lobster wave moon 2
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

lobster wave moon 1
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

shell wave moon 2
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

shell wave moon 1
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

this is the first of four shell wave moon paintings, to hang together over a doorway. They will be going to Boca Raton, along with two lobster paintings I am working on today.

 

yin yang yellowfin
30" x 48" oil on aluminum

This fellow is also sold; I think he is going to Boca Raton with the trout and twelve star wahoo.

 

full moon trout
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

These four trout will hang together in a new McCormick and Schmick restaurant in Boca Raton.

 

dark of the moon trout
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

waxing moon trout
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

waning moon trout
22" x 28" oil on aluminum

 

twelve star wahoo
32" x 48" oil on aluminum

 

star dungeness
24" x 38" oil on aluminum

Again, for the backround I travel around the color wheel, adjusting intensity. I started with the yellow stars, ended with the violet sky.

 

three salmon sunrise
30" x 40" oil on aluminum

after my last post I realize! This is a view of Mt Hood, that means I'm looking east, (just trust me on this) my viewpoint being from the middle of the sea towards my mountain....making this a sunrise after all.

 

three salmon sunset
30" x 40" oil on aluminum

what alot of big fun this one was! I loved doing the whirlpool, the three fish, the mountain, the star wave and the sunset. The red sun seems more suggestive of sunrise, but I'm a west coast girl, so I say sunset.

 

twentyseven stars steelhead
30" x 40" oil on aluminum

 

October
16" x 24" oil on aluminum

There is so much color in October! My birthday month, my favorite month of the year. So many things achieve their greatest beauty just before the winter takes them. I gather them all up, but cannot save them for long. Tonight will be cold, our first frost.
I'm shivering .

 

Deep Creek at Juddhaven
22" x 28" extended plein air oil on aluminum

 

I've been painting out at Deep Creek these past few days. It's like working in a Cathedral. I watched a salmon struggle past. It took him a couple of hours to work his way past me. He was a thing of wonder, a bit of God. A blue heron rounded the curve of the creek, and turned away in mid-air at the sight of me. I didn't blame him. A little garter snake wound his way through the water, worthy of an Andrew Goldsworthy portrait.
Every day I feel the rain getting closer, and I'm howling!
not yet!
not yet!
just one more day, I'm begging here.

three moon crab
24" x 38" oil on aluminum

We've been crabbing a couple of times this month, and I decided to paint a Dungeness before he was cooked. They are the most beautiful violet red, with yellow green and yellow orange here and there. I surrounded him with greens, both cool and warm... stars, moons ocean, sky.

 

steelhead wave moon
40" x 40" oil on aluminum

The colors were fun to figure out on this painting. I went all the way around the color wheel on the fish himself, then for the backround I decided to use both primary and secondary colors.

 

100 stars marlin
24" x 48" oil on aluminum

I had a wonderful time painting this blue marlin! The backround travels around the color wheel from yellow green in the front wave to the violet sky. The stars are each colors compliment. I kept everything the same light value to keep it secondary to the fish himself. This fellow is going to Florida, so I wanted extra bright colors.