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Tag Archives: Oil Paintings
Requiem For A Dead Sister
There are many ugly things in life, and some of the ugliest involve the loss of close family members. I’m not portraying ugliness, however, I’m trying to tell how I feel…
Requiem For A Dead Sister
Oil on Canvasette
16″ x 20″
My oldest sister died. We weren’t exactly close, but we were family. And her loss made me feel like I’d missed out on something. It made me wish that we had found time to learn about each other instead of being separated by our messed-up family. But you can never go back, all you can do is remember….
Art Painting of Cannon Beach, Oregon in Oil
It is not quite reality, just a little beyond it. And yet is is truth. This was a small oil sketch, done completely freehand, no drawing or anything. I wanted to maintain a free, flowing style of the plen aire impressionists. I let the paint determine where it wanted to be.
Cannon Beach & Haystack Rock
Oil on hardboard
9 inches x 12 inches
The philosophy of spirituality in nature, the truth of that which is observed.
Art Painting of Nestucca River and Bay Tillamook County Oregon
One of my favorite spots to sit … it’s a gravel boat launch ramp at the lower end of the Nestucca River just Southwest of Pacific City.
Painting: Nestucca River and Bay
Pacific City, Oregon
9 inches by 12 inches
oil on gessoed hardboard
I think I’m going to be going back to doing more oil paintings even though they take forever to dry, and thus have to be held for … well, months. But sometimes it is worth it.
