$64 © Pam Van Londen 2012, Turner 4, 8×8 Oil on Clayboard The view from the farm in Turner is always spectacular! I’ve painted this composition before but I like this version better.

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Frazier Wetland 2, 8×8 Oil on Clayboard Last weekend my daughter and I were enjoying the wetlands to paint and do homework. It was peaceful, but hard to paint due to having 2 dogs who want to greet all the passing dogs. It was a very green day but [...]

My fine art paintings have been included in these Etsy Treasuries this month:

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 29, 8×8 oil on claybord $35 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 30, 7×5 oil on claybord I enjoyed painting downtown on the waterfront today. Everyone was in a jolly mood while they biked/walked by with their dogs and kids. Since it was warm outside, I [...]

My latest painting, Party Colors, has been selected as a finalist in the Corvallis Fall Festival Poster contest! If you are so inclined, please VOTE for my painting to become the 2012 poster art. Voting ends May 2 or 3rd. Thank you!

See 30+ paintings by Pam Van Londen at Stash in Downtown Corvallis until April 11, 2012. All paintings are for sale. If you haven’t visited Stash yet, you are in for a treat! One painting sold!

These Etsy Treasuries include at least one of my paintings. Thank you to the artisans who exhibited my work online!

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Nest of Prosperity 9, 8×8 oil on claybord SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Nest of Prosperity 10, 8×8 oil on claybord It is that time of year when we want to see things growing, percolating, gestating. Let these nests encourage you to grow and prosper.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Nest of Prosperity 7, 8×8 oil on claybord I hung 31 of my 8×8-inch framed daily paintings at Sam’s Station this week. See them until the end of February. I’ve sold 3 already! Next Month I’ll hang at Stash, the new yarn shop downtown. And last month I hung [...]

Other artisans have listed my work on their Etsy Treasuries this month.

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, 18th Street Snow 3, 8×8 acrylic on Claybord $64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Snowy Path, 8×8 acrylic on Claybord The snow day afforded me the opportunity to lay low and work at the easel today. I enjoyed working with iridescent acrylics on the Ampersand Claybord panels.

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pears 2, 8×8 Acrylic on Clayboard $64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pear 3, 8×8 Acrylic on Clayboard I’m glad pears last a long time when sitting on the counter. I will keep painting this pair of pears until they are ready to eat.

Chef’s Jubilee Auction © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pear 1, 8×8 Acrylic on Clayboard One of my friends/clients/art patrons has been looking at pear paintings, which motivated me to finally paint one. I have not painted a pear since I was in collage oh so many years ago. This one is painted very loosely in [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Morning 11, 8×8 Acrylic on Claybord Lately, I prefer acrylic over oil paint on the Claybord surface. With it, I can still get a transparent underpainting that shows a lot of visual texture then pile up thicker paint on top to create a physical texture.

I have been treasured! Other Etsy artisans have chosen some of my work to show in their special lists of works. December marks the end of my first 4 years selling work on Etsy.com. In that time I’ve have exhibited in 200 treasuries!          

$450 © Pam Van Londen 2007 Pismo Beach Garden acrylic on canvas on 24 x 36 x 1.5 canvas As Corvallis residents walk around downtown during their work day or for holiday shopping, please stop and look at the local Etsy.com team’s window exhibit. We have clothing, jewelry, prints, original visual art, and other hand-crafted [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Morning 10, 8×8 Acrylic on Clayboard The chilly morning with sunlight burning through the fog inspires me to paint! It is warm and cozy in the studio but I will have to venture out in the freeze to get the day’s list of chores taken care of.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 28, 12×12 acrylic on gallery-edged canvas This painting was commissioned for a couple that floated the Willamette River years ago. The technique here uses an alizarin crimson underpainting to keep the palette bright. Once dry, I layered thick and thin swirling and flat layers to build depth. [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 31, 8×8 oil on claybord This painting is very abstracted and was painted without a reference…I just like to feel the brush strokes and don’t think too much about where they go.

$56 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 1, 8×10 oil on canvas panel $76 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 2, 9×12 oil on canvas panel $56 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 3, 8×10 oil on canvas panel What it is about slot canyons that create excite- ment? Perhaps it is [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 29, 8×8 oil on claybord SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 30, 8×8 oil on claybord I love the colors and shapes of canyons, so continue the Canyon Dreams series with two moer!

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 5, 8×8 oil on claybord SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 6, 8×8 oil on claybord Trees, trees, beautiful trees! Every corner of Corvallis is filled with interesting trees and I want to paint them all.

Artisans at Etsy have included my paintings in their Etsy Treasuries. You can see more of my work at my two Etsy shops: PamVanLonden PaintedAbstractions  

The Obama for America Artworks program is hosting a poster contest around the theme of getting Americans back to work. I’ve spent this sunny day making a poster submission instead of doing chores. It includes 51 of my paintings and the message is about supporting local economies. Sales of many of these daily paintings paid [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Clouds 5, 8×8 oil on claybord SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Storm 5, 8×8 oil on claybord Once the rain stopped, the sky at Thursday night’s CHS/CVHS varsity girls soccer game was spectacular and inspired these paintings.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 4, 8×8 oil on claybord The OSU campus has many interesting trees to paint from. Everyone morning when I walk to the office, I see all manner of shapes, sizes, and colors to study. You might notice I am building a series of oil paintings that use [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 2, 8×8 oil on claybord I had some half-paintings sitting around so I finished them by adding crow silhouettes. These are made with oil paint and oil stick. Each comes framed in black. I’m getting ready for my winter sale so must clean out unnecessary clutter from [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Fall Maple Leaves 1, 8×8 oil on claybord It has cooled down here and is raining again so I could buckle down and paint! Very few leaves have turned bright colors yet but that time is not far off. I can smell it in the air. If you have [...]