Join me at Fall Festival 2013!

Here are some new works I’ll have for sale…please come to booth 169 and take a closer look!

Oregon Dunes 5 and 6

© Oregon Dunes 6. Pam Van Londen 2013. Oil on 9x12-inch canvas panel. Unframed.$50 Purchase via PayPal.  © Oregon Dunes 6. Pam Van Londen 2013. Oil on 9×12-inch canvas panel. Unframed.

Here’s another two from a new series of Oregon Dune paintings in oil.

© Oregon Dunes 5. Pam Van Londen 2013. Oil on 9x12-inch canvas panel. Unframed.$50 Purchase via PayPal.  © Oregon Dunes 5. Pam Van Londen 2013. Oil on 9×12-inch canvas panel. Unframed.

Canyon Dreams 32

Canyon Dreams 32. Oil on 8x8-inch canvas panel; unframed.  © Pam Van Londen 2013. $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.

Etsy Treasuries for January

Other artisans have listed my work on their Etsy Treasuries this month.

Canyon Dreams 31

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 31, oil on claybord, 8x8  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

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 1, oil on canvas panel, 8x10 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 1, 8×10 oil on canvas panel

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 2, oil on canvas panel, 9x12 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 2, 9×12 oil on canvas panel

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Slot Canyon 3, oil on canvas panel, 8x10 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $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

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 29, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 29, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 30, oil on claybord, 8x8 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!

Another Murder of Crows

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 2, oil on claybord, 8x8 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 2, 8×8 oil on claybord

I had some half-paintings sitting around so I finished them by adding crow silhouettes. These are made with oil paint and oil stick. Each comes framed in black.

I’m getting ready for my winter sale so must clean out unnecessary clutter from the studio. I have a stack of paintings I just can’t look at anymore, they will get a similar treatment.

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 3, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 3, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 4, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 4, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 5, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 5, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 1, oil on claybord, 8x8 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow Upcycled 1, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.

Sarris Garden #7

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 7, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 7, 8×8 oil on claybord

Greg Sarris’ garden provides so many lovely painting scenes; I have yet to finish them all.

Can you smell the lavender and hear the grass rustling while the bees buzz around?

Arctic landscape

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Arctic 1, Acrylic on Clayboard, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Arctic 1, 8×8 Acrylic on Clayboard

I have been experimenting with iridescent acrylic paint on Claybord lately and like the watercolor effects on the clay for the underpainting and thicker shiny pearls on the top layers.

Sarris Garden paintings

LOST? GIFTED? Have you seen this painting?
© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 1, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 1, oil on claybord, 8x8

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 2, oil on claybord, 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 2, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Greg Sarris’ Garden 3, oil on claybord, 8x8 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.

Canyon Dreams 25

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 25, oil on claybord, 8x8 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

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 3, acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 3, 8×8 acrylic on canvas board

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 4, acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $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

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 1, acrylic on canvas, 12x12 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 1, 12×12 acrylic on canvas

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 2, acrylic on canvas board, 8x8 Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $64 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Lake 2, 8×8 acrylic on canvas board

Canyon Dreams 22, 23, 24

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, , 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 24, 8×8

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, , 8x8 SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 23, 8×8

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 22, , 8x8 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.

Mauve Teal Pumpkin

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Mauve Teal Pumpkin, Acrylic,  24x24

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$350 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Mauve Teal Pumpkin, four 12-inch panels totaling 24x24x1. Acrylic

Last weekend I had another wild hair about painting abstractly. This one uses just four colors, premixed to match a selection I made from the series of books called “Designer’s Guide to Color 5” by Chronicle Books.

These four square panels can hang in a larger square together or apart, or individually vertically or horizontally. Each is painted on the edge so no framing is needed.

Kahneeta 6 with a butter knife

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  KahNeeTa 6, acrylic on claybord,  8x8

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$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

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Raven 1, oil on claybord,  8x8
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

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  KahNeeTa 5, oil on claybord,  8x8
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

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  KahNeeTa 4 Teepee, oil on claybord,  8x8
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

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  KahNeeTa 3, oil on claybord,  8x8
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.

Blooming sage in Central Oregon

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Sage 1, oil on 8x8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.

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$50 © Pam Van Londen 2013, Sage 1.2, oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Sage 2, oil on 8x8-inch archival Claybord panel. Unframed.

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$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

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  KahNeeTa 1, oil on claybord,  8x8

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$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.

Organ Pipe Cactus NM #6

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Organ Pipe 6, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Organ Pipe 6, 8×8 oil on clayboard

The cool shade and warm sun provide a spectacular view here at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

During the blooming season, the sages and other brushes provide a variety of pastel colors.

More of the Southwest

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Organ Pipe 4, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Organ Pipe 4, 8×8 oil on clayboard

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Organ Pipe 5, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Organ Pipe 5, 8×8 oil on clayboard

Here are two more paintings from the Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona. I bet it is nice and dry there! Oregon has been wet so am longing for AZ.

Organ Pipe Cactus 3

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Organ Pipe 3, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Organ Pipe 3, 8×8 oil on clayboard

Longing for the sun. AZ, send us some!

Read about my trip to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2006.

Organ Pipe Cactus NM

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Oregon Pipe 2, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Organ Pipe 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard

Number two in a series of many to come. Arizona and New Mexico and surrounding states provide so many landforms to recreate in their glorious colors.

Have a request for a painting of your favorite landmark or mountain? Send me a photo and I’ll work on it for you.

Canyon Dreams 21

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Canyon Dreams 21, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 21, 8×8 oil on clayboard

If you know the name of this land formation from AZ, UT, NM, please write in and let me know. I think it is from AZ but just caught it driving by.

One of my memories from childhood is that the fields of crops were labeled, which meant I was learning something as I drove by. I’d love our highways to tell us what we’re seeing as we drive along. Perhaps we can someday use GPS to provide blow-by-blow descriptions from our phones.

More canyons

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Canyon Dreams 18, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 18, 8×8 oil on clayboard

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Canyon Dreams 19, oil on clayboard,  8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 19, 8×8 oil on clayboard. See it in the Dad Etsy Treasury.

This 19th Canyon Dream painting is of Georgia O’Keefe’s mountain in New Mexico, called The Pedernal. This view is from the campground between Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu.

Canyon Dreams repeats

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Canyon Dreams 16, Oil on 8x8-inch archival Claybord panel, unframed.

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$50 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 16, 8×8 oil on clayboard

© Pam Van Londen 2010,  Canyon Dreams 17, Oil on 8x8-inch archival Claybord panel, unframed.
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 17, Oil on 8×8-inch archival Claybord panel, unframed.

I sold three Canyon Dream paintings this week, so am eager to repaint some of them.

They never look the same twice; I’m just not that kind of artist.