Description: Shirt based on an oil pastel drawing on paper, 9X12", by Dawna Morton, 2009. Done entirely from memory without referencing a photo, this oil pastel drawing of a pink and white speckled stargazer lily on a brown background was completed in about an hour. The diagonal flow of this dynamic flower creates a vibrant energy.
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 Fabriano Uno 140lb hot press 100% cotton paper, 7 1/2" x 11', 2001. Upended tree roots protrude from the shore of Oakridge Reservoir. A lone twig sticks up from the water. Algae and tree stumps seem to float as the water deepens. Green and gold colors of the forest shimmer in the water as the cool blue Oregon mountains beckon in the distance.
Description: A double arc of light orbs hang in the air over a wintry forest scene, as the morning sun shines brightly down from the crystal blue sky through the moss and snow covered tree branches to the glistening tangle of fallen branches on the forest floor as Fox Creek meanders unseen through the trees.
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: A Masonic Lodge is nestled in the predawn twilight of the Rainier, Oregon forest as the clouds in the sky above change to hues or coral, pink, lavender, and purple in the light of the rising sun. Beyond the unseen Columbia River the somber pacific northwest mountain ranges surround Longview and Kelso, Washington.
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: Photograph of a bouquet of pink and white speckled stargazer lilies and purple irises sitting in a glass vase on a tan foreground in front of a mahogany piano.the dark mahogany of the piano in the background draws the eye in to the center lily in sharp focus juxtaposed against the softly focused background.
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 Masonic Lodge is nestled in the predawn twilight of the Rainier, Oregon forest as the clouds in the sky above change to hues or coral, pink, lavender, and purple in the light of the rising sun. Beyond the unseen Columbia River the somber pacific northwest mountain ranges surround Longview and Kelso, Washington.
Description: A cold winters day hike through the snow towards Fox Creek in Rainier, Oregon reveals a pale blue winter sky seen through a stand of trees near the edge of a forest glade on the bottom of a sloping hill. Still attached to twigs and brambles autumn leaves appear golden in the sun like trail markers bordering a snowy path zig zagging across the hills an 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: A ray of sunlight shines down through the snow covered forest, creating a bright icy lacework of tree branches. Four trees surround a small clearing in the woods like a bier, as logs blanketed in snow on the sloping forest floor resemble a skeleton, below icy tree limbs forming a ghostly apparition of a horses face like a trusty steed standing guard.
