Life Through Art

“Woodland Sanctuary” 40″ x 60″ oil and metal leaf on canvas – $7,000

I recently watched a documentary on a famous musician and heard him say that from the time he was a young child he had viewed life through “a lens of music”. I realized that I was doing the same thing through a “lens of art” and I don’t even remember when I started doing that. It was probably after my responsibilities to other family members were less and I could concentrate more on painting.

I would sit on our deck and look at the trees and plants in our yard and immediately visualize several of them in a rectangular format of a painting. These paintings are just a few examples of these compositions.

“Northwest Autumn” 40″ x 60″ oil and metal leaf on canvas – $7,000

I enjoy the color and beauty of the many hydrangea plants in our yard and in planters on our deck and I recently visualized a painting of two different varieties from opposite areas of our yard as I was relaxing. I’m still working on it since it is very complex and I’m enjoying the summer colors.

“Pleasures of Autumn” 36″ x 72″ oil and metal leaf on canvas – SOLD

Both of the pine tree paintings are currently at the Portland Art Museum’s Rental/Sales Gallery and the vine maple painting sold there this year. The gallery’s fall show opens October 25. It is located at 1237 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR.

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