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$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Clear Lake 4, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord, unframed.
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.
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!
$72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Chirp 1, 12×12 mixed media acrylic
$72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Tweet 1, 12×12 mixed media acrylic
Even in winter, we might hear songbirds talking to each other. They make all kinds of sounds, which I will be illustrating here for the next few weeks.
This week’s sounds are Tweet and Chirp. See them next week at the Mod Pod on 2nd street for the Art Walk.
$64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Aspen Grove 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard
This simple abstract uses oil pain in thin washes on a clay panel. Then I’ve used a tool to scratch in several scribbled lines.
When I was in college, I had a solo show called Scribbles. I would sit up painting scribbles in various media while relaxing with wine and jazz. I hung them behind glass with no frames (who could afford it back then). One of these days I’ll photograph all those paintings and add them to this blog! Guess I need an assistant.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Sunning 1, 8×8 oil on clayboard
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Sunning 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Sunning 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard
It’s just now winter, but why not think about warmer times? I look forward to sunning, like these butterflies. Where do butterflies hang out when it is snowy here?
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…
$880 © 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 $50 in the USA and $100 in Canada.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Valley Fog 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
I started this painting in August and finally had the imagination to finish it. Sometimes a resolution takes awhile.
The subdued palette is kind of fun.
$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 7, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel; unframed.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 8, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 9, 8×8 oil on claybord
These crow images were painted in oil on Ampersand claybord; my favorite surface.
I usually start with a red underpainting and layer thinned haphazard stokes on top. Then I use graphite to etch a bit of thinner lines, adding a bit of whimsey.
You can purchase this set or each individually. If you are interested in purchasing, write the check to HVCC to add to my daughter’s choir tour account. They are singing in Vienna this summer.
$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.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Nest of Prosperity 3, 8×8 oil on claybord
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Nest of Prosperity 4, 8×8 oil on claybord
Feeling a bit pinched? Add a nest to your room’s financial corner to increase prosperity.
These nests were painted in oil on claybord, and have a bit of sgraffito. Both come framed in black wood.
Sold © Pam Van Londen 2010, Molalla River Shore 7, 8×8 oil on claybord
Sold © Pam Van Londen 2010, Molalla River Shore 8, 8×8 oil on claybord
I just love photographing and painting rivers…so peaceful yet invigorating.
This 7th image of the Molalla River in Oregon uses a bit of splattering to render the rocks.
The 8th image uses sgraffito. I scratch into the paint with a pencil and render small lines.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Black Butte 1, 8×8 oil on claybord
This abstracted highway scene shows Black Butte beyond the forest trees. I was unable to stop and take a reference photo, so I’m working from memory. I think the trees are pine but I have stylized them quite a bit.
$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.
$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.