"Benson House" painting purchased by Madelle Vines for her son's , Mitchell Vine's, wedding. Read all about Mitchell and Lee at: http://mitchellandlee.com/ Thank you Gail Vines for hosting the Portland reception for Mitchell and Lee last night.

 Ira Keller Fountain is filled with people on any warm day in Portland.  Ira Keller Fountain and more people.  Lovejoy Fountain is hidden behind Harrison Towers. I call this Portland's stealth fountain.  Salmon Street Springs Fountain is the most popular and most visible of Portland's fountains. Located at Salmon St. at the Willamette River it is full of kids on any warm day. Abe Lincoln is hiding in South Park Blocks, SW Park at SW Main. He is not a fountain, but maybe he should be. He would certainly attract more attention if there was water flowing around him.

 Cornell Farms main house and monkey puzzle tree. The monkey puzzle tree was brought from Chili to the Lewis and Clarke Centennial in 1905. Pots at Cornell Farms, June 2012.

 E9 Locomotive Union Pacific 150 year celebration at Union Station Portland Saturday, July 14, 2012. You can see Broadway bridge and Freemont Bridge in the background. The foreground wires are for Trimet MAX light rail.  Sandra Pearce Painting the E9 Locomotive during the Union Pacific Celebration.  Sandra Pearce's beautiful watercolor of the Union Pacific train. Brooks Hickerson's acrylic painting of the E9 Locomotive and the Portland Bridges.

< http://www.rockethub.com/ projects/8375-be-generous-buy- art > My sweet sister, Melanie Hickerson, has her art on Generous Art web site. enjoy, brooks

Rain, Rain all week for the Rose Festival. So I painted Fleet week 2012 in the rain. Here are a few of my 2012 Fleet paintings: USS Dewey and USS Lawrence  dockside in Portland June 2012 HMCS Oriole visiting Portland June 2012. HMCS Oriole from across the Willamette River on the Vera Katz Esplanade.