Above the Canal

I`ve probably done less than a dozen commissions my whole life and this is one of them. More often than not, the client naturally feels like a collaborator. I find that too difficult, so rarely do them. The only request with this piece was to try to get close to a study I did last summer. I knew I could do it and I wanted to work with that palette again. The color seemed odd at the time but worth returning to.

I saw this marvelous and huge painting at the Hawaiian Airlines terminal in Honolulu. It was painted by the late John Wisnosky. This feels like Hawaii to me. I don`t post other people`s work generally but I want to help keep his memory alive. There are three other massive paintings in the terminal by Wisnosky just as good.

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oil on canvas 20"x16"


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Above the Canal - Plein Air Watercolor

I got out yesterday with my buddy Ruth and we painted on the bank above the canal which supplies Lake Oswego with its water. When faced with so much complexity at an actual site, one has to think about the essence of it. How in the world can I reduce this experience to a small piece of paper? This is always so much fun I vow to do it more often. It was a perfect late summer day.
watermedia on paper 12"x9"



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