TriMet is opening it's new bridge, Tilikum Crossing, September 12, 2015. To help celebrate this opening several plein air artists are painting Tilikum. This paintout was August 30, 2015.  I took a video of Bets Cole painting and several pictures of the other artists. Here is the video and a few of the pictures. Bets' painting to Tilikum Crossing Brooks' painting of Tilikum Crossing

Inn at the 5th in Eugene Oregon paint by Brooks  Paint out at Celebrate Eugene August 22, 2015. Very nice plein air event in Eugene. A hundred or so close friends painted all over Eugene. The paintings are at the Hult Center in Eugene through September 2, 2015. A great team of volunteers put this event together. Victoria Biedon is the ogranizer of the Plein Air Painters of Lane County. City Chicken outside the Inn at the 5th in Eugene. Painting by Brooks. Sally Schwader demoing at the awards ceremony August 22, 2015, outside the Hult Center. Brooks next to his painting and a hundred others. Paul Bourgault not painting at the awards ceremony.

Plein air painting today at International Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon. These roses need testing and they need painting and Kara Wilde and I are the painters to do it. Roses painted by Brooks Hickerson Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon August 13, 2015 Kara Wilde painting roses in Portland Oregon  brooks' palette...not roses in Portland

Plein air painting at Wednesday Market in Shemanski Square in Portland Oregon today, Aug. 12, 2015. Nice painting day with  Vicki Zimmerman​ and Kara Wilde. C/W music and lots of shade. My painting is still pixelated a la Brooke Borcherding​. thanks Brooke I cannot get your decomposed painting style out of my head...like an ear worm. Brooks' painting of Wednesday Market, August 12, 2015 Wednesday Market Shemanski Square Portland Oregon August 12, 2015 Vicki Zimmerman painting Wednesday Market. Kara Wilde painting Wednesday Market

Plein air painting at Salmon Street Springs Fountain in Portland Oregon today. This fountain changes spray pattern every 30 minutes making it madding to paint. So I got even and painted a "Deconstructed Salmon Street Springs Fountain" painting. I got this idea from Brooke Borcherding . Thanks Brooke. Brooks' painting of Salmon Street Springs Fountain Portland Oregon. Salmon Street Springs Fountain Portland Oregon Salmon Street Springs Fountain Portland Oregon.

Plein air painting with Jackie Lukowski at Wednesday Market, Shemanski Square, Portland Oregon. You can see the overexposure in the background where the pesky sun came out today. It was overcast until about 10 am. Lots of people at the market today. I started a video, but it got bumped and turned off in the middle...oops. Things like this happen when plein air painting. Jackie Lukowski painting at Wednesday Market. Jackie's Painting...very nice. Market scene with background overexposed...bummer.. Brooks' Market painting.  

Ira Keller Fountain is always a challenge. Rectangular pools hold 75,000 gallons and the flow rate is 13,000 gallons per minute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keller_Fountain_Park).  The pools are serene and the falls are full of action...both in the same painting. Ira Keller Fountain Painting by Brooks Ira Keller Fountain half done. Ira Keller Fountain August 4, 2015 Palette of left over paint.

 Pleinair Painting last Thursday, July 30th, at International Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon. Rose varieties include "Rebell" and "Barbara Streisand". Rebell and Babara Streisand Roses in Rose Test Garden Portland Oregon Palette from Rose Test Garden. Brooks with painting of "Rebell " and "Barbara Streisand"