Cathleen Rehfeld - Painting a Day

Cloud Glow

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:23:14 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on linen archival panel

I am getting paintings ready for the Art A Day show for the month of June, at the Columbia Center for the Arts! There will be 6 artists participating in this invitational show. 30 paintings x 6 artists = a lot of paintings, approximately 180 paintings in this show! The opening reception will be on June 7, from 6-8pm. I hope you can make it!

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Cloud Glow, Smith Rocks, Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Big Rocks, Smith Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:14:50 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on archival linen panel

The weather was typical Spring changeable that afternoon. See the thunderstorm in the distance that just passed over, and the sun was coming out again…

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Big Rocks, Smith Rocks, Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Crooked River Evening, Smith Rock Oregon

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:35:57 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on archival linen panel

A magical time of evening.
Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Crooked River Evening at Smith Rock, Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Bend in the Crooked River at Smith Rock, Oregon

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:01:43 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on linen archival panel

This is from the banks of the Crooked River at Smith Rock, from my recent trip to Terrebonne, OR. So fun to re-live it!

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Bend in the Crooked River at Smith Rock, Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Smith Rock Glow

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:40:33 PDT

8"x8" :: oil on archival linen panel

The light hitting the rocks in the evening...

I am going to be in an art show at The Dalles Art Center, in The Dalles Oregon. This show opens on Thursday May 2, reception is from 5-7pm. The show goes for the whole month of May. Come by and check it out in person! The show has quite a few of my paintings from the Bend and Smith Rock area of Oregon.

Smith Rock Evening Light, Terrebonne, Oregon - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:00:30 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on panel

I had so much fun taking the photos of Smith Rock, and then fun again painting it. The light was just right when we were there.

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Smith Rock Evening Light, Terrebonne, Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

High Desert Trees and Clouds on the Road to Terrebonne

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:28:17 PDT

6"x6" :: oil on archival linen panel

It's STUDIO SALE time again! The Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour is this weekend! Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm. You can get maps at any of the coffee shops in Hood River, OR. 29 Artists on the Tour this year, come to Hood River and check it out.

As you can tell, I am really into painting the Juniper Trees and Clouds that I saw on my trip to the Oregon High Desert.

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Cline Falls Road, Bend Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Cline Falls Road, Bend Oregon

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:18:24 PDT

Cline Falls Road :: 6"x6" oil on archival panel

Sometimes I just like trying to make a painting "feel" like a place that I was. When I was in Bend, OR, a couple of weeks ago, the weather was high desert showery, some snow, some rain, sun, everything Spring can throw at you.

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Cline Falls Road, Bend Oregon", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

High Desert Clouds

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:36:01 PDT

Juniper, Sagebrush… love the clouds…

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "High Desert Clouds", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

Dream of Purple Shoes

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:14:36 PDT

6" x 6" :: Dream of Purple Shoes :: oil on archival panel

One of my paintings for the upcoming show at Columbia Center for the Arts, Art and Soles. Opening reception is May 3, 2013.

Shades of Gray in the Oregon High Desert

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:13:10 PDT

6" x 6" :: oil on linen archival panel :: Shades of Gray

I recently visited the high desert area around Bend, Oregon. The approaching spring storms added to the excitement, a little snow, a little rain, a little sun…

Click Here to View or Buy this painting on Daily Paintworks website - "Shades of Gray", you can zoomify if you wish on DPW website.

The Hood River

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:45:36 PDT

The Hood River :: 6" x 6" :: oil on panel

I do this walk almost every day… looking through the oak trees to the Hood River flowing below out to the Columbia River.
Click Here to Buy this painting - "The Hood River", on Daily Paintworks website

Yellow and Coral Roses

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:23:04 PST

8" x8" :: oil on archival panel

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Blues with Apple - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:21:08 PST

6" x 6" :: oil on archival panel

This painting was in "The Blues" show at Columbia Center for the Arts. I really enjoy exploring analogous colors.

Roses - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:14:22 PST

3 3/4' wide x 8" height :: oil on canvas board

Roses Study, this is a totally unique format because... it just ended up that way.

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Columbia Gorge Trees - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:49:24 PDT

14" x 18" :: oil on cradled basswood

Taking this painting to Columbia Arts in the Gallery today (plus 2 other smaller paintings) for the new show for this month, Gorge Artists Open Studios Preview Show, the public reception is this Friday March 1 from 6-8pm.

This painting has a very cool frame, the framing was done at Framing Resource in Portland OR, they did a beautiful job with this contemporary floater frame.

Valentine Rose

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:35:17 PST

They last so much longer in a painting...

Click Here to Buy this painting - "Valentine Rose", on Daily Paintworks website

Reflections of Green

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:14:19 PST

Green apples reflecting in a green bowl.

Click Here to Buy this painting - "Reflections of Green", on Daily Paintworks website

One Red Apple - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:45:06 PST

I really liked painting the apples in and outside of the green glass bowl. What a challenge!

Click Here to Buy this painting - "One Red Apple", on Daily Paintworks website

The Little Green Apples - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:05:54 PST

I love making painterly still lifes!
It was fun to put all the colors that I saw into the apples.

Click Here to Buy this painting - "The Little Green Apples", on Daily Paintworks website

Five Apples - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:21:22 PST

The fun in this was making the brushstrokes describe the shape of the apples. The Green Granny Smiths and the Red Delicious are so different in their shapes, the green apples are round, smooth, the red apples are more angular, sort of a "muscular" apple.

The Blues

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:27:36 PST

I painted a group of small paintings for the upcoming art show at the Columbia Center for the Arts, The Blues. This is one of the paintings that I decided to put online for sale. I will have a group of paintings in the show, that all have something to do with BLUE. The show is not just paintings, it's music, and many kinds of art…
The show reception opens next week Friday, February 1, 6-8pm at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon.

Click Here to Buy this painting - "The Blues", on Daily Paintworks website

Poster for "The Blues" Show

Clementines

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:40:39 PST

Gotta get back in the painting groove!
I was really getting into the "grays" in this one, the contrast between intense orange and turquoise (complementary colors) and all the grays in-between.
Click Here to Buy this painting - "Clementines", on Daily Paintworks website

My Favorite Tea Pot - sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:39:52 PST

This is really my favorite teapot! I was really working to get the feeling of that round fiestaware teapot in this painting.
The turquoise of the teapot and rich cadmium yellow plate, are nice complements to each other in this composition. I'm using neutral grays to balance and bring out the contrast between the bright colors and the neutrals.

Almost Breakfast -sold

noreply@blogger.com (crehfeld) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:16:12 PST

I took some time off for the holidays, but I'm back at the Daily Painting groove now. My husband and I did a lot of skiing and relaxing over the holidays, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!