Thursday, March 8, 2018


Bar View, Tillamook Bay

This is a Plein Air oil painting of the mouth of Tillamook Bay on Oregon's north coast.  The wind was blowing off the ocean, right into my face.  I was painting on a larger than normal panel, 12x16", so it made a great sail, blowing the easel over twice.  I was also dealing with an outgoing tide, so the tide pool in the foreground was draining. The elements finally won the day, so I packed up and went home, returning the next day at high tide. As can be seen in the second photo, I pointed my jeep right into the wind and set the pachade box inside.  I would stick my head out and take a view and pull back in out of the wind and paint. 



Bar View, Tillamook Bay
12x6" oil on canvas hardboard panel Recently displayed at Ryan Gallery
Lincoln City, Oregon, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR, and Art Presence Art Center, Jacksonville, OR. Currently In Wirfs Studio Collection.

Monday, March 5, 2018


Trinidad


18 x 24" Oil Painting on Canvas Panel



Painting from a great weekend trip to Crescent City and Trinidad, California. This Picture was recently hanging at Ryans Art Gallery in Lincoln City, Oregon. 

Currently on Display at Art PresenceArt Gallery, October/November 2022 Main Gallery. Jacksonville, OR

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Dirty Shoes

11x14" Acrylic on stretched canvas 



Painted for a charity art auction donation.  We were all given the same canvases upon which we could paint anything we chose.  They were hung to together and open to for bid silent auction.  It was a lot of fun because the bidding was open for several days and we could follow the bidding on the internet.

Oceanside at Sunset
24x24 on Stretched Canvas




The last rays of sun on the little village of Oceanside, Oregon. This painting was shown at Ryan Art Gallery, Lincoln City, OR, Rogue Gallery Art Center, Medford, OR, and Art Presence Art Center in Jacksonville, OR.

It is currently in a private collection. SOLD



Sunday, March 4, 2018

Manzanita Beach


Manzanita Beach
Oregon Coast






Oil Painting of Neahkahnie Mountain from Manzanita Beach.  24x24 In on stretched canvas.  Painting sold from Ryan Gallery in Lincoln City, Oregon.