$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 3, 8×8 acrylic on canvas board
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 4, 8×8 acrylic on canvas board
I’m in a blue mood and wishing I were traveling to a far off desert canyon.
I’m also in an abstract painting mood…just love experimenting with empasto and iridescent colors.
$72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 1, 12×12 acrylic on canvas
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 2, 8×8 acrylic on canvas board
I got to hang out with lots of fun Datsun lovers this weekend at the Datsun Driving Canby Fun event. I was there selling paintings of cars and landscapes.
Send me your car portrait with other loved ones and I’ll paint you a piece for your office wall.
I made these quick watercolor sketches on location.
Members of the Corvallis Etsy Group have their work showing in the window of the downtown Footwise shoe store, for the month of June.
Stop by and see our wares.
I missed the reception last night for the She Project, but you can still see the exhibit in the Meeting room at the Corvallis Library on Monroe street until June 30.
I submitted this interpretation of “Her mistake turned out good.”
These artists added me to their Etsy Treasuries, which often show up on the home page. It’s like having pieces accepted into juried exhibits but for free!
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Round Valley 1, 12×12 acrylic mixd media
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Round Valley 2, 12×12 acrylic mixd media
I was in the mood for something new when I found some rice paper with swirls and these lightweight wooden plates. I painted on them with iridescent colors and finished with two layers of satin varnish.
Stop by the Mod Pod on Second Street to see these in person.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Cote d’Azur 1, 8×8
Join the monthly virtual paintout…May’s is almost over….I was able to get this in just in time.
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Midnight Z, 8×8
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Spoiler Z, 8×8
I’ve painted a couple of car portraits to show at the Driving Canby Fun event on June 11. We’ll be camping and shaking hands with car fans from all over Oregon and Washington.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been concentrating on revising a web site for Jwalan Muktikã School in Whitefish, MT. The results are stunning.
We used motifs from the previous printed brochures so have a deep and rich scheme.
This WordPress-driven site uses simple shopping cart plugins, collapsible/expandable menus, Google analytics, event registration, HTML 5, and CSS 3 (style).
I would like to announce…. we have our first cookbook order from our new lovely website! I knew that would make you all smile :) From the client
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, 8×8
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, 8×8
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 22, 8×8
Last year I began working on a series of paintings done mostly from memory of driving through the Southwest and Eastern Oregon. The desert and high-desert grasses, dirt colors, and rock formations are fascinating and compel me to paint them.
In my usual loose style using transparent oil paint on an alizerin crimson underpainting make up this triptych.
In addition, these each use a bit of sgraffio to add texture and small details.
These artists added me to their Etsy Treasuries, which often show up on the home page. It’s like having pieces accepted into juried exhibits but for free!
These generous artisans are highlighting my work in their Etsy Treasuries:
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Coastal Conoes, 8×8 oil on claybord
A few years ago we were exploring the Taft area near Lincoln City, Oregon and happened upon these conoers leaving the Schooner’s Creek for the Pacific ocean. It was a quiet sunny morning with just a small breeze, making it perfect for river to ocean fun.
The colors of the water changed abruptly due to the reflections and depth.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees, 8×8 oil on claybord
I like swirls; you like swirls; so I painted more swirls.
I live in Orange country so had to use a saturated an orange hue as I could, along with my favorite color blue-green.
If you’re an artist I highly recommend participating in the weekly challenge at Daily Paintworks.
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Avery Park Trees 4, 8×8 oil on claybord
The Daily Paintworks Challenges are fun to work on, so here’s another one for the Color Challenge. I’m using a split compliment scheme (traditional color wheel).
This composition is easy and allows me to focus just on the color arrangement.
I’ve also used sgraffito here to provide a bit of whimsical detail.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Hot Cocoa with Shiny Giftbag, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’ve painted this one to meet the Daily Paintworks challenge. I’ve used my usual loose style in oil on Claybord.
It’s hard to get the really saturated colors present on the shiny purple giftbag…it reflects a lot of permanent rose but purple diazinon does not dry shiny…it dries flat, so perhaps later I’ll add a shiny varnish.
Yes, I drank the cocoa. Mmmmm.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, German Highway 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, German Highway 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’m joining the Daily Paintworks weekly painting challenges. I’ve got two done and I’m not sure how long it’ll take me to catch up to all the week’s I’ve missed.
These German roadways remind me of Oregon…lush hills and farmland with peaceful highways circling them.
These two pieces use my transparent oil technique on Claybord.
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Cherry Tree Branches 1, 12×12 acrylic on gallery-edged canvas
It is such a beautiful day and what am I doing? I’m indoors painting.
There is a lovely cherry tree outside with daffodils at the base…so sweet and cheerful. If we could divert the heavy traffic just 10 feet away, it would be a peaceful place to sit and contemplate the state of things.
NFS © Pam Van Londen 2009 Chef Elena 24x18x1.5 in acrylic on gallery-edged canvas
I adore my sister-in-law, Elena Mark, not just for her cooking, but for her heart, head, and higher self. I’ve had many good times in her kitchen watching her multi-task the making of magic (like a perfect gravy) while consoling me, and directing family traffic.
This piece is finally done–2 years later than when I started! Or has it been 3? Almost in time for Elena’s 50-yr birthday!
$125 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Morning 8, 17×13 watercolor
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Morning 9, 8×8 watercolor
Last summer, I gathered with friends and students to paint plein air and these two sketches were started then. I finished them last month with a bit of acrylic and iridescent watercolor.
These artists added me to their Etsy Treasuries, which often show up on the home page. It’s like having pieces accepted into juried exhibits but for free!
These generous artisans are highlighting my work in their Etsy Treasuries:
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2011, Valley Storm 4, 8×8 oil on clayboard
I added this painting to the Japan Relief Painting Challenge sponsored by Daily Paintworks. At this moment, $23,000+ funds have been raised by the auction. Various relief agencies will send the funds to Japan. More than 300 artists have donated work for this project!
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Silver Creek Falls Middle North Falls, 5.5×8.5 watercolor
We spent a few days hiking the 10 waterfalls at Silver Creek Falls State Park. Even though it rained most of the time, we were able to hike them all.
Holding an umbrella for miles is like using a cane; a little extra work but worth it.
Because it wasn’t hot and crowded, we were able to hike pretty quickly.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010. 17×13 watercolor on 130lb paper. Ships shrink-wrapped on foam board.
Support the Japan relief efforts by purchasing a painting from the Daily Paintworks ‘Home’ Challenge auction.
I’ve submitted this watercolor painting to the auction, which ended.
These artists added me to their Etsy Treasuries, which often show up on the home page. It’s like having pieces accepted into other exhibits but for free!
These generous artisans are highlighting my work in their Etsy Treasuries:
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Avery Park Trees 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Deschuttes River 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard
The winter blues are over…I feel like painting again. Soon I’ll be painting outside again.
I’ve been asked to offer a painting workshop, which I am thinking about. If you are are interested in learning to paint in oil on claybord, use my contact form to let me know.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 13, 24×36 acrylic
A birds-eye view of our beloved river: the Willamette.
Flying over provides a different perspective about our home; we see where the river has been improved, where the farms grow our food, how cities are sprawling, and where the forests have disappeared.
It can be shocking.
I’m working on some larger canvases this week (because they have been sitting here for years).
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Clear Lake 4, 8×8 oil on clayboard
Clear Lake is one of my favorite spots in Oregon. You can fish in quiet, camp, and eat a burger if necessary. The water is clear, of course, and provides colorful reflections for painting.
The Monthly Painting Challenge for February is to paint your rendition of some ripples at the shoreline.
This image is painted with thinned oil on Ampersand Claybord and scratched with pencil and rubber-tipped brushes.
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Flying 1, 8×8 oil on clayboard
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Flying 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Flying 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard
For those of us suffering from cabin fever and the winter blues, keep thinking about all the wonderful earthly wonders we’ll see when we arrive at spring.
Butterflies are one of those wonders. These gentle creatures tend to cheer me up when they flutter by. I feel like a flower bestowed with a gentle kiss when one comes flying by my nose.
Thank you to these Etsy shop owners for listing my work in their Treasuries. Visit these fun and inspiring shops.