SOLD © 2013 Pam Van Londen. Daisies At The Fence. Acrylic on 12x12x.5 gallery-edged archival canvas. No need to frame.
An old wooden fence and a field full of Shasta daisies is a common scene in Oregon in the summer.
Canyon Dreams 32
$60 Purchase via Pay Pal. Canyon Dreams 32. Oil on 8×8-inch canvas panel; unframed. © Pam Van Londen 2013.
This original oil painting is on an 8×8-inch canvas panel. It comes framed in black wood.
It refers to some canyon in an unknown location plus I made some of it up. It should be dry enough to ship by May 1, 2013.
Nests of Prosperity 9 and 10
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.
Etsy Treasuries for January
Other artisans have listed my work on their Etsy Treasuries this month.
Canyon Dreams 31
SOLD © 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.
Slot Canyon set
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 1, 8×10 oil on canvas panel
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 2, 9×12 oil on canvas panel
$50 © 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 the cool air, mystery around the corner, hidden treasures, and potential danger?
These paintings are abstracted and from my imagination. They represent a frontal and/or sky view with a raging river.
More Canyon Dreams
SOLD © 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!
Etsy Treasuries for September
These artisans have added my paintings to their Etsy.com Treasuries this month.
To see more treasuries curated by other artists, look in the Treasury list at Etsy.com.
Canyon Dreams 25
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 25, 8×8 oil on claybord
One of my favorite scenes while driving includes blooming sage, pinyon trees, dried grasses, dark canyons, distant mountains, and high clouds in the sky.
To keep myself awake on long road trips, I’ll pretend I’m painting the scenes. It’s like practicing without any materials.
Canyon Lake Series
$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.
Canyon Lake Series
$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
Canyon Dreams 22, 23, 24
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, 8×8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, 8×8
SOLD © 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 sgraffito to add texture and small details.
Scenes of Oregon
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.
Murder of Crows
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 11, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 12, 8×8 oil on claybord
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 13, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 14, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 15, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 16, 8×8 oil on claybord
Join The Talisman Gallery in downtown Salem for a unique art experience this Valentine’s day for couples, families, and individual art lovers. Participants will take a walking tour of downtown art venues where they will view paintings and other artistic creations and attempt to find the objects or features suggested by the list of clues provided.
The couple or individual who correctly identifies the most objects will receive dinner at Macedonia in… the Reed Opera House and their choice of a Wearable Art Pendant from the Timeless Talisman Gallery. A winner will be determined by drawing in case of a tie.
Start your art adventure at The Timeless Talisman Gallery in the Reed Opera House (189 Liberty St. NE, Suite 106) where you will be given your list of clues, a pencil, and a map to the art venues. Wine, champagne, and chocolates will also be served. You can take part in the event between 4pm and 8pm on February 14th (Valentine’s Day). Come as you are. No pre-registration or reservations needed!
Crow in the Grass 10
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 10, 8×8 oil on claybord
Another in a long line of images of crows in the grass, on the beach, in a tree…
Deschutes River
$650 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Deschutes River 1, 24×36 acrylic
Thank you to Bekki for the photo to paint from. The dunes are fun to paint and so is the water. This is another painting I may keep working on.
Crows in the Grass
Sold © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 3, 8×8 oil on claybord
This series of crows use the same transparent oil point technique I’ve been using all year, with a little sgraffito added.
The clay surface provides enough scratching surface to add thin whimsical lines to the bold and wide brush strokes.
Kahneeta 6 with a butter knife
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 6, 8×8 acrylic on claybord
When I forgot to bring brushes to KahNeeTa resort earlier this year, I painted with a butter knife. The effect was a fresh look, so I’ve painted another. This one is also a KahNeeTa scene.
I pulled out paint tubes of color that I often ignore. I call them my ugly colors… Phthalocyanine Blue, Indanthrene Blue, Quinacridone Gold, and Sap Green. They are not so ugly when grouped together.
Raven series
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Raven 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’ve been painting crows this year but I want to study ravens, which are larger. This one is first in a series.
This painting is featured in an Etsy Treasury.
KahNeeTa 5
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 5, 8×8 oil on claybord
Just another of my favorite scenes…the orange earth with a wisp of white sand, a majestic cliff, and a deep blue sky.
This one hales from KahNeeTa Resort in the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.
Teepee at KahNeeTa
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 4 Teepee, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’m not sure that teepees were typical Central Oregon High Desert dwellings before Europeans arrived there a few hundred years ago, but they are a popular scene in the USA.
KahNeeTa has teepees to camp in; they are like yurts only shaped like a teepee. They provide a romantic scene even with all the cars and RVs parked nearby.
Learn more about the Warm Springs Reservation.
Sage and other grasses at KahNeeTa
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 3, 8×8 oil on claybord
Here is another of my favorite desert scenes which includes sage, grasses, rolling hills, and a big blue sky with puffy clouds. I brings back memories of my strenuous solo hike at KahNeeTa near Warm Springs in Central Oregon.
Sage with a lonely rock
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
I love how the high desert grasses looks when everything is blooming, especially the sage.
This big rock sits by itself near the trail. I think it is a chunk of basalt.
Blooming sage in Central Oregon
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2013, Sage 1.2, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2013, Sage 2.2, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.
August brings blossoms to the Central Oregon high desert. Sage and other small flowers are lighting up the cinder floor. I see Oregon sunshine and some small white flowers that I am unable to identify.
These paintings were revised in 2013.
First of a series from KahNeeTa
near Warms Springs, Oregon
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
Our weekend trip to Central Oregon was an adventure. The terrain looks much like Arizona and New Mexico with red, gold, and white-painted hills.
This painting was done with a butter knife because I forgot my brushes! I have many more planned (with and without a knife), so stay tuned.