Tillamook Rock Light

Oregon's Ecola State Park offers this view to visitors who are fortunate enough to be there at sunset.  In the distance stands Tillamook Rock Lighthouse,  built one mile offshore and first used in 1881.

Here's how the painting progressed.

"Tillamook Rock Light"   20" x 30"   Oil

Indian Beach - North View

Indian Beach, Oregon was named for the Native American Tillamook tribe who used to live in villages nearby. 

 Here are a few steps to a watercolor I painted of this rugged coastline.

"Indian Beach - North View"   14" x 21"  Watercolor

Oregon Vacation

My wife and I have been vacationing for the last couple of weeks on the Oregon coast.  There is so much beauty to be seen at every turn!  I brought my watercolors along but we've been so busy enjoying the experience that I haven't painted very much. Here are a couple of paintings - the first of several from an Oregon series, I predict.

Painting from the balcony of our hotel room in Yachats.

A view of Cannon Beach from Ecola State Park.

"Cannon Beach"   8" x 10"   Watercolor