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Plein Air Painting the Roses Red in Portland Oregon- May 28, 2015

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The roses are blooming at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon. Several Plein air painters were paint the roses red and yellow and white today. Carrie Holtz, Donna, Bobbie, Humberto Gonzalez, and Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria just to nam Bobbie painting roses. Carrie painting roses. Donna painting roses. Yolanda and Humberto eating lunch, not painting roses. Brooks' Rose Garden Painting. Brooks' White Rose painting. e a few. No rose escaped unpainted.

Plein air painting of Centennial Mills in Portland Oregon May 26, 2015

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Plein air painting Centennial Mills from Fields Park in Portland Oregon, May 26, 2015. Painting and video by Brooks Hickerson. I used Komadori app on my tablet to take a frame every 6 seconds. The overcast day was perfect, but when the sun came out it got too bright to paint with the sun directly on my paper. Cindy painting with water soluble oil paints. Eileen and her pastel in progress of the mills. Eileen and 5 year old biker that stopped to check us out. Centennial Mills painting by Brooks. Reflections in new building Cosmopolitan. Video of brooks painting the Centennial Mills.

Plein air painting the Motor Vessel Navios May 19, 2015.

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Motor Vessel Navios Plein Ait Painting tuesday, May 19, 2015, by Pleinairbrooks. Oregon, Washington and  Idaho grain is barged down the Columbia River to Portland. Then it is loaded on grain ships like the Navios and sailed across the Pacific to the far east. You can see the grain barges being pushed by the tug boats in this video. Shaver Grain Barge  and M/V Navios. MV Navios with red barge plein air painting. MV Navios with green barge. Willamette River view from the Waterfront Pearl walkway.

Plein air pating at Riverplace Marina Portland Oregon May 16, 2015

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Plein air painting at Riverplace Marina Portland Oregon May 16, 2015. Here Sandra Pearce can be seen painting the dragon boats while I am paint the Portland skyline behind the Riverplace Hotel. This time laps video is a frame every 8 seconds using Komadori app on my tablet. Sandra Pearce Plein Air Painting Dragon Boats May 16, 2015 Sandra Pearce's Dragon Boats plein air painting. Brooks Hickerson Plein Air Painting Riverside Marina, Portland Oregon May 16, 2015 Brooks/ plein air painting of Riverside Marina, Portland Oregon.

Plein air painting at Riverplace Gardens in Portland Oregon May 15, 2015

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Plein air painting in Riverplace Gardens in Portland Oregon today May 15, 2015. Grey clouds and drips of rain did not keep Carrie Holst from paint the Spring flowers. Carrie is sitting on the bench in the start of the video. Carrie Holst at Riverplace Gardens today. Brooks' painting of the benches at Riverplace gardens.

Plein Air Painting of Portland skyline May 9, 2015

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Plein air painting of Portland skyline today, May 9, 2015. This is a "do-over". It was originally a Jamison Square fountain painting and it becomes Portland with the Tom McCall park and the Willamette River in the foreground. Painting by Plein Air Brooks. Sandra Pearce and Carrie Holtz were also painting Portland. Portland got painted today. We were standing on the east side of the Willamette River near the OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) Sandra Pearce painting Portland. carrie holtz painting portland. Sandra Pearce's Portland Plein Air Painting. Brooks' Portland skyline painting. Brooks' Portland skyline painting 2.