Plein air painting in the rain in Portland Oregon December  10 and 17, 2015. This is a do-over of a bridge painting. This is Caboose 25198 from the Union Pacific at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center here in Portland Oregon. This yellow caboose was calling to me...Paint me...paint me. Fortunately there is a 10 ft. overhang that kept me fairly dry. Kara Wilde painting Old 197 engine. Kara's watercolor of Old197. Brooks' Old 197 painting. Brooks' Union Pacific Caboose 25198 Painting Caboose 25198 with painting. Old 197 Engine

This is what plein air painting looks like in Portland December 2, 2015. Cold (45F) and cloudy, we love it. Humberto Gonzalez, Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria, and Kara Wilde joined me today painting the bridges along the Willamette River in back of the CLSB, Collaborative Life Sciences Building. Here are a few pix of the painters and a couple of paintings in progress. Enjoy. Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria painting Tilikum Crossing. Kara Wilde sketching and trying to stay warm. Humberto Gonzalez sketching. Prepared for the cold. Humberto sketching bicycles. Brooks with watercolors. Humbertos bicycle sketch. Brooks watercolor '