Showing posts with label Deschutes River Trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deschutes River Trail. Show all posts

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Rapids on the River


"River Rush"
26 x 16 image, Soft Pastel
Framed—34 x 24 $1350


The Deschutes River courses right through Bend, OR. This canyon scene is from a 3 mile loop trail that starts in River Bend Park near the Old Mill District. I started this painting as an example of a soft pastel landscape and demoed while being filmed for a segment on Oregon Art Beat (OPB) that will be aired later this year. Some of my best, loosest, paintings have been done while demoing. I attribute this to the fact that because I'm also talking to people my right brain is fully engaged and I'm painting instinctively...not over thinking.