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Brent
@br3nth.bsky.social
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Artist (No AI), Environmentalist (ya know, the next generations deserve a living planet).
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Did you ever do a portrait that looks nothing like the subject, however you like the painting? Ha!
#portrait
#retrato
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Self portrait from a 2005 photo.
6” x 5” (152mm x 126mm)

#selfportrait
#Autoportrait
#Autoretratos
#portrait
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Wildwood
gouache
#scape #ForestFriday #painting #nature #peaceful #art #forest
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Calling this the final of Casa Grande Peak in Big Bend National Park.
9” x 12” (23cm x 30.5cm)
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#bigbend
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#WIP #artisticprocess #blockin
Emory Peak in #BigBendNationalPark
#oiloncanvas
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Portland Open Studio!!!
Woo-hoo! I love this!!! It’s like a city-wide art gallery!
Studios are open October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm.
#portlandoregon
#artgallery
#portlandopenstudios
portlandopenstudios.com/2025/tour.html
2025 Portland Open Studios Tour Guide
Find out what the artists in your neighborhood are up to in this free, annual art studio tour—October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm. The guide includes maps, artist directories, neighborhood pages, printable ...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Another offering in my 5“ x 5“ (127x127mm) personal painting challenge. There’s nothing like a desert sunset; this is from a trip to Terlingua, Texas (Big Bend).

#desertart
#sunset
#coucherdesoleil
#atardecer
#BigBendNationalPark
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
Painting of a desert sunset
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Another 5” x 5” personal painting challenge.

A mini landscape.
In the REAL view, I loved the afternoon sun shining on the ornamental grass and the arm of the lawn chair.
#paintingchallenge
#painting
#pintura
#peinture
#lawnchair
#ornamentalgrass
Small oil, painting of ornamental grass and a lawn chair shining in the afternoon sun. With Trees in the distance.
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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My continuing series of 5“ x 5“ (12.7cm x 12.7cm) paintings.

Here’s a sunny little palm tree.

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#arbres
#Árboles
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I’ve got all these old 5” x 5”panels. So I have “pledged“ to myself to use them. Here is #2. (Notice that I didn’t say how many I was doing? Hmmm.) Mid-century modern lamp in my studio.
#oilonpanel
#orange
#green
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Here’s a throwback from 2019. I call him “Blue Man Gazing“. (And as a joke Papi Smurf!) I really enjoyed tying hair highlights into the painting and trying to get the form of the shoulders to show through the jacket.
20“ x 16“
Acrylic on canvas
#tbt
#portrait
#retrato
#green
#red
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A small landscape showing Mount Hood from Hood River, OR. I’m trying to force myself to work quicker and simplify.

5” x 5” (127mm x 127mm)
Oil on panel

#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#cascademountains
September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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A larger version of the Fields Park Water Tower. The same color palette, although I played around more with temperature.
24” x 20” (61cm x 51cm)
#thefieldspark
#pearldistrict
#portland
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“Trombone Man” is from a few years ago.
5” x 5” (13cm x 13cm)
Acrylic on cradled panel.

#trombone #blue #jazzpainting
#tbt
#musicpainting
#acrylicpainting
#brightcolors
#couleursvives
#coloresvivos
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The sarcastic title of this is “Because the World Needs Another Painting of a Greek Church.” Ha!!

Regardless of the world’s needs, I love when friends travel and let me paint their memories.

12” x 9” (30.5 x23cm)
Oil on canvas

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
September 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Here’s the final of a little study of a #watertower near the #FieldsPark in #Portland, Oregon.
10”x8” (250mm x 205mm)

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
#orange
#blue
August 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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It has been years since I’ve done an architectural landscape painting. I’m so excited to get back it.

#WIP
#thefieldspark
#pearldistrict
#portland
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
August 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Final version. (Most likely 😊)
Oil on canvas
12” x 9”

#Trees
#arbres
#Árboles
#color
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Here is a work in progress. I’m trying to make a vibrant, fun little tree. Attempting bold colors and brushstrokes.
12” x 9”

#WIP
#Trees
#arbres
#Árboles
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Summer fields in the Willamette Valley with the Oregon Coast Range in the distance.

#oregoncoastrange
#willamettevalley
#wheatfields
#Sky
#Clouds
#mountains
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#Landscape
#landscapepainting
July 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Another cloud painting…with some mountains encroaching (😃). This shot is from the central Washington Cascades near #leavenworthwa. Beautiful territory!
12”x9” (30.5cm x 23cm)
Oil on canvas

#Trees
#Sky
#Clouds
#mountains
#cascademountains
#wenatchee
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
July 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Here is the final. I did some work on the trees. I don’t think you can see it from the full painting, so I provided some close-ups.
Oil on canvas
9”x12” (23cm x 30.5cm)

#Trees
#Sky
#Clouds
#Stormyclouds
#Landscape
#Oilpainting
#Figurativepainting
#nuages
#ciel
#peinturesalhuile
#arboles
July 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I added a few silhouetted trees in the foreground. Trying to keep the trees subtle and NOT cheesy…..
#dramaticsky
#cloudyday
#landscape
#painting
#oilpainting
July 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Cloud painting. WIP. (I need to get the foreground in.)
9”x12”
#clouds
#cloudpainting
#wip
#oilpainting
July 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A Bargue sketch with some invented and not realistic shading. But it was fun.
#Bargue
#figuredrawing
#graphitesketch
#dailydrawing
July 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM