Release

18" x 24" original oil painting on canvas, done in the Old Master's style.

See working versions of this painting here.

This painting has been sold.

Daily Oil Painting: Back Study

31st in series - Back Study5 x 7 original oil on wooden panel

Japanese Haiku
The long lines of backs
Make human geography
In the female form

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Trillium

30th in series - Trillium5 x 7 original oil painting on wooden panel

Japanese Haiku
Woodland Sentinel
In the shade of giant firs
Welcome to the spring

I love Trillium. It grows wild along Laverne Drive. My daughter used to pick them for me when she was small.

You can see my Moleskine sketch that inspired this painting.

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Three Callas

29th in series - Three Callas 5 x 7 original oil painting on wooden panel

Japanese Haiku
Unfurling Splendor
Brave tall blossoms burst skyward
Calla lily dance

I love callas and want to make a larger painting of them someday. These were done from a series of sketches I did a couple months ago, plus I incorporated callas into this painting (still in progress).

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Riverwatch 7 am

28th in series - Riverwatch 7 am - sold

5 x 7 original oil painting

Japanese Haiku
The Columbia
Wakes up to a brand new day
Soft morning colors

This is what I look at every morning!

Petcoke Terminal

27th in series - Petcoke Terminal - sold5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku
Wheels of Industry
Rail cars to silos to ships
This is port business

This is the bp terminal at the Port of Longview.

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Bollard, Bridge Abutment and Bouy

26th in series - Bollard, Bridge Abutment and Bouy - sold5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku
Tie up to the dock
Large ships held tight with long ropes
Snuggled into port

See the sketch that inspired this painting.

I sketched this scene on my lunch hour. People who know me will recognize it. Cars and trucks rumbled by on the bridge above and a cargo vessel sailed by. It was a sunny, fall day; long gone but still alive in my painting.

Study of a Ship's Bow #2

25th in series - Study of a Ship's Bow #25 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku
Knifing through the deep
The bold red bow pushes on
Dividing rivers

This painting was sold at the 62nd Annual Fundraising Auction for the Portland Chamber Orchestra held in March 2009.

Monet's Butterfly - painting progress

Week 5 - Monet's Butterfly - Old Master's techniqueSee previous phases of this painting here.

Stay tuned. It isn't finished yet.

See the painting journal from this painting session.

Why keep a painting journal?

See another Old Master's painting in progress.

Study of a Ship's Bow

24th in series - Study of a Ship's Bow5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku

Churning through the sea
The face of commerce at hand
A treasure inside

Another study of a cargo vessel

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Study of a Ship's Anchor

23rd in series - Study of a Ship's Anchor 5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku
Snuggled up to bow
Ready to dive into blue
Be still my large ship

A study of the crusty old anchor on a cargo vessel.

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Under the Dock

22nd in series - Under the Dock

5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day.

Japanese Haiku
There under the dock
Shadows of lapping water
echo in the dark

Can you imagine what it looks like under the dock of a marine terminal? I can. It's very dark and mysterious. There's also lots of spiders. I was lucky enough to climb around under these docks several years ago, before Homeland Security imposed all the security restrictions on ports. Now no one can get there.

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Longview Library Cupola

21st in series - Longview Library Cupola5 x 7 original oil painting done in one day

Japanese Haiku
Books: light to the world
Makes viewable printed page
The library's lamp

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Poppies

From a rainy Saturday afternoon spent painting with the grandkids. See more of our paintings on Marie's Grandkids Art Journey!

Of course I couldn't resist getting out the watercolors and we all sat down to paint. After all, the grandkids can't come over to Granmarie's house without doing some art! Funny, in the time it took me to make paint one, they made three! We painted on watercolor paper I cut into 2.5 x 3.5 inch pieces - ACEO - I discovered these on ebay (Art Cards Editions Originals). People collect these small paintings just like baseball cards.

We had lots of fun. Who knows, we may have two new budding artists!

Daily Oil Painting - Tree Root

20th in Series - Tree Root - sold

5 x 7 original oil painting on panel done in one day

I found this old gnarly piece of tree root in the new park the city is building in Riverwatch. It was so interesting I carried it all the way home and painted it.

Japanese Haiku
Unseen underground
Bringing nutrients to leaves
Tree roots soul of soil

If you would like to purchase this painting email me with the name of the painting in the subject line. It is $65 plus $5 for shipping in the U.S.

Daily Oil Painting - Morning Glory

19th in series - Morning Glory

5 x 7 original oil painting on wooden panel done in one day
private collection

Japanese Haiku
The morning glory
Unleashing to face the sun
You can watch it grow