Iron Mountain Study

On my easel is a giant canvas where a forest is finally coming together, but I`ve been taking some breaks to do small things. This is from a new walk I`m enjoying. It`s a former quarry, now a vertical park clinging to the side of a mountain. Much of the steel used to build early Portland, came from the iron mined here.

November Poplar

I saw this on a walk the other day. While the image was fresh, this is what I could remember.

Morning Channel

Poplars in the Gloaming

From a walk at dusk at Menucha. I love when evening falls, everything flattens out. The world is spatially more ambiguous.

North Shore

Again.
I`ve been living with this painting in my bedroom and think it was the best thing I did in my residency at Sitka. It`s subtle but I got what I love about a northwestern beach in winter.

Menucha

We were in Menucha this week walking and taking in the northwest autumn. Just amazing. I did this little watercolor after we got home yesterday.

Poplars Across the Field

After ruining a promising watercolor, I couldn`t leave the studio last night without trying to make something interesting. This tiny landscape was painted over a previous effort.