Nice, France - redux

23 May 2011
5" x 5", acrylic on paper

This is another version of a view I painted for Bill Guffey's May Virtual Paintout.

Trojan Park - 12

23 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

Trojan Park - 11

21 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Trojan Park - 9, 10 (two versions of one view)

21 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

20 May 2011
8" x 10", gouache on paper

cat-approved alphabet - "P"

"P" is for paw prints, tracked all over newly cleaned hardwood floors.

7 April 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

update - my Vivace show officially ended June 21

I went in and took down my paintings earlier this week.  Thanks, Vivace, for letting me show my paintings!

Trojan Park - 8

15 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Couch Park - 7, 8

13 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

19 May 2011
8" x 10", gouache on paper

irises from my dad's garden

17 June 2011
10" x 8", gouache on paper

I made a Father's Day card from this painting.  My dad has vivid purple and periwinkle blue irises blooming in his garden just now.

Trojan Park - 7

12 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

cat-approved alphabet - "O"

"O" is for open, as in open the patio door so I can go out and survey my kingdom, or back in, or out again, or of course in again so I can munch on some food, then out...

20 April 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Trojan Park - 6

10 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Couch Park - 6

10 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

Hoyt Arboretum - shadows across the path (two versions)

28 April 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

12 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

Couch Park - 5

17 April 2011
14" x 20", acrylic on paper

June Virtual Paintout submission

10 June 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

I just sent this off to Bill Guffey's June Virtual Paintout (New Zealand).  Click <here> for the Google Street View reference.

cat-approved alphabet - "N"

"N" is for nap, a favorite occupation.

14 April 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Trojan Park - 5

9 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Trojan Park - 4

6 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

Trojan Park - 2,3

6 May 2011

9 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

Oregon - Trojan Park

5 May 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

While driving back from the Broderick Gallery in Rainier last month (for the May Day exhibit reception), I stopped by Trojan Park, former site of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, for some views to paint.  The park incidentally has a disc golf course (with apologies to any disc golf aficionados, I actually hadn't heard of the sport before), and will be the location for the 2011 Oregon Disc Golf Championships.

cat-approved alphabet - "M"

"M" is for mouse, a fun play-fellow.  Why's he looking so scared?

1 April 2011
10" x 6", gouache on paper

Couch Park - 4

30 April 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

Hoyt Arboretum - slippery slope (two versions)

29 April 2011
8" x 10", acrylic on paper

5 May 2011
5" x 7", acrylic on paper

I was thinking of lyrics from Thom Yorke's Harrowdown Hill while posting this ("It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope...").