It is hard to grow up in the Pacific Northwest and not be drawn to the landscape, especially the mountains and hills (often an eroded mountain; it is all relative).
I grew up in Oregon; my husband was born and raised in Idaho. Washington is our “compromise state” and we visit the mountains often.
Cliffs and Crags
Capturing light and texture from life and memory
In the Cascades: Washington and Oregon
Goat Rocks, Deer Lake, Southern Oregon
Idaho
Kleinshmidt Grade - Hell’s Canyon
In the Palouse
The Sawtooths and Glacier
Memories of other places: near Rowena, Santa Fe and S. Oregon (still)
Other Countries
I rarely paint when I am traveling overseas. But the first two paintings were done shortly after a return from New Zealand (while living in Laos). The last ones are Island hills in Croatia, which I painted on board our ship during a biking and Island tour with friends. One day they biked and I stayed on the boat and painted the Islands and caught up with them several hours later.
