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I first became enamored by cows when painting red angus in the Diamond Valley... now I see them everywhere.
I went thru a horse phase like most teenage girls when I was in school... and then again in my thirties. A few years ago it was mules... now I guess it is vows (though I still love mules).

A summer storm over Summer Lake... I was having dinner with friends but jumped up every five minutes to get a different photo of the amazing skies as they roiled with the the life of an impending storm. Understanding friends, a cell phone camera & amazing nature... doesn't get much better than that!

Two weeks ago we went with old friends to Summer Lake... a very special place. Swimming in the cowboy barn, diner with friends, and biscuits and gravy for breakfast in Paisley, Oregon. Doesn't get much better than that...except it did. An emerging pre-summer storm brought an outstanding light show. Lucky me...this is the first in a series of paintings I will attempt to capture the magic.

The Abert Rim overlooks Lake Abert, what is called a dead lake, but I think the light is alive. I just love remote Oregon....

This will likely be the final one in the 8x26" series....it is just begun. I am enjoying this intense study, but think I want to spend some time with the images of Summer Lake...
I will come back to this series in a few months as it will be featured in a fall show at Tumalo Art Co.

After a brief visit to Summer Lake, one of my favorite painting spots I am back in the studio again. I am continuing on with the series of Gray Butte and Smith Rock, a subject NEAR (8 miles) and dear to me. I find that really studying this scene that I have seen for over 20 years has renewed and heighten my appreciation for the wonderful formation that rises out of the high desert. There are so many moods to the view. This is #5...of what could be hundreds...but I think I will definitely limit myself.