Central Washington Foothills
#wildflowers #sagebrush #shrubsteppe
Sage Hills, Central Washington
#foothills #shrubsteppe #wildflowers #spring
Wenatchee Foothills, WA
#desert #shrubsteppe #transition
Wenatchee Foothills from mud to packed dirt and dust in 5 days just add sunshine.
#pnw #shrubsteppe #desert #leeward #columbiariverbasin
Wanted : Buttercups it’s time the sun is out but feels like winter still (temperature wise)
#wildflower #flower #buttercups
#tarpiscan #shrubsteppe #life
Tarpiscan Creek, Central WA
#creek #columbiabasin #outside
#shrubsteppe #hike #wildlifepreserve
Babcock Bench, Columbia River Basin WA
#pnw #sagebrush #geology #iceagefloods #hike #change #shrubsteppe #
Central WA Foothills
#sagebrush #shrubsteppe #hike
#drought #outside
Quilomene Bay, Quilomene Wildlife Area from the Babcock Bench area, WA
#shrubsteppe #columbiariver #pnw
#eastslopes #leewardside
Colockum Wildlife Area from Babcock Bench, Central WA
#hike #shrubsteppe #columbiariver #desert #missoulafloods
Horse Lake Reserve, Wenatchee Foothills, WA
#hiking #mountains #shrubsteppe
#opencountry #leewardside #cascades
Dry Gulch Preserve, Central WA
#shrubsteppe #ecosystem #hike
#desert #pnw
Saddle Rock from Dry Gulch Preserve, Foothills, Central WA
#desert #shrubsteppe #sagebrush #rock #hike #fall
Foothills loop, Central WA
#nature #hike #fall #shrubsteppe
Stegosaurus Butte, Foothills
#fall #hike #nature #shrubsteppe
Foothills
#hike #desert #shrubsteppe #fall
An oil painting of hills rising to a plateau. You can see a sliver of sky at the top. There is a road cutting diagonally at the bottom of the painting that heads to a bench that has orchards on it. The main form in the center of the painting is in shadow and it has a bell curve shape to it.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#columbiariver
Columbia River
from Chelan Butte
with Orchard Bench
oil on board
12 x 16
1995
Vertical format oil painting of a river going by. There are mountains on both sides. The view is from a height, looking down a canyon that is winding towards the river. Shadows are on the right hand side of the canyon and the left side is in light. On the other side of the river a highway can be seen with the mountain rising above and trees can be seen.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#columbiariver
Columbia River
from Chelan Butte
oil on canvas
30” x 20”
1992
Oil painting of a teal colored river seen from high up. There are breaks coming down to the river and an orchard can be seen on a bench on the other side. In the foreground an abandoned wheat field can be seen.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#columbiariver
Columbia River
from Chelan Butte
with Apples and Wheat
oil on canvas
24“ x 28“
1993
A rough acrylic painting of a lake and cliffs. There is a yellow dot in the sky.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#Deeplake
Deep Lake
acrylic on manila
12” x 14”
A vertical format of painting of a large mountain form with a large rock formation in the background and rail cars in the front . In the very front you can see the highway guard rail.
201
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#columbiarivergorge
❤️ the
Columbia River Gorge.
Need to paint
there more.
Downside?
1. Wind
2. Parking
Obvious
studio ptg:
Rail cars,
Columbia River Gorge
oil on board
20” x 16”
2000
Two small oil painting sketches: the top one shows mountains coming down to a river with a highway between the river and the mountains. There is a green tree at the corner, where the highway turns and the lands juts out into the river a little bit. The bottom sketch shows the orange painting ground peeking through. The river is calm. The painting is unfinished.
200!
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting
#blueskyart#art
#columbia
Painting friends accuse
me of being a vedutisti:
“Okay, so I like heights”
They say:
“More foregrounds for you”
Two River studies
from a height.
oil on boards
(2) 6 x 8”
2009
An oil painting of a shrub-steppe landscape of a cliff and a talus slope with cliffs in the background, the sky is blue and orange. There are green spots, orange spots, yellow spots in a field of purple.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#rock
#blueskyart#art
#mosescoulee
a good ptg.
which means:
I wish for another like it
But it won’t happen,
cuz I don’t put things back where they are supposed to go
Variant
oil on board
10” x 16”
2008
And oil painting of a shrub-steppe landscape. Near the center top of the painting there is an orange colored rock that dominates.
198
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#rock
#blueskyart#art
#sunlakes#orange
Orange Note
oil on board
12” x 16”
An oil painting of a road curving around an unseen river gorge, with a rock form jutting out, up, and above or equal to the road. The wall of the far side of the gorge is violet and the jutting rock is orange. In the distance an orchard is seen with apple bins and a mountain behind and a sky with clouds above.
197
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#rock
#blueskyart#art
#Chelanriver
Chelan Gorge,
Horseshoe Bend
with Bins
oil on board
16” x 20”
A very spare , geometric oil painting of a coulee road seen from a height. In the distance a green field can be seen down coulee. The secondary colors, orange green and violet are all represented in high key. Can you find them?
196
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#basalt
#blueskyart#art
#Mosescoulee
Three Devils
oil on board
16” x 20”
A small oil painting in horizontal format. Cliffs wrap around a small lake. One rock form to the right juts out into the lake.The cliffs are reflected in the lake. There is some green to the left. The sky can be seen on the top of the painting.
195
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#basalt
#blueskyart#art
#sunlakes
#dryfalls
Dry Falls Cataract
oil on basswood
4” x 10”
2010
Oil painting of basalt cliffs with a sloping floor between the two cliffs that has sagebrush on it. In the distance a third cliff can be seen. The sky is overcast.
194
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#basalt
#blueskyart#art
#greasewoodflats
Substantially
Untouched
oil on board
16“ x 32“
2008
A vertical format oil painting, showing a rock cliff on the left, a green irritated farmers field on the right, and in the background, the basalt cliffs and a sky with clouds in it.
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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light
#shrubsteppe
#oilpainting#basalt
#blueskyart#art
#mosescoulee
Moses Coulee Rock
and Irrigated Fields
oil on board
14” x 11”
2009