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