Paint out at Crystal Springs, May 9, 2017, with Humberto Gonzalez, Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria, John Lehman, Roberta Hodara, Paul Lockhart, and Kara Wilde. Sunny and warm today in Portland Oregon. Nice painting weather.  Yolanda Valdes-Rementeria Humberto Gonzalez Paul Lockhart Paul's waterfall Kara Wilde Roberta Hodara Paul's Bridge Yolanda's Bridge Humberto's Bridge Brooks and painting Yolanda Brooks' painting

Painting Shemanski Fountain and the people of Wednesday Market today, May 3, 2017. Watch the sun move across the market...a regular sun-dial. Paul Lockhart joined me today paint the people of Portland.. Paul Lockhart in action. Paul's oil pastel of the market. Brooks' painting with Shemanski Fountain. Brooks' painting of the market crowd. 

Painting Crystal Springs Lake with Humberto Gonzalez, Roberta Hodara, and John Lehman. Light rain off and on till 2pm. Then the rain really started. John got the wet-on-wet treatment. All the rest of us went home at 2pm. Beautiful cloudy day in Portland.  Humberto Gonzalez Roberta Hodara Humberto's painting in progress. John Lehman getting the wet-on-wet treatment. Roberta's oil painting. Brooks' "Crystal Springs Lake"

Painting in the rain and sun with John Lehman and Paul Lockhart today at Oregon Society of Artists in Portland Oregon. The pesky rain and pesky sun alternated all afternoon. Typical Portland April weather. When the sun is out the dark shadows hide my painting in this video.  John Lehman Paul Lockhart Weepting plant in OSA Garden Brooks and his painting. Oregon Society of Artists

Painting in the rain with Paul Lockhart , Roberta Hodara , and John Lehman at Crystal Springs Gardens in Portland Oregon. Nice wet Portland day but only about 10% of the Rhodies are blooming. There is a lot more color to come in the month of May. Video of Brooks painting in the rain. Rhoda painting under cover. Paul Lockhart and his oil pastels. John Lehman and his watercolors. Brooks' King George Rhodies. Paul's King George Rhodies

Painting the King George Rhodies at Crystal Springs Garden this afternoon, April 17, 2017, with John Lehman and Paul Lockhart.  It rained all afternoon so we stood under the wide poarch and pained the Rhodies and in rain.  Brooks painting the King George Rhodies. View from the poarch. Paul Lockhart with oil pastels. Paul's pastel of the rhodies and a goose. Brooks' King George Rhody trunks... John and Paul on the dry poarch. 

Painting the blooming trees in the Rose Test Garden in Portland Oregon, April 13. Kara Wilde, John Lehman, and Paul Lockhart joined me today painting the trees at the Rose Test Garden. It was cold and wet and we are 2 months from having any blooms on the roses. The Rose Garden looks like a construction zone with most of the walkways and stairs being replaced with ADA standard ramps...Yea..I have appoligized to people in wheel chair for not having ramps in our Rose Garden. I won't have to do that again.  Here I am painting the trees white and the rose bushes red. Brooks painting the blooming trees at the rose garden. Paul Lockhart with oil pastel. Paul's oil pastel for the white trees. Kara, Paul, and John in a moment of sunshine. Kara's white trees oil painting. John and his watercolors. John's watercolors in progress.