Painting at Lake Chelan
In the last week of September, we had a fabulous 4 day stay at a resort off lake Chelan in the town of Manson. We had stunning views, sunny weather, and no breeze. It was ideal for painting. Kate and I brought along our watercolors and sat on the back porch and painted each day. First I layered on different washes of ochre, green gold, and blues.Then I went in to try and detail the vegetation, roads, houses, etc. View from the back porch I made a series of small paintings o
Grunge City
Grunge City is a current series of paintings based on interesting places in Portland and Seattle, particularly South of Jackson Street. I began in 2011 to replicate images based on real places that captured my interest.The series is an extension of work previously made from 2007-2009 and are also perhaps an evolution from the viaduct series executed in 1998-2002. This newer series of paintings reveal my growth as a painter, which has been an intermittent passion between k
