Morning Rhododendron

It was a cold morning in May...

8 x 10 inches

Oil on linen panel

Open Studio

Thank you to all who helped to prepare my studio for the tour!






Tomorrow, I'll be back at the easel...
and planting the tomatoes!  :)

Orchards in Bloom

The east side of the Valley covered in petals!

10 x 8 inches

Oil
linen panel

Plein Air

Spring Day in the Gorge

West view - later in the same day (see "Pear Blossoms" below)
I loved the orchards bursting into bloom!

8 x 10 inches

Oil
linen panel

Plein Air

Pear Blossoms

private collection

Hood River Mountain and Pear Blossoms

10 x 8 inches
Oil
linen panel

Plein Air

A Couple of Tiny Ones

Early Tulip

ACEO  3.5 x 2.5 inches

[traded, not available]

Fuzzy Quince

ACEO 2.5 x 3.5 inches

[traded, not available]

Mallow

This was fun - mixing all the pinks and reds.
The oil-primed surface is new to me.
I like the surface and am trying various mediums with the oils to see the effects of each one.

10 x 10 inches

Oil on stretched canvas, oil primed

Pool

Warm granite;  cool water

private collection

12 x 12 inches

Oil on stretched Linen

Mount Hood

An early spring view

12 x 6 inches

Oil on canvas 

plein air

Across the Valley

An unusually warm and sunny day in February, with wonderful clouds!

The view over Hood River Mountain to points east.

6 x 6 inches
(plein air)

Great Stone

View of Gran Sasso d'Italia from the Abruzzo countryside.

12 x 6
Oil on stretched canvas

North Cascades Summer

Painted from a photograph taken by my niece, Jennifer A. Price, while her grandfather and I were rock climbing above this meadow. A fine day!
9 x 12 inches
Oil on canvas panel

Junipers, Tahoe Rim

private collection

Living on this granite for ages and ages!
(Sierra Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. australis)
14 x 11 inches
Oil on canvas panel