by Brian Mahieu | May 16, 2025 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Featured, Garden Paintings
A scintillating morning at RoozenGaarde in the Skagit Valley of Washington was the source for this prismatic image. I began the painting with a chartreuse imprimatura which was the electric color I felt in the air. These ancient apple trees were part of the original...
by Brian Mahieu | Apr 12, 2025 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Collections, Oil and Cold Wax, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
A scintillating day hiking the high meadows on the North Shore of Lake Quinault revealed this scene. I love the oil and cold wax medium for its matte paint surface and impasto. This painting was created on an orange imprimatura, revealed with sgraffito to indicate...
by Brian Mahieu | Apr 12, 2025 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Collections, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Uncategorized
“I’m excited to share the first larger oil painting from my hike to Lake Quinault in February. It was a delight to discover the last snowfall of the year as Lars and I hiked high meadows on the North Shore. On this day the sunlight and shadows on the snow were...
by Brian Mahieu | Jan 24, 2025 | Catalogue Raisonné, Oil and Cold Wax, Pacific Northwest Paintings
A recent hike at Lake Cushman revealed this grove of poplars in their iridescent glory against the morning sky and the Olympic Mountains. This scintillating little painting will searve as a color study for a number of larger works.
by Brian Mahieu | Jan 24, 2025 | Catalogue Raisonné, Featured, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
I’m thrilled with this painting of the Skagit Valley. I painted the Missouri River Valley for the first thirty years of my career, and this broad floodplain with rows of alders and poplars resonates with me on a deep, symbolic level. In those river bottoms I could...
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