Work inspired by the grey skies and endlessly shifting light of Lake Pend Oreille. Even though it was hard to let go of the sunshine of summer nature always brings the beauty.
This is an Acrylic painting 10″x10″ in size.
Tag: Lake
Across the way
A painting I did over the weekend. Acrylic 10″x 10″ using a brush, knife and squeegee. I am aiming to let the simple marks stand and resonate. Sometimes simple work is surprisingly difficult to do. I want my paintings to have a fresh immediacy so my tendency to overwork and muddle is being shelved (in theory).
Summer Fade
This painting was inspired by a late night on the lake. A friend came out to visit, we went kayaking and were still working our way back home long after the sun went down and the bats came out.
Summer please don’t go!
Sunlight
I am continuing to paint waves and water. This painting is a 10″x10″ acrylic piece. I plan on working on some larger paintings again at some point but space limitations are still keeping things small in scale!
Jet Stream Shadow
Lake Pend Oreille
I was fortunate enough to spend a bit of time at the lake yesterday evening. The reflections were hypnotic!
Great Blue
This is a video of a Great Blue Heron flying with a fish in it’s beak.
I have never seen a heron grab a fish in the middle of a lake. They are big wading birds that wonder along shorelines. They frequently stand still for extended periods and can be easy to miss, blending with limbs and vegetation. I spotted this particular heron hundreds of feet from shore flapping around in a frenzied manner on the surface of the lake. When it finally left the water it flew towards me and I could see it had captured a pretty good meal! It is a little tricky spotting the fish from the iPhone video but I would guess it was well over a foot long.
Idaho
These images were taken along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. A beautiful and giant lake in the the northern portion of the Idaho panhandle!
brian sostrom 