Sunlit Maples

January 12, 2022 / mgardnerartwork

If you read my bio, you’ll learn that I am a tree man. You’ll find lots of trees in my work. For the new year, let’s start with Sunlit Maples.

Seattle Refined

May 25, 2021 / mgardnerartwork

Recently I was pleased to be featured on Seattle Refined as their Artist of the Week. You can find the story here. Typically they share artists from the Seattle area, but my work was also of interest because of ties to the area and my collection of work created while visiting the Pacific Northwest.

Washington is one of my paintings featuring the area near Seattle.

Smith River

April 26, 2021 / mgardnerartwork

The Smith River flows from the Klamath Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Del Norte County in extreme northwestern California. It flows through Siskiyou National Forest, Six Rivers National Forest, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The river is named after explorer Jedediah Smith.

Smith River
pastel painting
36″x33“
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Puget Sound

March 9, 2021 / mgardnerartwork

Puget Sound was created around the same time as Inlet, white spending time on the Olympic Peninsula.

Inlet

March 5, 2021 / mgardnerartwork

Inlet was completed while visiting a friend in Friday Harbor, Washington.

Port Orford

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 / mgardnerartwork

Port Orford is the most recent addition to my Pacific Northwest gallery. I completed this pastel while experiencing forty-mile an hour winds. That day, I walked out onto an island near Port Orford, Oregon, to get to this vantage point. It was a little dicey because I had to navigate a very thin ridge to get into position. However, once out there, I found a cove that protected me from the wind.