Corvallis Artist, Oregon Artist. Creating Every Day…paintings, web sites, and courses Oregon daily painter, murals and portraits. Corvallis Web Designer / Web Developer. Original abstract landscape oil paintings
$400 © Pam Van Londen 2007 Smith River 4 oil on canvas on 18 x 36 x 1.5 canvas
From August 1 – 31, I have eleven oil and acrylic paintings hanging at Timberhill Athletic club, along with paintings by local abstract painter, Jake Dorr.
Ten of the paintings are on sale! And if you purchase them in person or online at this web site, shipping is free.
Here is a list of paintings I’m hanging:
LOST? GIFTED? Have you seen this painting?
© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
Sold © Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 3, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’m spending a day at Greg Sarris’ home in Sonoma County, California, with friends. His garden that wraps around the home is spectacular with large lavenders, olive and bay trees, a kidney pool, lizards, and many native plants.
We listened to the coyotes and owls last night and hear the bees buzzing as they spend their day in the lavender.
Is this a pine or redwood? I forgot to figure it out before I left the area.
This is just one of many quick watercolor sketches done plein air in NE California in the Sonora area.
I’ve been working with the Oregon Raspberry and Blackberry Commission and Food First Marketing to promote their upcoming Oregon Berry Festival event scheduled for July 22 & 23, 2011 at the Ecotrust Center in NW Portland, Oregon.
Go to the site and find out what’s happening all month long. Be sure to click the Google +1 and Facebook Like buttons.
I love this event already! Nice start with that cute web site. Kudos to whoever put it together. It shouts “fun!”
Sunset and Parade Magazines have highlighted the event so my handiwork is getting lots of coverage.
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 21, 12×12 watercolor
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Clouds2, 12×12 watercolor
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 2, 12×12 watercolor
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 3, 12×12 watercolor
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Estuary 4, Oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel, unframed.
The foxgloves and Queen Anne’s Lace were blooming in the estuary at Newport last week.
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Old Mill Challenge, 8×8 oil on claybord
The Daily Paintworks Weekly Challenge from a few weeks ago is to paint this old mill on a river.
NFS © Pam Van Londen 2010, Heidrich Girls Surfing, 8×8 oil on claybord
To complete a set of beach pictures for the Heidrich Family.
$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 19, 12×12 watercolor
$75 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 17, 9×12 watercolor
Here are a couple of watercolors I created last night. I have two more but these are the best. I was too pooped to paint at the river so I painted from memory.
Thank you to all the artisans at Etsy who feature my work! I’ve linked to their treasuries and shops below: 
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Estuary 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Estuary 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Estuary 3, 8×8 oil on claybord
I’m traveling at the coast this weekend and am having trouble uploading with my Verizen Palm Pixi hotspot. So I’ll add prices and info when I return next week.
Newport’s beaches and estuary are so beautiful…lots of grassy dunes, birds, swamps, etc. All the grasses and wild flowers seem to be blooming which brightens up the hike.
$75 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willametter River 16, 11×8.5 watercolor
It was a glorious day in the park this morning. The farmer’s market has grown and so have the crowds.
I tried some Tayberries, which are like long, large raspberries. Their taste was like another flavor I’ve experienced but could not remember what. I’ll have to try them again next weekend.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Fog 2, 8×8 oil on claybord
This tree is amazing but very hard to paint. After 2 days of messing with it, I finally have a style that works.
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.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Opito Bay Road, Kerikeri, New Zealand, 8×8 oil on claybord
June’s Virtual Paintout Challenge is New Zealand. I found a lonely road in Kerikeri that had my favorite elements: grass, highway, trees, and water.
This one is using a bit of sgraffito to add interest.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Stacked Bowls with Peach, 8×8 oil on claybord
For last week’s Daily Paintworks Balance Challenge, I picked three of my colorful bowls and added a peach, to match the bottom plate.
Then I added the customary purple background, to match the rest of the Food on the Table series of still life paintings I’ve been adding to for 5 years.
$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
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.
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:
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Coastal Conoes, Oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel; unframed. Purchase frame separately.
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.
