Under I-5

The archetecture of the freeway structure on the east side approach to the Marquam Bridge created some interesting compositional elements. This view is looking north from somewhere near Salmon Street on the east bank of the Willamette River.

8 x 10
oil on panel
2004

Steel Bridge, Portland OR

2004
oil on panel
9 x 12

East Salmon Street from the Esplanade

2004
oil on panel
8 x 10

Burnside Bridge, from the Steel Bridge pedestrian walkway

This one is owned by my friend Scott Moore. He was an organizer of the Buckman School Art Show and Sell and we made a trade. I got one of his skateboards. Check out his site, it's the Subsonic Skateboard link!

Also, check back to the May 5 post for the full installation view of the Alpine Lake Triptych!

ciao

Downtown Portland

This view from just south of Riverplace and the Hawthorn Bridge is no longer possible as a high rise condominium has gone up in the spot where I stood to take the photograph from which this sketch was painted. The boardwalk at Riverplace is one of my favourite places to hang out with a beer or glass of red wine on warm sunny Portland Summer afternoons.

2004
oil on panel
10 x 20

Fire Hydrant

An interesting subject I thought. From the Waterfront series for the Buckman School. At the end of the day shooting photographs from which to select imagery for my series of two hour oil sketches, I'd focused enough on the archetecture of bridges and the light in the sky and reflecting on the water of the Willamette, and pointed my camera at this object as an unlikely subject for a painting.

2004
oil on panel
8 x 10

Portland Bridges

This oil on masonite sketch looks south on the Willamette River at the Morrison, Hawthorn, and Marquam bridges.

2004
oil on panel
8 x 10

East Side Esplanade

Returning to the group of paintings that I did for the Buckman Elementary School Art Sale, this was on of the better ones in my opinion but I failed to get a picture of it so I asked it's current owner to email me an image. It's a small file so doesn't enlarge so well but you can get the gist here.

10 x 12
oil on panel

Home Sweet Home

This late Winter scene in Downtown Portland looks west up Salmon Street from Waterfront Park during a break between storms. It was a clear crisp Sunday morning in early March as I recall. The woman who bought this painting from the Buchman School Art Sale told me that she worked in Koin Tower, the tall brick red building on the left side of the street.

"Salmon Street"
2004 oil on canvas
36 x 45

At Play on the Willamette

Still on art made for the Buckman School art sale, and still on paintings that are in Dubai, this one was a Christmas Present for my nephew Alex year before last. I plan to use this photo as a study for a large scale painting soon. I do love painting water!

2004 oil on panel, 8 x 14

Painting found!

One of my paintings for the Buckman School Art Sale four years ago slipped through the cracks when I did my photo documentation of them in March '04. There were 12 small paintings on panel, and one large painting on canvas. Since people at the art sale didn't seem to be interested much in paintings, or two dimensional art in general for that matter, most of my efforts went out as christmas and birthday presents to family members over the course of the following year. I discovered this one three weeks ago in my sisters home in Dubai, and took the opportunity to get a photo of it before I left. It is now included in my portfolio for the first time. Don't know how I missed it since it was one of my favourites from the series. This view is from the east side Esplanade along the Willamette River in Portland looking across the river at central Downtown Portland.

8 x 10
oil on panel, 2004

Marquam Bridge

Another Portland bridge also about 9 x 12 oil on panel and painted at the same time in March 2004.

Burnside Bridge, Portland Oregon

A couple favourite Portland landmarks, The US Bankcorp Tower, nick-named "Big Pink" is Portlands second highest building, and the Burnside Bridge, viewed from the Eastside Esplanade along the Willamette River. A smaller painting at about 9 x 12 on panel