Plein aire painting the Hollywood Theater in Portland Oregon, October 31, 2017, with Paul Lockhart and John Lehman.  Happy Halloween. We are looking for ghosts around the haunted theater. I believe we saw a couple of spirits from " Night of the Living Dead" that is playing there.  Brooks and painting Paul and oil pastel John and watercolor Brooks' painting Paul's oil pastel

Plein aire painting Mt. St. Helens, October 26, 2017. Humberto Gonzalez, John Lehman, Paul Lockhart, and Kara Wild were all out here painting the fall colors and Mt. St. Helens.  Video of Brooks painting Mt. St. Helens. Kara and her oil painting. Paul and his oil pastel. Kara and Paul.  Kara's painting in progress. Brooks and his painting Mt. St. Helens and Mt Rainier are out there somewhere. Brooks' Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier Paul's Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier

Painting in the rain with Kara Wilde and John Lehman. Rain, rain, rain and more rain. As the rain increased the Hawthorne Bridge gradually disappeared from view.  Kara Wilde and John Lehman Kara's painting of Hawthorne Bridge Poet's Beach is near by. Autumn colors everywhere Brooks' painting and Hawthorne Bridge Brooks painting in the rain Brooks' painting of Hawthorne Bridge

Painting the red maple on PSU campus today with Kara Wilde and John Lehman. www.StopOrganHarvesting.org protesters were there to draw attention to the live organ harvesting going on in China. Yiikes.  www.StopOrganHarvesting.org Kara Wilde John Lehman and Kara Wilde Brooks in fall colors Video of Brooks painting the Red Maple Brooks' painting of the Red Maple

@pleinairpainting   Painting Sellwood Bridge today with Paul Lockhart, Debora Renard on the cloudy windy day. The rain held off thill after we left, but everyone's easel got blown over at least once. Full body contact plein air painting.  Debora Renard Paul Lockhart Paul's beautiful oil pastel John Lehman and Paul Lockhart Sellwood Bridge Brooks' Sellwood Bridge painting

Painting pumpkins at New Seasons Slabtown with Paul Lockhart, John Lehman, and Sharon Kassakian. Very sunny. We are ready for a few cloudy days in Portland.  New Seasons Slabtown pumpkins   Paul and Sharon hard at work Brooks' painting Sharon and painting Paul and oil pastel Brooks' pumpkins John and Paul at New Seasons

Plein air painting pumpkins at Cornell Farms today, October 3rd, 2017, with Paul Lockhart, Roberta Hodara, John Lehman, Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria, and Humberto Gonzalez. Nice sunny day in Portland Oregon. Thanks Cornell Farms for the great pumpkins and letting us paint them. Nice lunch at the  Cornell Farms restaurant too. Roberta Hodara Paul Lockhart Brooks John Lehman, Yolanda Valdes-Rementaria, Humberto Gonzalez Brooks' pumpkin painting Paul's pumpkin oil pastel...nice joh.