by Brian Mahieu | Oct 28, 2025 | Catalogue Raisonné, Collections, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
Cape Flattery is one of my favorite spots in Washington, and the western most point in the continental United States. When approaching this view, the sound of the ocean’s breathing reaches me first, then the vista opens up. I always gasp and shed a few tears of awe...
by Brian Mahieu | Apr 12, 2025 | 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 | 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, Featured, 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...
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