Plein Air PDX

  Fall cooler weather is coming. (At least I hope so.) There will be much nicer paint-out weather. You are invited to join me painting on the following dates and locations.   Saturday, September 6: Paint the Dragon Boat races from under the Marquam Bridge from 10am to 12:30pm. Parking in OMSI lot or Oregon Heritage Rail center lot under 99E.   Tuesday, September, 9: Paint Centennial Mill for perhaps the last time from Fields Park, 1099 NW Overton St., from 10am to 12:30 pm. Street parking in the neighborhood. Coffee and restroom in Ovation Coffee on NW Overton.   Thursday, September 18: Paint dahlias at the Swan Island Dahlias Farm, 995 NW 22nd Ave, Canby from 10am to 2pm. Bring lunch or eat in their restaurant. They are open 9am to 5:30pm so you can come early and stay late . https://www.dahlias.com/   Wednesday, September 24: Paint the Farmer's Market Scenes at Shemanski Park from 10am to 12:30pm. Street parking along 10th and Park Ave.   Saturday, Sept...

  Paint Cornell Farm scenes August 21, 2025, with Paul Lockhart, Maureen Raad, Mary Carr, nad new painters Ali Crobin, and Mary Williams. Sunny weather in Portland , but cool under shade screens put up by Cornell Farmers.    Paul Lockhart Brooks Brooks's acrylic "salvia" Paul's acrylic "bird bath" Maureen's watercolor Watercolor Mary Carr's pen sketch  Mary Carr Ali Corbin Mary Williams Salvia 40% off, for your polinator garden  

  Plein air Painting August 13, 2025 at Sellwood Riverfront Park with Debra Renard and her granddaughter, Sailor May, Jane Scott , Maureen Raad ,  Clara Conner, Mary Carr,  Michele Bader, and Jessie Rohrig . Beautiful cloudy day in Portland.   Brooks's acrylic "Sellwood Bridge" Brooks Debra and Sailor May Clara Conner Jessie Rohrig Michele Bader Mary and Maureen Mary Carr Mary's watercolor in ink Jessie's watercolor Sailor May's watercolor in progress Debra's watercolor in progress  

  Plein air Painting at Peninsula Park Rose Garden August 7, 2025 with Maureen Raad ,  V icki Zimmerman , and Cynthia Jeffrey .   Beautiful day for Plein Air Painting in Portland. Brooks's acrylic Vicki's oil Brooks Cynthia and Vicki Maureen Raad  Rose  Garden Fountain   Cynthia's oil  

Plein air Painting July 30,2025 at Wednesday Farmer's Market in Shemanski Park Portland with Paul Lockhart , Jane Scott , Debra Renard ( and her son Mark and Mark's dog Ziggy), Jessie Rohrig , and Sunsu.   Jane's watercolor in progress Debra's watercolor in progress Jessie's pen and watercolor Paul's acrylic Brooks's acrylic Jane and Debra Sunsu with Debra and son, Mark, in background Paul Brooks  

  ​August is here. Time to paint in the morning, in the cool of the day. Here are the paint-outs scheduled for August, 2025. If you have any other suggested paint-out locations, reply to this note, and I will put them on my future paint-out locations list. Thursday, August 7 : The Fountain has been repaired at Peninsula Park Rose garden. So we will paint the Peninsula Park Rose Garden (with fountain), 700 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland, from 10am to 12:30pm. Thursday, August 14 : Paint Sellwood Riverfront Park, 1221 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland, OR, from 10am to 12:30pm. Views of Sellwood Bridge and Willamette River. Parking and restroom in the park. https://www.portland.gov/parks/sellwood-riverfront-park Thursday, August 21 : Paint views from Cornell Farm, 8212 SW Barnes Rd, from 10am to 12:30pm. Restrooms and coffee. Please park in the back to leave room for Cornell Farm customers. Extra credit for anyone who can find one of Paul Lockhart's puzzles in the Cornell Farm garden center...