Plein Air Brooks

Plein air painting of a magnolia tree in Hoyt Arboretum on March 27, 2015, by Brooks Hickerson. Note the group of young photographers taking pictures of the magnolia blossoms. I included several photographers in my painting. Youtubube video of the photographers and the painter. Photographers and Magnolia Tree - 03-27-2015  Completed painting of the Photographers and the Magnolia Tree. Yolanda Valdez-Rementeria at Hoyt Arboretum March 27, 2015  Here is Yolanda painting the magnolias. Humberto Gonzalez at Hoyt Arboretum March 27, 2015.  Humberto using his famous Sumi Ink stick. Magnolia Tree that needs painting.

Lu Wand from Alaska.  Lu Wand stopped to paint with us. Lu is from Alaska and is visiting the lower 48 states. Lu Wand with her painting of the Magnolia blossoms. Humberto Gonzales' painting of Magnolia blooms in Hoyt Arboretum, March 24, 2015.   Yolanda Valdea-Rementeria's painting of the Magnolia Trail March 24, 2015  Yolanda was painting the Magnolia trees at Hoyt Arboretum today, March 24, 2015. Yolanda Valdez-Rementeria painting the Magnolia Trail March 24, 2015. Painting by Humberto Gonzales of the Magnolia Blossoms in Hoyt Arboretum March 24, 2015  Humberto Gonzales painted these Magnolia Blossoms today, March 24, 2015. Magnolia Trail Hoyt Arboretum March 24, 2015  Here is Brooks' easel on the Magnolia trail today at Hoyt Arboretum. Painting by Brooks Hickerson of the Magnolia Trail March 24, 2015 Video of Brooks Hickerson painting the Magnolia Trail at Hoyt Arboretum, March 24, 2015.

Oregon Maritime Museum is the Portland Steamer. This pleinair painting by pleinairbrooks was painted March 18, 2015. This Steamer was a working tug boat in Portland Harbor. Now in retirement it still steams up and down the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. This is a stopmotion video with 10 seconds between frames was made with Komidori app. Oregon Maritime Museum Portland Steamer March 18, 2015 Painting of the OMM Portland Steamer by Pleinairbrooks Note the people traffic along the Willamette River on a sunny spring day in Portland Oregon.

The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic (on the Pacific Highway West No. 1W, former Oregon Route 99W) and light rail (MAX), making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world. Komadori takes a frame every 6 seconds. I slowed this down a little so you can see the pedestrians, bikers, trains, and trimet MAX traffic across the Willamette River today as I painted the cherry blossoms and steel bridge. Here is the view from where I was standing. Here is the finished plein air painting.

Portland State University - Lincoln Hall was originally Lincoln High School. Here pleinairbrooks paints Lincoln Hall in early spring, March 5 2015. The flowering shrubs are camellias. The Portland Trolley (NS line) rolls through campus every 15 minutes .  Lincoln Hall at 1pm. Lincoln Hall at 1pm still has long shadows across its west side. Lincoln Hall at 3 pm. Note the bright sun on Lincoln Hall at 3pm.