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Monday, May 2nd, 2022
Fire In The Gorge, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.
Known as the Eagle Creek Fire, on Sept 2, 2017 a wildfire lit by a 15 year old destroyed 50,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, mostly in Oregon with some fires in WA. The fire burned for three months and Hwy 84, a historic route into and out of Portland, was shut down for much of that time, forcing travelers, including me on my way to Alberta, to take side-routes. That year there were forest fires in the mountains all along the drive north, and a border patrol officer commented, “You have ashes all over your car”.
Lake Louise
Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Lake Louise with turquoise mountain water, Banff National Park, AB Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish. Here’s an acrylics on canvas painting of the same place I did a couple of years ago.
Crater Lake OR
Thursday, March 24th, 2022
Crater Lake State Park OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Crater Lake’s water is in reality a vivid and surreal blue. I reworked the lake colors and background textures quite a bit, trying numerous techniques to create unique water representation, and at the same time make the surrounding mountains recede… resulting with these vertical line textures. I finally made the call to stop because in trying to fix things in some areas, other areas that were fine started becoming messy. Pastels and paper were pushed to their limits.
Coeur d’Alene National Forest
Saturday, March 5th, 2022
Coeur d’Alene National Forest ID, located in a segment of the Rocky Mountains, just south of the Canadian border. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Exhibition
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
Salt Spring Island Fog, B.C. Canada (2008), 16H x 22W inches graphite, colored pencils on paper. Framed size 29H x 35W x 3D inches. Accepted in Las Lagunas Art Gallery online Landscapes or Seascapes exhibition, March 3rd – 31st, 2022.
Flood Zone
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
Flood Zone, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” It’s always a careful decision to place my signature in a place that doesn’t impose on the artwork. Here it’s on the tree trunk near the bottom, hardly visible in this photo.
Cape Meares Cliff
Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
Cape Meares Cliff, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.
Sarsaparilla Trail
Saturday, November 20th, 2021
Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa, ON Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Honorable Mention
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
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Kananaskis Valley (Alberta Canada) and Kaniksu National Forest (Idaho USA) both received Honorable Mention, Forests and Meadows Grey Cube Gallery’s online competition and exhibition, Nov. 2021
Rock Creek
Monday, November 1st, 2021
Rock Creek, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.
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