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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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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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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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#LandscapePainting #OilPainting #SunLakes #DeepLake

Best painting day
in the coulee ever!

At lakes cliff edge, recording high speed swallows in flight.

Then painting.

Then 2 great friends show up
totally unexpected
We LAUGH and hike!

Amaze
oil on Yupo
12”x 9”
6/26/26
June 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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#DeepLake#rock
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Don Paul Draw
oil on canvas
18” x 24”
November 2025
Oil painting of a landscape with a lake and the beginning of a draw heading up and away from the lake. A green bush is near the center of the painting. The water is calm and reflective except for the upper right corner.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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31/100
paintings of the shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrub-steppe#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#coulee#Deeplake

Cataract Edge
oil on canvas
12” x 16”
2020
February 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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20/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake

South shore Deep Lake
oil on yupo
9 1/2” x 12 1/2”
February 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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6/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush, water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake#Sunlakes#cliff

South Shore Cliffs, Deep Lake
oil on arches
20” x 30”
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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65/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#Deeplake

Deep Lake,SE
oil on arches
22” x 30”
2018
February 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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#DeepLake#rock
#kolk#parkinglot
#coulee#sunlakes

Deep Lake with
White Poplars, Kolk,
Phthalo Parking Lot,
and Lapis Lazuli Cut
oil on canvas
30” x 40”
November 9, 2025
An oil painting of a landscape. The image shows the end of a lake on the left and to the right of that a parking lot. Between those two there are a group of trees. The landscape is of basalt rock formations.
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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57/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#DeepLake
#Sunlakes

Jumbleyard Rocks (detail)
oil on panel
11” x 14”
2021
February 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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56/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrubsteppe#coulee
#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#DeepLake
#Sunlakes

East End of Deep Lake
oil on panel
9” x 12”
2021
February 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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#deeplake#greatflood#basalt
#sagebrush#shrubsteppe

Swallow in flight,
criss-crossing
above amazing day
in the coulee
Bird in flight over lake with cliffs and overcast sky
June 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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4/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush, water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Sunlakes#DeepLake
#northcentralwa

Road to Deep Lake
watercolor on arches
22” x 30”
February 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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72/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe, basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#basalt#oilpainting#art
#blueskyart#Deeplake

There are levels of finish.
I prefer undercooked.

In the end, when the painting is full of detail, but dead, what do have?

Deep Lake
oil on canvas
20” x 36”
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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21/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake

I took a quick color study on the left and compiled matching paint swatches on the right.
Good practice for learning color.

Squint:
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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22/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush,water, light

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#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake

East End Deep Lake
oil on arches
22” x 30”
February 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#DeepLake#rock
#fallcolor#parkinglot
#coulee#sunlakes

Meadow Creek Color
and Parking Lot
oil on panel
9” x 12”
October 2025
An oil painting of the end of a lake next to a parking lot with a road receding into the distance and a creek receding into the distance with fall color within the tracing path it traces.
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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5/100
paintings of the Shrub-steppe
basalt, sagebrush, water, light

I taped off a couple rectangles so I could go back in and add text or paint in thumbnails.

#shrub-steppe#coulee#basalt
#oilpainting#art#blueskyart
#Deeplake#Sunlakes#cliff

Deep Lake Cliffs with cutouts
oil on arches
20” x 30”
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#LowerGrandCoulee
#DeepLake#rock
#umatillarock
#Sunlakes#coulee
#spring#Dryfalls

South End of
Umatilla Rock
With Parking Lot
oil on canvas
20” x 32”
May 2025
An oil painting of a landscape showing sagebrush, a road, and a large basalt rock form with talus slopes. Large boulders to the right.
October 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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paintings of the
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After repeated passes at this motif, lyricism emerged, allowing pinks and yellows to fashion light

Finished/Unfinished
Next to DeepLake
oil on canvas
20” x 32”
An oil painting showing a rock form that looks like a rotundum. The washy ground is a pink color. The sky is yellow. The form in the center is made largely of dark brown strokes.
April 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#luckyseven
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#Autumn#deepcolor

Lucky Seven at
Vic Meyers Lake,
Early Morning,
Late October.
oil on board
16” x 20”
Oct 2025
An oil painting of a fall landscape scene with deep rich colors of foliage that have turned color, in front of basalt cliffs and a small lake. A number 7 can be seen on the talus slope.
October 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM