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 | Mar 15, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Daylight, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
In the Quinault Rainforest is an otherworldly spot called Maple Glade. During the winter and spring a crystalline stream runs through it, which is carpeted with impossibly green marsh marigold plants. The forest is primordial and deep—softly crackling with 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...
by MonSalon | Oct 4, 2022 | Catalogue Raisonné, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings, Twilight
Walking among these massive sea stacks at sunset, the tide just beginning to come back in, I am struck by the scale and otherworldly quality of the landscape—This volcanic landscape born of cataclysm. Rows of metamorphic rock tilting out of the sand draw the eye to...
by Brian Mahieu | Aug 1, 2022 | Catalogue Raisonné, Collections, Daylight, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
This landscape was experienced during the heat dome last summer. It was still cool as we climbed this headland and the view of the sea stacks unfolded through the moss-covered trees. The marine layer had just lifted, lending an iridescent quality to the light, like...
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