by Brian Mahieu | Sep 24, 2023 | Catalogue Raisonné, Featured, Olympic Coast Series, Pacific Northwest Paintings
This painting is gorgeous and delicate. The luscious palette is one of muted lilac, periwinkle and coral pinks with soft lavender-hued earthtones and hints of turquoise throughout. It captures a brilliant sunrise that blossomed over the Point of the Arches on August...
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 | 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...
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