by Brian Mahieu | Sep 8, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
Last August, while hiking in and among the tidepools at Point of the Arches there was a golden moment when the sunlight streamed across the ocean and illuminated everything with a fiery glow. The effect lasted only minutes and it transported me. I was thrilled by the...
by Brian Mahieu | May 13, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Nocturne, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
Shi Shi Beach is an otherworldly place in the daylight. But in those liminal moments at first light, and nightfall it is utterely transcendent. On this particular night there was a full, flower moon rising in the east and this unbelievably bright object in the sky to...
by Brian Mahieu | May 3, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Nocturne, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
Another magical evening north of the Ozette River, when the sunset transforms the cool Pacific Northwest ocean and beach with tropical colors and warm light. I love the deep space in this little painting and the magnetic pull of the sky into the sunset. Close-ups...
by Brian Mahieu | May 2, 2023 | Nocturne, Pacific Northwest Paintings
On the Olympic Coast beaches there are beautiful bands of mica flakes that have eroded out of the metamorphic rocks and form glittering patterns on the beaches. On this night, north of the Ozette River, those bands drew my eye up to the confluence of the river and the...
by Brian Mahieu | Dec 4, 2022 | Catalogue Raisonné, Collections, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
“One August morning while hiking south from the Point of the Arches, among the shadows of these ancient, metamorphic pillars we rounded a corner and this amazing scene unfolded. Immersed in this otherworldly landscape, I was suddenly looking out of the out of the...
by Brian Mahieu | Nov 8, 2022 | Catalogue Raisonné, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
Backpacking between Lake Ozette and Shi Shi Beach on a beautiful summer morning, I looked back and saw a lone yellow puddle of light on the beach with this magnificent sky exploding over head. “That’s a painting!” I exclaimed. I love the sense of deep space in this...
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