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July 27, 2011January 18, 2013

Sarris Garden paintings

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.

July 14, 2011

Local scenes

$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Willamette River 21, 12×12 watercolor

$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Clouds2, 12×12 watercolor

July 14, 2011August 22, 2014

Watercolor practice

$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 2, 12×12 watercolor

$100 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Park Trees 3, 12×12 watercolor

July 10, 2011July 10, 2011

Heidrich Girls Surfing

NFS © Pam Van Londen 2010, Heidrich Girls Surfing, 8×8 oil on claybord

To complete a set of beach pictures for the Heidrich Family.

July 8, 2011August 22, 2014

Willamette River watercolors

$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.

June 23, 2011October 10, 2013

Valley Fog 2

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.

Here is a companion piece.

June 18, 2011June 23, 2011

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.

May 29, 2011June 23, 2011

Wooden plates with rice paper

$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.

May 29, 2011September 24, 2012

Virtual Paintout Cote d’Azur

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.

May 29, 2011June 23, 2011

Driving Canby Fun

$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.

May 6, 2011July 20, 2014

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.

April 23, 2011April 6, 2012

More trees in swirls

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.

March 31, 2011March 31, 2011

Valley Storm 4

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!

March 26, 2011June 23, 2011

Silver Creek Falls

$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.

March 11, 2011March 30, 2012

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.

February 25, 2011August 22, 2014

Clear Lake is Feb’s Painting Challenge

$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.

February 19, 2011April 19, 2013

Butterfly Therapy

$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.

February 7, 2011August 22, 2014

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!

January 30, 2011June 23, 2011

The Buzz and Humm of Song Birds

$72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Buzz 1, 12×12 mixed media acrylic

$72 © Pam Van Londen 2010, Humm 1, 12×12 mixed media acrylic

The unusually warm weather felt in the Willamette Valley this week had us thinking of spring. I think the ducks and woolly bear caterpillars were confused.

January 28, 2011June 23, 2011

Songbird series

$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.

January 14, 2011January 14, 2011

More Aspens

$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.

January 8, 2011June 23, 2011

Butterflies sunning

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Butter?ies Sunning 1, oil on clayboard, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Butterflies Sunning 1, 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?

January 1, 2011March 2, 2011

Crow in the Grass 10

Another in a long line of images of crows in the grass, on the beach, in a tree…

December 15, 2010August 22, 2014

Columbia River 4×4

$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.

December 6, 2010September 25, 2011

Valley Fog 1

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.

December 4, 2010August 22, 2014

More crows playing around

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.

November 21, 2010September 25, 2011

Is it snowing yet?

In anticipation of the coming winter, I’ve painted three stormy images.
My many drives up and down Hwy 99W are always inspiring no matter what the weather.

I used a gray underpainting instead of alizarin crimson this time. I miss the red.

November 17, 2010February 10, 2012

More nests of prosperity

One of my favorite subjects to paint is a bird’s nest. They come in all shapes and sizes and include little bits of treasure in the form of eggs…new life waiting.

Add your nest egg by investing an original oil painting.

November 10, 2010

A commission and one for fun

Last week I was commissioned to paint a previous plein air daily painting onto a larger panel. We settled 40×30 inches:

Columbia River Gorge Beacon Rock from Rooster Rock 2

Then I could not stop…I had to paint it again, only 48×48. Which one will they choose?

Columbia River Gorge Beacon Rock from Rooster Rock 3

November 5, 2010August 22, 2014

Valley morning, with iridescent paints

After playing with iridescent oil sticks last night at the First Thursday Art Walk, I had the urge to use them again.

This morning, I worked on canvas panels so the texture would easily pick up the oil. With the alizerin crimson underpainting and shimming deep colors, I was able to recreate a majestic atmosphere. And the sgraffito adds a bit of whimsey.

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