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Bygone Fields on the
South Slopes of
Chelan Butte

oil on canvas
16” x 20”
2/16/26
Oil painting of old fields flowing down to a river with steep breaks leading to a plateau above.
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Chelan Butte feature that
looks like the head of a
sleeping elephant.

Seen here from
across the
valley.

Elephant Head
from Union Valley
oil on canvas
18” x 24”
2/17/26
Oil painting of an elephant shaped part of Chelan Butte seen from Union Valley Road. There is a small red shed and trees in subtle foreground shadow. Clouds in the sky with blue sky poking through.
February 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Line, plane, tones
and color gradients,
seeing fades from dark to light,
or from one color to another,
both & neither

Plateau, Breaks, and Butte
oil on canvas
12” x 39 1/2”
Thanksgiving weekend
2025
Oil painting of a view from Lake Chelan Butte, looking east, towards the Columbia River and the Columbia Plateau. A bench can be seen halfway up on the breaks .
November 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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See Beauty,
See the Butte
oil on arches
23” x 28 3/4”
3/15/26
Oil painting of a butte, a lake, and two rivers. Clouds in the sky.
March 29, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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East Slopes Chelan Butte,
with Columbia and
Breaks
oil on canvas
20” x 36”
3/29/26
Oil painting of sloping hills descending to a dark blue river. Across the river is a bench and distant plateau.
March 29, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Poster for my painting show that runs through August 1. We had an opening on Thursday night at the Vogue Coffee Bar in Chelan

Note the car. Someone sleeping
Poster of an announcement of an art show called Our Beautiful Butte shows an oil painting of the early morning view of the backside of Chelan Butte with a hang glider camped out overnight sleeping in his car.You can see the Waterville plateau, Badger Mountain and shadows on the breaks
June 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM