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 | Oct 10, 2024 | Catalogue Raisonné, Daylight, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
“In this painting of soaring alders in a meadow north of Lake Quinault I continue to delight in the Impressionist use of color and light I explored so heavily early in my career. This particular meadow brings me back to the lines of cottonwoods in the Missouri River...
by Brian Mahieu | Nov 8, 2023 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
“I am thrilled with this scene of a gorgeous August morning at Shi Shi Beach, I took great delight in the ebullient, Impressionist palette. A heavy fog was lifting from the ocean and sea stacks revealing the pastel colors of sunrise overhead, and reflecting in the...
by Brian Mahieu | Oct 9, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
“On this gorgeous late summer morning a heavy fog was lifting from the ocean and sea stacks revealing the pastel colors of sunrise overhead. Within a short time a heavy marine layer descended and the sky was solid grey.” Close-ups Showing Detail and...
by Brian Mahieu | Sep 24, 2023 | Available, Catalogue Raisonné, Featured, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
This painting is gorgeous and delicate. The luscious palette is one of muted lilac, periwinkle and coral pinks with soft lavender-hued earthtones and hints of turquoise throughout. It captures a brilliant sunrise that blossomed over the Point of the Arches on August...
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