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 | 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...
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.
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