November Update

What a year this has been!  I've rolled up my sleeves, and am ready to get this blog up to date!

I have a solo show up until November 5 at Fisher Flowers and Fine Art in Roseburg, titled Painting The Dream.  The show looks great!

The annual Painter's Showcase show at The Reserve was mid-September, and I was very happy to receive an honorable mention for my painting The Golden Hour.

The Golden Hour  12x12 pastel   Honorable Mention Painter's Showcase

I participated  in four plein air events this year.  Here are a some of the paintings that I completed...

Wednesday Afternoon at Smith Meadow  12x24 plein air  (Lake Oswego Chronicles at the LO  Festival of the Arts- sold)

Tuesday at Luscher Farm  24x24  plein air oil paint  Lake Oswego Chronicles at the LO Festival of the Arts

12x 24 oil paint, plein air,  Willamette Valley Lavender Festival    sold

Ninety Seven  plein air pastel  12x12  (Willamette Valley Lavender Festival)

Discovering Gold  12x12 plein air pastel (WA County Plein Air)

Spring 2015

Bliss   12x12 pastel  N Equall

I was honored to have my painting "Bliss" chosen as best in show at the 2015 spring juried show at the Oregon Society of Artists.  What a surprise!

I've been on a cat painting kick lately.  I'm still painting birds too, but there is something so interesting about cats faces.  These latest tabby cat paintings are of our last inside/outside cat, Buddy.  He has been gone for about seven years, and I can finally see his photos without tearing up.  He was a real character, and was a big boy with a big personality.  Sadly, he was taken by coyotes.  My cats are now indoors, and are only allowed outside on a harness or in a secure area.  No more free roaming.

Here are some more cat paintings...

Pussycat, Pussycat  8x8 pastel  sold

Where Have You Been?  8x8  pastel  sold

 

Purr  8x8  pastel  sold

There is Nothing Like A Tabby Cat  20x20  pastel