Landscapes
Plein-air Landscape paintings.
A graduate of Parson’s School of Design, I’m known as professional artist in the Pacific Northwest for painting urban landmarks, primarily bridges. Recently, influenced by Edward Hopper’s landscape paintings of New England, Arthur Dove’s modern and abstract works, and Hudson River School artist John Frederick Kensett’s “luminism” in his American landscape paintings. I am currently creating plein air landscapes using the blue and crimson primary colors. Using chip brushes, dabbing like hitting the canvas, creating a texture, it is fascinating how this technique brings out some kind of peculiar magic that I need to experience again and again…. I was staying at the Oregon coast and a little each day I would walk barefoot at the beach, “earthing” to aid recovery from covid, and I soon discovered the ambiance of the crisp need to do plein-air!
First Light. Oil on canvas. 48” x 60”
First Light II. Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
First Light III. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
First Light IV. Oil on canvas, 12” x 16”
Haystack Rock II. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
View From Indian Point. Orgon Coast near Seaside and Canon Beach, Oregon. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
A large-scale landscape painting has been accepted into the 16th Annual (2023) CVG (Collective Visions Gallery) Show in Bremerton, WA. January 2023
View From Indian Point II. Near Seaside and Canon Beach, Oregon. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
Rio Grande. Oil on canvas, 30” x 80”. As I drove from Santas Fe to Taos, NM over the summit I was at awe to see this view, I slammed on the breaks to pull over to observe to breathe and take a snapshot.
Rio Grande Gorge. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
I recently attended The Hellene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos New Mexico as an artist in residence where artists are given studios, time away from home, and the chance to explore Northern New Mexico. While visiting and exploring the area, I discovered the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. I had a feeling I would discover that bridge soon! The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge is locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" and the "High Bridge." The magnificent structure boasts a steel deck arch bridge spanning the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles northwest of Taos. The Rio Grande River -- over millions of years -- has sliced the terrain like an open sore scoring the earth wide open. I crossed the majesty of this bridge while breathing in its fascinating and inspiring ingenuity: Fascinated by the complex steel girders and geometric shapes that framed the landscape wedged and cling to the edge of the gorge over the Rio Grande River. There was nothing between me, my camera, and a 650-foot drop into the gorge except a chest-high guardrail! It gave me a new and unusual point of view. The experience was much like stepping off the sidewalk and seeing the beauty and connection across a terrain with sunlight and shadows never seen before.
Rio Grande Gorge II. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
Rio Grande Gorge III. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
Rio Grande Gorge IV. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
Rio Grande VI. Oil on canvas, 36” x48”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge VII. Oil on canvas, 48” x36”
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, locally known as the "Gorge Bridge" or the "High Bridge", is a “steel deck arch bridge” across the Rio Grande Gorge 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico. It is the second highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System, offering spectacular views and a great place to spot bighorn sheep.
Barren Lake. Oil on canvas, 16” x 40”
Photo reference permission from Judy Chinn. The image I got from a friend who moved to Kentucky from the Portland area. Looks really lovely there. Thank you, Judy!
Barren Lake II. Oil on canvas, 16” x 40”
Photo reference permission from Judy Chinn. The image I got from a friend who moved to Kentucky from the Portland area. Looks really lovely there. Thank you, Judy!
Northern Tennessee Dusk. Oil on canvas, 26", x 48".
Photo reference permission from Judy Chinn. The image I got from a friend who moved to Kentucky from the Portland area. Looks really lovely there. Thank you, Judy!
Morning Light. Near Carter Lake. Oil on canvas board, 12” x 16”
Lake George. A study from the masters, John Frederick Kensett.
Oil on canvas, 48” x 72”.
The landscape paintings posted “Lake George.” is a study of the masters that got me inspired to start doing landscape and plein air painting.
The nearly photorealistic look of this painting by John Frederick Kensett is characteristic of many of his landscapes. He painted in a style that would come to be known as Luminism, which tended to depict serene natural vistas like this. Part of the second generation of the Hudson River School of artists, Kensett's work is distinguished by settings of calm water and clean geographic lines. Basically, he preferred less tumultuous or dramatic landscapes in favor of capturing a sublime stillness. The canvas we see here is one of a series of paintings Kensett made of a lake in New York's Adirondack Mountains, and most art historians consider it one of his finest works.
'Lake George' by John Frederick Kensett is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Eatons Neck. Long Island, NY. Oil on canvas, 18” x 36”
The landscape paintings posted “Eatons Neck.” is a study of the masters that got me inspired to start doing landscape and plein air painting.
Shrewsberry, New Jersey. Oil on canvas, 12” x 20”
The landscape paintings posted “Shrewsberry River, New Jersey.” is a study of the masters that got me inspired to start doing landscape and plein air painting. 12" x 20" about the same size as the painting he did, 1859.
I believe he was way ahead of his time, before the civil war, the simplicity of his work simple shapes. Shrewsbury River is near Atlantic Highlands and the Gateway National Recreational Area of New Jersey.
“Kensett is a person whose work I’ve loved for a very long time. Kensetts differ from the other Hudson River School painters because they are radically simple. And what you have in this painting is this wonderful sense of light; emanating light coming up, particularly from the horizon line. Very few details on it: a couple of birds, a couple boats, not much else. And the water is painted so that it’s frozen forever” said Abstract artist Sean Scully regarding Coast Scene with Figures (Beverly Shore), 1869, a work similar in composition at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts.
Oil on canvas, 30” x 48”.
This landscape paintings posted is another study of the masters that got me inspired to start doing landscape and plein air painting.
Cityscape #3: A study from the masters, Richard Diebenkorn.
Oil on canvas, 48” x 48”