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, 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. [...]

The Grace Center For Adult Day Services presents the 5th Annual Chef’s Jubilie on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Grace Center for Adult Day Services located at 980 NW Spruce Ave. in Corvallis. Tickets are $55/adult and 50/50 Raffle tickets are $5 each. A silent auction features local artists and adventures. My Radishes painting will be auctioned.

NFS © Pam Van Londen 2010, Heidrich Girls Surfing, 8×8 oil on claybord To complete a set of beach pictures for the Heidrich Family.

$1,000 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Columbia Gorge From Rooster Rock of Beacon Rock 3, acrylic on 48×48 archival gallery-edged canvas. This 4-foot square painting is done now and ready for your office or living room wall. The image wraps around the 1.5-inch sides. Shipping is free to any Oregon location near I-5 and north [...]

Last week I was commissioned to paint a previous plein air daily painting onto a larger panel. We settled 40×30 inches: Then I could not stop…I had to paint it again, only 48×48. Which one will they choose?

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Randy Heidrich Surfing, 8×8 oil on claybord Thank you for the surf lesson, Randy. Now you can hang this painting in the TV room next to the other two. We really enjoyed our family surfing lesson and hope to join you again next summer. Some of my family are [...]

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Johnson Creek 7, 18×24 acrylic I’m hanging some work at the Albany Heartspring Wellness Center but they needed another piece for an exam room. This image is based on a smaller daily painting done earlier this year. We’ll see how it looks on their deep orange wall.

Chuck and Jenny have their portrait now. Happy New Year! This painting was completed from three reference photos taken while on vacation in August 2009. I used acrylic on gallery-edged canvas. Almost any subject makes a great gift for your loved ones, clients, and colleagues. Contact me to discuss your gift ideas.

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2009, Crows on the Beach 2, 8x8x1 on oil on gessobord More for the bird series. Any requests? Send me a photo or let me know what birds you like and I’ll paint them for you.

Sometimes I take photos of paintings as I’m painting them. See how three paintings looked at each major step. If you are like me, you like to watch others paint. I will eventually have a video of me painting from beginning to end with time-lapse or perhaps narration. That seems like a big job but [...]

I’ve been designing and painting signs and sets for Bye Bye Birdie, which opens July 17 at Corvallis High School. Join us there at 7:30pm in the theatre. It promises to be a laugh-filled evening. The play runs July 17, 18, 23, 24 at 7:30pm and July 25 for a 1:30 matinee. Buy tickets ahead [...]

In anticipation of summer and dreaming of Provence, I have painted a commissioned work of sunflowers and poppies. This work required a color scheme I often do not paint in, so I mixed the colors exactly before beginning. This method helped produced a work that is a bit different from my normal portrait or landscape. [...]

“The mural looks SO GOOD! and the continuation along the walls–did you get a BEFORE picture with the mailboxes there? I love the bit down by the Nursery also. There is so much color in the whole department–it is really gratifying to see the changes, and you have been a big part of that. Thanks [...]

The Jackson Street Youth Shelter Art Car (van) is ready for the raffle. Buy raffle tickets to support the Shelter. Read all about the Art Car progress and the Shelter’s needs on their web site. I’ve worked with the Jackson Street Youth Shelter between Summer 2006 and June 2007 to transform a Dodge Voyager van [...]

Levien residence, Corvallis, Oregon. Scroll down to view Day 1 to 16, or jump to the end and scroll up. Day 1 The entire design is sketched in pencil on all four walls. These lines will be obscured and drawn again as the paint covers. Short and tall plants and trees will be layered in [...]

My first mural was painted at the home of Cindy Miller in Corvallis, Oregon during a peaceful snowstorm over Winter break. The 14-foot wall was white reflected too much sunlight in the large room, so I provided a cooler atmosphere by painting this old growth forest scene from a photo taken while we were walking [...]