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Coulee Rockfall
oil on canvas
16” x 20”
1/10/26
Oil painting of a shrub-steppe landscape showing a large talus slope and smoke on the horizon.
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Specular Prospect
at Deep Lake
oil on canvas
16” x 20”
1/11/26
A vertical oil painting of a morning scablands image, a specular prospect, a lake seen from the high notch of coulee walls.
January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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69/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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OpeningDay
oil on canvas
16” x 22”
2013
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#DeepLake#rock
#coulee#sunlakes

Basaltic DP. LK.,
East End,
(with Bird Apparition)
oil on canvas
24” x 30”
Nov 22, 2025
A landscape painting with basalt cliffs and a lake. Bird-like marks are in the top right corner of the sky.
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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paintings/sketches of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Coulee.
Handmade sketchbook
with manila pages.
11” x 17”
2016

select pages,
DP.LK.
pen and ink
June 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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102
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#blueskyart#art
#Mosescoulee

Mose Coulee Cliffs
oil on board
12” x 16”
2013
Painting of basalt cliffs with talus sloping to the coulee floor. A blue diagonal shadow pushes off and opposes a mostly horizontal sunlit yellow band.
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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46/100
paintings of the shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#watercolor#art#coulee
#Wanapum

Near Wanupum
32” x 48”
acrylic on arches
1990
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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91/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#blueskyart

Greasewood Flats
oil on canvas
12” x 36”
2010
February 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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98/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Moses Coulee Outcrop
oil on board
16” x 20”
2000
February 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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73/100
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#blueskyart

Greasewood Flats
oil on canvas
24” x 28”
February 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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81/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#blueskyart#McCartneycreek

Coulee Floor
oil on canvas
24” x 30”
2001
Zig zagging coulee receding into the distance using warm tones. Cliffs are on each side as the creek bed runs between.
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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paintings of the
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#mosescoulee

Moses Coulee Rock
and Irrigated Fields
oil on board
14” x 11”
2009
A vertical format oil painting, showing a rock cliff on the left, a green irritated farmers field on the right, and in the background, the basalt cliffs and a sky with clouds in it.
March 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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7/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,

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#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
February 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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70/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart

Oasis
oil on board
16” x 22”
2013
February 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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96/100
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#basalt#oilpainting
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G.W. Flats
oil on board
7 1/2” x 16”
2010
February 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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64/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#GrandCoulee

East Side of Grand Coulee
Looking Upstream
oil on canvas
36” x 28”
2001
February 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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29/100
paintings of the shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#coulee

How few strokes?
Less is more.

Coulee study
oil on board
6” x 9”
February 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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paintings of the
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#Mosescoulee

Three Devils
oil on board
16” x 20”
A very spare , geometric oil painting of a coulee road seen from a height. In the distance a green field can be seen down coulee. The secondary colors, orange green and violet are all represented in high key. Can you find them?
March 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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240
paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#pleinair#art#landscape
#blueskyart#art#coulee

Sentinel above
Park Lake
oil on board
18” x 24”
An oil painting of a coulee. Large cliffs dominate the left-hand side. In the foreground we see a lot of green an in the background we can see cliffs as they move downstream in the coulee.
April 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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66/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#WestBar
#Columbiariver

West Bar
oil on canvas
19” x 29”
1997
February 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Finished/Unfinished
Coulee Floor
oil on board
16“ x 32“
An unfinished oil painting of a coulee floor. A very spare painting with only a few strokes.
April 18, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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75/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#blueskyart#sumiink

Hanging Canyon study
sumi ink on tyvek
24” x 36
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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68/100
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#blueskyart#RockIsland
#Columbiariver

Rock Island Basalt
oil on canvas
22” x 30”
1989
February 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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93/100
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Basalt Study
oil on canvas
24” x 36”
2010
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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October morning,
painting in the
Lower Grand Coulee.
October 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM