September - Mt. Benson

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8"x 10" oil on canvas.  I am taking a little time off from painting this week due to the holidays and family visiting!  However I am planning and gathering ideas for new pieces.   For now here is a painting that I sold a few days before Christmas and never got a chance to post on the blog.  This is our harbor as we come in to it form being out in Resurrection Bay.  My focus here was on the light and early fall colors of the mountain.

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Humpy Cove Overlook

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9.75" x 8" oil on wood SOLD.   Hope all are having a good week before the new year.  This is a good time to reflect on the past year and think of goals to set for the new year.  One of my goals is to be able to keep this up all year.... that is posting at least two paintings a week.

Winter Day

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8"x 10" oil on canvas  SOLD.  Merry Christmas everyone......!!

Wind In Our Sails - Resurrection Bay

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6"x12" oil on wood panel. Available.    I painted this scene last week.  Sailing is an increasingly popular activity in Resurrection Bay.

Cloudy Days

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Neighborhood 

6"x 9" oil on wood, $100.  I'm posting three paintings that I painted on location from inside our truck.  The truck has more room than my car so it works pretty well.  This location is just down the street form my house and studio.  This was done about 4 weeks ago in November when it was pretty gray and cloudy out.
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November Grays

6"x 6"  oil on wood, $75.  Painting in the truck takes some getting used to.  It is cramped and it takes about two hours to do even a small painting like one of these, maybe less.  When I get out I have to really stretch to get the kinks out from holding still and balancing pallet and painting.  Then, I wonder, will Dennis (my hubby) notice the new spots of color that have been added to his dashboard or steering wheel by a stray brush.  So far so good!

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Gray Mountains

6"x 6" oil on wood, $75.  The first two above are looking out over to the east over the ocean and this little one is looking north and a little to the west.  This was a rather dark day in mid November.  

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Early Morning Paddle

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6"x 12" Oil on wood panel.   SOLD.   Hump Cove is an ideal location for kayaking due to its calm waters, rugged cost line and marine life.  Everyday during the summer months we see harbor porpoises feeding in the cove.  It is a great experience to be in your kayak with porpoises swimming all around you.    They tend to come at any hour of the day or evening and are easy to see in the clear water.

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Sailing By The Cape

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6"x 6" oil on primed wood panel.   We saw this sail boat at Cape Resurrection while touring the bay's outer waters.  These cliffs are nesting grounds for kittiwakes and common murres.   

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Sailing in Resurrection Bay

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 8"x 10" oil on canvas.   I saw this sailboat heading north on the west side of Resurrection Bay.  We were giving a tour of the bay with some of our guests form Orca Island Cabins. 

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Coastal Walk

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6"x 9" oil on primed board. Available.   There is a popular walking path along the coast of our town.  People walk it daily in all kinds of weather.  This was painted along the trail in plaine air from our vehicle just a week ago on a very cold and windy day.  

RVs at Water's Edge

5"x10" Oil on primed wood panel.   This is a glimpse of RV camping along Waterfront Park in Seward, Alaska with Lowell Canyon in the back ground.  Not bad views for these brave souls.   All along our downtown the water's edge is reserved for RV campers.  We have a bike path there as well.

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Entering Humpy Cove

9" x 12" oil on canvas.   A typical cloudy day as we approach the entrance to Humpy Cove.   Our cabins are just around the rocky point on the left.

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Scenic Paddle

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10" x 15" oil on primed wood panel.    These kayakers are out at our summer cabins in Humpy Cove.  The large island in the distance is Fox Island, the smaller island in front of it is Hat Island.  The kayakers are paddling around a rocky outcropping that disappears under higher tides.  The island where our cabins are is just coming into the picture at the far left.

Pt. Woronzof #2

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5"x12" oil on primed wood panel.   Same place as the last painting posted but if you look closely you will see some differences like the reflection in the water and the mountains of the Alaska Range across Cook Inlet are more visible ... not covered by clouds.   Happy Thanksgiving Day!

I donated this painting to the KAKM Public Television Art Showcase Action 2013.  You can bid for it on February 21-23, 2013.

Pt. Woronzof

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9"x 12" oil on primed wood panel.   This painting is of a view form a friend's house who I sometimes cat sit for in Anchorage, AK.  They have a beautiful home on a bluff right in town that looks over all the houses below and right out to Cook Inlet.  The land formation in the left of the painting is called Pt. Woronzof.   So this painting was painted in plein air, however, I was inside looking out large glass windows as I painted.  The temperature was roughly 12 degrees outside at the time!

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Mt. Marathon

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9"x 9.5"  oil on primed wood panel SOLD.  Mt. Marathon is one of the majestic mountains that boarders the seaport town of Seward, Alaska.  It is one of many mountains in the area that inspire me in my paintings.  The photo for this painting was taken  in the spring as I was returning form Orca Island Cabins.

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Island Passage

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 This painting is of a narrow passageway next to Orca Island in Humpy Cove, Resurrection Bay south of  Seward, Alaska.  This passageway attracts many kayakers during the summer months. 6" x12" oil on primed wood panel.  SOLD

At Rest

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Painted on primed wood panel, oil, 5 x 12"  This is actually a favorite of mine! SOLD

Spring Kayaking

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This is a 5 x 12" oil painting I painted last spring.  The photo that I used to paint from was taken during the month of May in Humpy Cove , 9 miles from Seward.  

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Explore

 First posting...

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This oil painting is 7.5" x 7" and painted on a primed wood panel.    Some of you may know I have property in Humpy Cove, Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska. We rent out cabins there and kayaks are available for our guests to use. This scene is very close to our cabins and a popular spot for kayakers to paddle around.

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