quiet waters

original oil paintings in a theme of quiet waters

a season of soul care

In Spring 2020, during the corona virus pandemic, a "stay home" order suddenly cleared my evening schedule and studio. While spring is a very busy season, this spring offered a retreat-like quiet that fostered focus - resulting in over thirty new paintings. Here below are about half the paintings - these have soul-renewing imagery of water.

Breathing - Original oil painting on canvas panel, 6 x 8 inches

Deschutes Spring - Original oil painting on canvas panel, 6 x 8 inches

Solace - soft pastel on Colorfix paper, 5 x 7 inches

Rainier on Offut - Original soft pastel painting on Colorfix paper - 6 x 9 inches

Rest - Original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas 8 x 10 inches

Offut Summer: The Point - Original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas 8 x 8 inches

Rise - Easter morning 2020 sunrise, soft pastel on Colorfix paper, 8 x 8 inches

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Cape D: Delighthouse - oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas, edge painted 16 x 20 inches

Along Staircase - soft pastel on Colorfix paper, 6 x 9 inches

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Whisper - soft pastel on Colorfix paper, 5 x 7 inches

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Still - Original oil painting on canvas panel, 6 x 8 inches

Rise Again - painted a second time but in oils on gallery wrapped canvas 8 x 8 inches

Offut Hideaway - Original oil painting on canvas panel 6 x 8 inches

Selah - Original oil painting on gallery wrapped, edge-painted canvas 8 x 10 inches

Remembering Deschutes - Original oil painting on gallery wrapped, edge-painted canvas 8 x 10 inches

Rose Wine - "Wine makes glad the heart" - Original oil painting on canvas panel, 6 x 8 inches

Quietude - Original oil painting on gallery wrapped, edge-painted canvas 8 x 8 inches

Welcoming Waves - Kalaloch beach access trail, original oil painting on gallery wrapped, edge-painted canvas 8 x 10 inches

Poppy: Wide Awake! These poppies grow at the water's edge, lit by sun and sparkling light off the waves, I had to paint them. So they are florals, yet they are in the context of water and light. oil on canvas 6 x 6 inches

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Poppy: Joy! Peering over a stone wall into the lake, these flowers seem to smile in the sunlight. Original oil painting on gallery wrapped, edge-painted canvas 6 x 6 inches

turning & tempo

Click here to see more oil paintings in a theme of turning & tempo.

commission study

Ruby Beach Study - in oil on 6 x 8 inch canvas panel