by Brian Mahieu | Jan 24, 2025 | Catalogue Raisonné, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, 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...
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 | Sep 9, 2024 | Catalogue Raisonné, Featured, Oil and Cold Wax, Pacific Northwest Paintings
I’m thrilled with this painting and what will come from it. This past April we hiked in a gorgeous meadow on the north shore of Lake Quinault. The trees were burgeoning with spring green foliage Illuminated with the evening light. For thirty years, I painted in the...
by Brian Mahieu | Jun 16, 2024 | Catalogue Raisonné, Oil and Cold Wax, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
I saw this beautiful scene on one of my daily beach walks and was struck by the colors and the mood. The glittering crescent moon hung in cerulean and turquoise skies, above the belt of Venus offering a rosy glow behind the drifting lavender clouds.
by Brian Mahieu | Mar 10, 2024 | Catalogue Raisonné, Oil and Cold Wax, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight, Uncategorized
After a night of unusual weather, including thundersnow, the morning broke with a feeling of spring freshness and tropical colors lighting up the thunderheads. A pale, setting moon sank into the clouds over the Saratoga Passage.
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