SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Crows leaving 1, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Crows leaving 2, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord Third in a series of paintings of birds, mainly crows. The shape of a crow is distinctive and expressive. Nicola Clayton, from the departments of animal behavior [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Calligraphy 1, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord Mindless goofing off can yield some interesting results. I started with a multi-colored background and when it dried, I added tints of the original colors then wrote in it with a rubber-tipped scraper.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, San Francisco Rooftops, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord Painted for the Different Strokes from Different Folks project. I’m hoping to do a series which might look nice in the Mod Pod later.

$250 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Ball Barings 1, 24×18 Acrylic I visited the Mod Pod store earlier this week to hang some of my daily paintings and was inspired by the trendy-retro-FUN atmosphere of the place. That experience combined with this image I saw behind my eyelids when I shut them after looking at [...]

$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pumpkin Panel 1, 8×8 oil on clayboard $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pumpkin Panel 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Pumpkin Panel 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard These three panels were inspired by the bright colors at the pumpkin patch we visited in [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Pumpkin 6, 8x8x1 on oil on canvasboard Here is number six in a serious of abstracts taken from photographs I took at a pumpkin patch last year. I love the simplicity in the photos and strive to get that in the painting!

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Sky Hill Weeds, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord I’ve got less time these days to spend hours painting, and lots of time waiting around (I have a kid; sound familiar?), so I paint with my oil sticks wherever I have landed for the hour. This abstract landscape shimmers when [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Cape Kiwanda Wave, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord Last night’s storm brought wind and rain and churning waves. I had fun spraying the spay here.

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Mt Tabor Contemplation, oil on 8x8x1 claybord The peaceful expanse of Mt Tabor’s summit allows one to sit and contemplate, read, play music, or paint without too much bother. This weekend, however, it will be swarming with people painting, performing, and eating cool deserts. I’ll be painting there, but [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Songwriter 2, oil on 12x12x2 gallery-edged canvas. I set up a weekly challenge for other Oregon Daily Painters a few weeks ago. My assignments are quite hard for me; so far I have challenged myself to paint with one color in a specific style. Last week I couldn’t do [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Independence Park, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord This abstracted image of the riverfront park in Independence, Oregon exaggerates the curvy designs of the amphitheater carved out of the hillside. We’ll be in the area again this holiday for the annual parade; a family tradition.

For the month of July, 2009, my work (new and old) will be on exhibit at the following locations. I hope you can swing by to take a peek. Sam’s Station Benton Hospice I also have one piece in the OSU Community Open, in the Guistina Gallery in LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU Campus.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Johnson Creek 3, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord When we visit family in Portland we often end up down the block in Johnson Creek Park. The severe weather washed a lot of trees into the water last winter, so it looked like a different place last time we were [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Odell Lake Edge 1, 8x8x1 on oil on claybord1 After the State Middle School Track meet where my daughter placed third in the 100m Dash, we camped at Odell Lake to rest up for the rest of the drive down the mountains. $64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Odell [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009, Penn Farm, acrylic on 8×8 claybord This new challenge from Different Strokes is to turn a medium key grayscale pastoral scene into a colorful landscape. Pennsylvania is as pastoral as the Willamette Valley in Oregon, so I have had many hours contemplating technique for a subject such as this. [...]

$200 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Vines 2 Polyptych, 8×8 irridescent oil on clayboard This four-panel polyptych  on claybord uses iridescent oil colors which shimmer as you walk by. See the set framed in window at the Corvallis, Oregon Mod Pod store on Second Street.

$256 © Pam Van Londen 2008. Vines 1 polyptych 8x8x1 in iridescent oil on claybord This four-panel polyptych was created in the motor home while my daughter practiced. If you walk by the paintings, you’ll see them shimmer because they are made with iridescent oil sticks and a touch of oil pastel. All four panels [...]

Our Fish Story, a juried art exhibit, opens February 2, 2009 at Oregon State University’s Giustina Gallery. The Artist’s Reception is 6:30pm to 8:30pm on February 6, 2009. The exhibit closes March 10, 2009. This half of the 6-panel polyptych will be on display along with many other artists from around the country. $800 © [...]

$64 © Pam Van Londen 2009 Turquoise Orange 8x8x1 in acrylic on canvasboard Abstract and non-objective paintings are my greatest challenge. So when I’ve got leftover paint on the palette, I play to see what I can come up with. My goal today was to contrast the green and orange so they cause that wonderful [...]

$50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 18th Street Snow 1 8x8x1 in oil on canvas $50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 18th Street Snow 2 8x8x1 in oil on canvas Even though I’m closed up in the house (because I don’t like cold), I am painting in oils. If I go mad, you might blame [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Shadows on the Sidewalk 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard This week’s Different Strokes project is about shadows. For me it is also about the color and texture of shadows. I used a “funny brush” to get the textures; boy was that fun! I’ll have to pull out more shadow [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Newspaper with Hope 8x8x1 in acrylic on canvasboard Week 3 of the Different Stokes project allowed us daily painters to work on a portrait. I added an extra level by modifying the color and bench to leave a message. The owner of this work, a new customer from Seattle, [...]

I meant to paint when I arrived at the falls, but it was a bit chilly and very damp. So much for hauling the backpack there. I drenched my phone on the way in and out, so had to by a new phone. Ugh…the thing dried within a week and still works! SOLD © Pam [...]

$50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 5 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard $50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 7 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard $50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 8 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 9 8x8x1 in oil on [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Willamette River 2 8x8x1 in mixed media on gessoboard SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Willamette River 3 8x8x1 in mixed media on gessoboard $25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Willamette River 4 8x8x1 in oil on gessoboard SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Willamette River 5 8x8x1 [...]

$25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Mary’s River 3 8x8x1 in iridescent oil on gessoboard To cool off on very hot days, we sit next to the Mary’s River and dip our feet. I usually sit in the shade with paints and the kids jump off the rope and rearrange the dam. The dogs [...]

Congrats to Susan and Catherine! This gift will soon be on its way to you! It is painted with iridescent oil sticks on clayboard with a poem by Jean Anouilh scratched in. It reads: Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

$350 © Pam Van Londen 2007 Grand Canyon 1 acrylic on gallery-edged canvas on 18 x 24 x 1.5 canvas After 2 years of looking for my lost Grand Canyon photos, I found just a few, but enough to inspire me to paint a view. This view is of who-knows-what at the North Rim. I [...]

$50 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2007 Otter Rock Marine Garden 2 acrylic on canvas on 12 x 12 x 1 canvas Here begins my new life of painting every day (rather than just once or twice per week). This expressionist acrylic painting on a square canvas of abstracted from a photo of my favorite [...]