gorgeous gorge

The Columbia River Gorge is full of gorgeous sights from majestic waterfalls to the plants and wild life along trickling streams ... all on their way down the mountains to the grand Columbia River which rushes on to the Pacific Ocean.

I am working on a painting of a scene from one of our road side stops the last time we were out there.   If you are ever out in Oregon /Washington I highly recommend a drive down the Historic Columbia River Highway.  Google it and you will see what I mean.  The drive is absolutely worth it!

This is where I begin.  It is an 18 x 24" Oil painting.   So far I have laid it out with thin layers of paint.  I have not painted in oils lately so I am a bit apprehensive of its outcome.

The next post of this painting will be the finished work.

Enjoy the ride!

redesign, revamp and redirection

I am taking this blog into a new direction... or a more direct course.  I will strictly be adding artwork, and letting the art speak for itself, with maybe a few words to explain what I did to create it.

As for my old posts,  I have removed all of them.  I will be revisiting them and adding again as I discriminately decide which to use and what artwork to include.  I have exported all the articles so I will have access to them.  If you are interested in rereading any of them,  or if you have favorites you would like me to repost, let me know.