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More Crows in the Grass

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 4, oil on claybord, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 4, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 5, oil on claybord, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 5, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 6, oil on claybord, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 6, 8×8 oil on claybord

Here are three more crows to sit with to the other three (see previous post).

Each is painted in oil on an archival clay surface on masonite board with sgraffito outlining for the foreground.

Once again my camera is having trouble photographing anything that is predominately red like the last crow. Odd.

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Crows in the Grass

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 2, oil on claybord, 8x8
Sold © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 2, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 1, oil on claybord, 8x8
SOLD  © Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 1, 8×8 oil on claybord

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Crow in the Grass 3, oil on claybord, 8x8

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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.

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Kahneeta 6 with a butter knife

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sage with a lonely rock

© Pam Van Londen 2010, KahNeeTa 2, oil on claybord, 8x8
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.

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Blooming sage in Central Oregon

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

Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $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.

Purchase this painting via PayPal's secure payment system $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.

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First of a series from KahNeeTa
near Warms Springs, Oregon

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Organ Pipe Cactus National
Monument

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Oregon Pipe 1, oil on clayboard, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Oregon Pipe 1, 8×8 oil on clayboard

Several years ago, I traveled the country to photograph and paint this amazing land we live in. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument was quite a site at sunset.

The camera shutters were jamming shut, but I managed to get a few usable reference photos. Look for more paintings here in the next few weeks.

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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.

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Canyon Dreams #20

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 20, oil on clayboard, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Canyon Dreams 20, 8×8 oil on clayboard

I started this painting before last weekend’s Art Walk, worked on it while I had an audience milling around, then finished it today.

The layered colors are mostly transparent, so there is an etherial feel to the image.

This item is featured in an Etsy Treasury.

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Lonely AZ highways

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Arizona Highway 1, oil on clayboard, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Arizona Highway 1, 8×8 oil on clayboard

© Pam Van Londen 2010, Arizona Highway 2, oil on clayboard, 8x8
SOLD © Pam Van Londen 2010, Arizona Highway 2, 8×8 oil on clayboard

I’ve been staring at the reference photo for these two images for 4 years! I love the composition and loneliness of the photo. The mood is different when painted.
I’m sure I’ll paint more of it.

I’m using scraffito with these two as well as the works from earlier this week.

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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.

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Canyon Dreams repeats

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

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© 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.

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Canyon Dreams for Breakfast

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

My schedule is so loose this term that I can paint before I eat or work! I’m liking it this way.

Today’s watercolory oil painting uses a bit of splatter to represent gravel in the soil. It is an interesting touch that I’ll probably try again tomorrow.