!

"Westlake Starbucks" Seattle city oil painting, by Robin Weiss

"Westlake Starbucks" 9x14 oil on linen panel  SOLD

The June show at Alki is coming up fast!.....Hope the painting on my easel drys in time!!... This one has been varnished and framed.

Ann and I sat at this Starbucks last week just after the May Day protests, We had some coffee while we waited for Maury to get off work and watched the diverse groups of folks walk by...This is a great spot for people watching!!

"The Smoker"

From my Seattle city images.

8x10 oil on panel sold

"Green Light" Seattle city scenes , urban oil painting

Worked on Saturday and did some smaller format paintings. I painted fast trying to capture the motion and the light.

5x7 oil on panel

"Runner" oil on brown paper

It's back to work!.......seems like a long time since I have been able to get back to painting! I felt like I needed to do some warm ups so I did some some sketching on a large piece of brown paper and then decided to paint on it as well and this is what came out............Since the last post I have been gone for a week serving as a camp counselor at a summer camp for the kids off the Yakima Indian reservation in White Swan , Washington state. Our camp was in the beautiful Cascade mountain range near White Pass. This sketch is my friend Patrick at camp, doing what it seems like we did all weekend........running back and forth between activities at camp!!!! ...and everything was on a hill!!!
I like the sense of motion in this image. SOLD

"The Auto Parts Seller" Kampala, Uganda, Africa,

This man was selling auto parts along the road in Kampala. I was drawn to the colors and texture of the old shipping containers and shacks set up as businesses. The bustle of the city is an orchestration of movement, color , sounds and smells all coming together to intoxicate the senses. 12x12 oil on canvas sold

"Crow Flight"

First I got food poisoning then I got the flu which developed into bronchitis which gave me a violent cough which gave me a Hernia which explains why I have a lot of time to paint right now while I wait for my surgery on Wednesday.......Sheeesh

I have a whole stack of crow pictures that I take at lunch time while I'm sitting in the truck . All you need is a handful of french fries or potato chips. It was fun working on this little composition in between paintings

8x10 oil on ampersand panel $125.00

Pear on Paper

I've been sick all weekend. I can hardly hold my head up. Heres a little 4x4 sketch in oil I did right on the paper of my sketch book

sold