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paintings of the
shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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Cape Horn on
Chelan Gorge Road
oil on board
18” x 24“
1995
An oil painting of a road winding around a rock corner. You can see erosion on the left and sagebrush on the left. The road moves downhill and to the left.
March 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Chelan River
oil on board
12” x 16”
2000
An oil painting of a river, turning a corner. There are white cliffs on the other side of the river and a bench on this side.
April 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Chelan Gorge,
Horseshoe Bend
with Bins
oil on board
16” x 20”
An oil painting of a road curving around an unseen river gorge, with a rock form jutting out, up, and above or equal to the road. The wall of the far side of the gorge is violet and the jutting rock is orange. In the distance an orchard is seen with apple bins and a mountain behind and a sky with clouds above.
March 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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paintings of the
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Chelan Falls,
Beebe Bridge
oil on canvas
22” x 28”
1996
Oil painting of a river confluence and bridge crossing seen from at a far distance. Orchards are seen growing on benches above the river. Highway and rail can be seen . There are morning shadows on the landscape to the right.
April 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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paintings of the
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Chelan River diptych
oil on boards
12” x 9” 16” x 12”
1998
Two oil paintings side-by-side of a Riverbend scene. It is viewed from a height. The water is a turquoise color. You can see cliffs on the side with green on top. The paintings are the same subject, but they do not match up.
April 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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paintings of the
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Beebe Bridge 1962,
(Beebe Bridge 1919)
watercolor on arches
48” x 32”
1990
A watercolor painting of the underneath of a bridge with river water flowing around a concrete piling in the right hand part of the painting. To the left, one of two structures can be seen. The other is visible across the river. Trees are seen across the river. Patchy sky.
March 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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paintings of the
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Morning Light,
Chelan Gorge
oil on board
9” x 12”
1994
An oil painting of a rock gorge. You can see a road in shadow on the right edge. There is a diagonal of light in the top left triangle and you can see a jutting rock form and bushes that are being hit by light. Behind that you can see the other side of the gorge and behind that another bend in the river gorge and green orchard above.
March 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Chelan Gorge Road
and Columbia River
oil on board
12“ x 24“
2020
A horizontal format of an oil painting that you can see a river in the distance and hill coming down to meet it. There’s an orchard on the other side of the river and an orchard on this side of the river. You can see a blue-purple road in shadow coming into light going around the corner and in the foreground there is ochre colored grass. No sky is visible.
March 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Fire retardant drop
on ridge of Chelan Butte
seen from the Chelan River

Chestnut Fire
on east slope of
Chelan Butte 6/6/26

Note the small spotter plane leaving a short white trace
June 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Chestnut Fire 6/6/26 burning on east slope of Chelan Butte seen from north side of Chelan River.
Smoke plume seen from wildfire. Person standing next to car watching.
June 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM