I’m spring cleaning and would like you to take away some of my fabulous paintings for just a bit of cash (checks and credit cards accepted as well).

Take a look at what has just gone on sale and will remain on sale! View both pages and click on each title to read about it and view even more related paintings.

It is a good time to:

• Purchase birthday, graduation, and father’s day gifts.
• Add color to your drab walls in the kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedroom, and office.
• Purchase ahead for holiday gifts.
• Treat yourself!

All paintings are original acrylic, oil, or mixed media. Acid free archival materials are used in each piece. Some 8×8 paintings come framed.

Pick up at my home or have it shipped.

My current favorite artist, Karin Jurick has started a weekly project for artists called Different Strokes. She posts a photo and we respond with a painting or drawing. I’ve submitted this cropped landscape for the second week’s work:

SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2008 Iridescent Rose 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard

OSU Campus has some beautiful trees. Here is a Redwood that lives just off campus:

I’ve been experimenting with iridescent paint sticks. Here is a quick sketch of a rose using paint sticks and regular oil paint:

$25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Coast Drama 1 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard

$25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Coast Drama 2 Twin Waves 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard

$25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Coast Drama 3 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard

$50 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Coast Drama 4 12x12x1.25 in oil on canvas

So busy painting that I have little time to blog! We’ve spent time on the Santiam River, Columbia River, and Pacific Ocean this summer. Since we had great weather I was able to paint en plain air.

The waves were large and dramatic over the weekend; allowing the translucent green to show when a wave was breaking.

Taft is a charming community south of Lincoln City, Oregon. Everything you need is within walking distance (cookies, ice cream, whale watching, beach access, and lodging).

$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 clayboard

$50 © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 10 8x8x1 in oil on clayboard

Thank you Ann and Bob for allowing me to paint to my heart’s content on your beautiful Santiam River.

I painted 1 large canvas in acrylic and 5 small panels in oil.
These are all ready to purchase except the large panel. It will be getting more detail in the foreground.

The water reflects the dark blue-green of the trees at this spot, but because the water is so clean and clear, the multi-colored rock formations and pebbles show through and reflect a bit of orange.

This is contrasted with the bright green grasses sprouting up everywhere. It’s quite magical!

$400 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Santiam River 6 40x30x1 in acrylic on canvas

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 in mixed media on gessoboard

After 47 years in Oregon, I finally got to float the Willamette River. Near Corvallis, this large river is calm and scenic; with no factories to mar the view and disturb the ospreys.

We stopped half way to hunt for agates and petrified wood…and we were successful!

I took about 200 photos and have begun to paint a few scenes.

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 play and bark, and sit contentedly.

$25 SALE © Pam Van Londen 2008 Cannon Beach Kite Flyers 8x8x1 in oil and sand on clayboard

These three paintings were done at Cannon Beach, Oregon. We had perfect weather for walking the streets where every plot has a blooming garden and every stretch of beach has interesting tidbits to pick up and ponder.

SOLD! © Pam Van Londen 2008 Cannon Beach Flowers Along Street 8x8x1 in oil and Shiva metallic oils on clayboard

Walking the beach in mild weather instills contemplation which becomes a healing exercise. I’ll be traveling back to Cannon Beach for more healing in just a week! Ahh…I’m breathing better already just thinking about it.

While I’m there I plan to paint more beach scenes, visit lots of galleries, eat great food, and ride horses on the beach.

My last major self portrait was painted on a 3-foot square canvas during my 3rd year in college. It was a Chuck Close kind of composition; in-your-face close-cropped of my head. I carried that canvas around all this time but painted a portrait of the kids over it 2 years ago.

Now that painting shows up in this new self portrait. The fluffy being with paws will make you laugh out loud! He’s so proud of himself that he shows up twice in the painting. Such an ego!