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Description: A peaceful watercolor moment: a delicate white trillium glows softly against a cozy carpet of autumn leaves and mossy forest floor. Rich earthy browns create the perfect fall vibe — tranquil, nostalgic, and full of quiet joy. This luminous piece brings the gentle beauty of a woodland walk right into your home. Ideal for nature lovers, cottagecore décor, or anyone craving a touch of fall serenity all year round. Original watercolor by Dawna Morton | 2025
Trillium in Autumn – Serene Watercolor Wildflower on Fall Forest Floor Pin
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Description: What secrets do the sunflowers tell? Sunflower Secrets at Sunset is a luminous watercolor capturing two sunflowers whispering in a tranquil moment. Sunlight glows through their semi-transparent petals, set against lush green foliage and a sky fading from deep purple to warm orange. Its light, airy style evokes peace, quiet joy, and inner contentment. This vibrant 9x12-inch print brings beauty and calm to any space. Get yours today!
Description: Watercolor on gessoed paper, 14 3/4" x 21 3/4 ", 2007. Set at Trojan, near Rainier, Oregon, the blue heron takes flight over the marshy stream and beyond the footbridge as the mountains beckon in the distance. Painted in a light, loose, impressionistic style with colors of purple and green.
Description: The original painting, Michael at the Waterpump, is watersoluble oil on paper,11 1/16" x 15 1/16", 2001. At a scenic campsite in the forested hills surrounding Oakridge, Oregon, a child and his mother discover the joy of an old fashioned red water pump after feasting on huckleberries. Poised in mid-stroke of the pump the mother's figure is bathed half in sunlight and half in dappled shadow with a sense of continuing motion. As the crystal clear mountain water cascades from the spout Michael washed the huckleberry stains from his tiny fingers in joy and wonderment. Surrounding this nostalgic scene is a array of pacific northwest foliage and trees rendered in impressionistic brush strokes.
Description: Oil pastel crayon on paper, 9X12″ circa 1992. As Cinderella approaches the stairway to the castle, a glimpse of the prince at the ball is seen through a lighted window. Neither of them knowing what the future hold in store, it is a poignant moment filled with suspense and mystery. Let that Special someone know you will love them Forever...
Description: A blossoming yellow sunflower basks in the sun as it towers alone in the deep blue sky. When viewed at full resolution, minute details such as the hairs on the sunflower's stalk and the occasional strand of spider's web are visible in sharp detail. The large green leaves are translucent in the sunlight. the yellow petals surrounding the bloom like the suns rays twist and turn in sun and shadow. The text reads "just doing my part to add a ray of sunshine to the world!"
Description: Watercolor on paper, 9x12", 2008. Along the borders of Gnat Creek Oregon a tiny white wildflower blooms in front of a rock, basking in the summer sunlight. This watercolor painting is done in an impressionistic style with a background suggesting foliage in sunlight and shadow. The large warm toned rock basking in the golden glow of summer sunlight behind the tiny wildflowers has an interesting speckled and mottled appearance that shows off the simplicity of the flowers. the foreground ins done in shadowy hues of purples and browns, suggesting the muddy creek bank.
Description: Enchanting digitally altered photo of a snowy sunlit forest glade covered in brambles at the bottom of a steep hill in picturesque Rainier, Oregon. the winter sky glows through the forest canopy in a golden haze of sunlit mist , causing the trees to fade off into the distance.
Description: Layers of lavender purple and pink clouds glow in the dawn light as the sun rises over the Columbia River in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. A white Masonic Lodge nestles next to a church among the shadowy trees of the Rainier, Oregon forest as the Columbia river flows past the city lights of Kelso and Longview, Washington twinkling against the dark backdrop of the mountains ranges beyond.
Description: In the center of this line drawing is a heart with the Christmas star centered above it and piercing downward into it. Then moving around clockwise like a Mandela three little stars seem to dance in with joy in the night sky with the desire to follow the wisemen to Bethlehem. The three wisemen and their camels curve around the heart , hugging it closely on their journey to see the newborn king. Even one of the camels cannot contain his joy has as with a merry face he saunters jauntily along. Beyond the caravan a shepherd kneels with his sheep in adoration of the Christ Child. The infant Jesus smiles in his sleep in the manger as Joseph lovingly supports a weary, but joyful, Mary on his shoulder. Moving upward around the second half of th...
Description: A little winter scene I sketched up on my phone's chalkboard app. A solitary figure hikes uphill through the night trailing a sled past snow covered evergreen trees. Off in the distance a cabin becons of love and warmth and home below the wintry moon as the snow flurries fall peacefully.
Description: looking through the doorway of on of the old telephone rooms at Battery Mishler, Old Fort Stevens, near Hammond, Oregon, an upturned mason jar and a large tin can can be seen in the old lantern well. A metal ladder and a wooden stick from either a broom or a mop peek out from behind the entrance. Because of the fire several decades ago there was not anything else to be seen in the room besides some holes in the distressed concrete walls that used to lead telephone wires to one of those old switchboards that telephone operators used to plug things into to connect calls.
Description: This Portrait sketch of Jesus shows him as if in mid smile. You can almost see him moving with sparkle and life. A look of happy kindness in one and sorrow and compassion in the other.. One arm is forward as if either in a teaching moment or to reach out to someone and lift them up... with my poem, Awakening Divine Self Worth, which is about changing from seeing yourself the way the world sees you to seeing yourself as of infinite worth as you develop the divine within you: One shaft of light Illuminates my mind, Streaming through one tiny crack Of this fortress mine. Amid the dank and darkened shadows, Through cobwebs aged with time, This light begins awakening An inner me, Divine. Basking in this warmth of light, A s...
Description: Macro photograph of a green dragonfly. The sunlight glistening on it's wings makes the multifaceted surface appear to sparkle as a semitransparent frosty autumn maple leaf is overlaid across the wooden table the dragon fly is perched on for a bit of a timeless effect. Dragonflies are timeless images of beauty and yet their life is so fleeting. Life is eternal and beautiful and precious, and yet each moment is so fleeting and and quickly gone.
Description: When my son and I took the underground tour of Battery Mishler, I took photos of lots of the old remnants for world war II equipment. It is all rusty and corroded with neglect, but still fascinating despite a fire that came through at one point and burned everything. This is the lower section of the power hoist, or what remains of it. As far as i can tell this is or was basically a big power box with wires running to and from it and probably had some switches or fuses in it at one point. All Products Tags
Description: Deep underground in Battery Mishler, Fort Stevens Oregon, behind the furnace, there is a little vent with grass roots coming from the surface, growing down from the vent and nearly touching the floor below.These grass roots grow deep. really deep, into what was at one time an underground harbor defense command post during World War II.low lighting and a long exposure time make the ball of grass roots near the vent appear like a glowing ball of fire in some sci-fi, dystopia of concrete and metal ruins.
Description: Delicate white "snow in summer" flowers blossom upwards towards the gauzy, soft, glowing spring sunlight. amongst the gold and bronze colored abstract textures in the background is the suggestion of a woman's face, like a wood nymph or a spirit, drinking in the smells and feelings of springtime at the changing of the seasons--representing the joy and contentment of spiritual renewal.
Description: Crocosmia that were growing by the methodist church in Rainier, Oregon. They sure where pretty. Blossoming along elegant twig-like stems, these coral colored five petaled blooms are surrounded by an energetic splash of energy while they soak up the radiant, but peaceful, sunlight.
Description: Gauzy, dreamy texture infuses this photo of the top of the Astoria Column with a nostalgic, soft, glowing light. The text "John Jacob" inscribed under the eaves of this landmark may inspire you to feel like breaking forth into a l little song: "John Jacob Jingleheimer Smidt," but it actually refers to John Jacob Astor, for whom the Oregon coastal town of Astoria was named. Photo by J. H. Morton, editing by Dawna Morton
Description: A great blue heron spreads its wings in majestic flight over the pond at the now defunct Trojan Nuclear plant. Searching for its next meal of fish, is glides gracefully across a scene of grandiose pacific northwest trees sparkling in the high contrast morning light and shadows.
Description: A large snowflake with transparent icy edges glows a translucent white in front of a tree with red tinged leaves, one shaped like a bird perched on a branch, and surreal teal and magenta colors in the background--creating a scene reminiscent of one last snowfall before the full onset of spring.
Description: A girl with funky, twisted, hot pink, horn rimmed glasses reads an adventure novel, as the textured background creates the impression of a magical glowing light emanating from the book bringing it to life in vivid imagination. She bites her lip in suspense as the scenes play out in her mind while she reads.
