Motor/Vessel Trans Friendship was loading grain this afternoon. This is a plein air painting "do-over". You can see the banyan tree become the Broadway bridge and M/V Trans Friendship. This is a tiny piece of the port of Portland along the Willamette River. I used an app call Komadori on my Galaxy s5 phone to take an image every 10 seconds....that way I paint very fast. M/V Trans Friendship under the Broadway Bridge, Portland Oregon. Brooks' painting of the Trans Friendship and Broadway Bridge.

The pumpkins are in at the farmers markets. Wednesday Market at Shemanski Square had the first rack of pumpkins. Here is a video of me painting the pumpkins - orange. Shemanksi Square during wednesday market. Pallette after painting the pumpkins. Brooks' pumpkins at Wednesday Market.

Trimet celebrated the lighting of Tilikum Crossing  on September 10, 2015. They invited 15 plein air artists to help them celebrate by painting Tilikum Crossing the evening of September 10th 2015. Here are a few pictures of the painters and their paintings. Painters on the couch. Susan Kuznitsky in the wind. Stephanie Cissna Laura Nunn Kat Sowa Ted Chilles Bets Cole Tom Kane Dixie Kroupa Carrie Holst Sandra Pearce's Tilikum Crossing Brooks Hickerson's Tilikum Crossing Bets Cole's Tilikum Crossi Dixie Kroupa's Tilikum Crossing Vicki Zimmerman's Tilikum Crossing Vicki Zimmerman's Tilikum Crossing on a Starry Night Vicki Zimmerman's Tilikum Crossing in the fog.