Gretchen Hancock's Paintings

Oils and Acrylics

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Sunset Mountain

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 Sunset Mountain, 10x 10, oil on panel The view across Puget Sound as seen from the south end of Vashon Island.  Sunset Colors strike the t...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Vashon Art Tour First two weekends in May

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Silhouette Ferry with Sun on the Water , 10" x 10", oil on panel, will be showing at my studio during the Vashon Art Tour the firs...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Southworth Ferry At Holiday Art Studio Tour December 14 & 15

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Afternoon sun strikes the side of the Southworth Ferry as it rounds the tip of the island on the way to the Vashon Ferry Dock.  oil on panel...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Vashon Center for the Arts - Art Bazaar

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    Purple Chives, 24 x 30, oil on canvas, framed     White Allium, 24 x 30, oil on canvas framed I will be selling two large paintings at t...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Vashon Center for the Arts Summer Arts Fest

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   Gretchen Hancock"Green Forest" oil on panel 12 x 24     Gretchen Hancock, "Madronas with Sun Glare" oil on canvas 36 ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Apple

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  SOLD Apple, 6x6, oil on panel, will be showing at Gretchen Hancock Paintings, Tour Stop #37, during the Vashon Art Studio Tour, which take...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Hazy Day Ferry

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Hazy Day Ferry, 13 x 7, oil on panel, $425 framed Late sun and haze fade out the image of the Vashon Fauntleroy ferry as it crosses Puget S...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Skate Creek

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Skate Creek , oil on canvas, 60" x 30", larger painting for a show I'll be having at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts in August....
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

SOLD Sunset Madronas at 2023 Spring Art Tour

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8  x 18, oil on panel, Sunset Madronas ,  painted of the view from my yard across Quartermaster Harbor to Tahlequah on Vashon Island.   Thi...
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Sunflowers on Gold

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  SOLD Sunflowers are a showy late autumn flower with stiff petals and thick stems.  They are almost sculptural.   This is a nearly monochro...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

"Night Light" at VCA Summer Arts Fest

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Night Light, 12" x 12", oil on panel, is on display through Sunday August 7 at the Vashon Center for the Arts during the Summer Ar...
Sunday, July 31, 2022

SOLD "Ferry Sunset" atVashon Center for the Arts

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"Ferry Sunset" 12" x 12" oil on panel, now showing at the Vashon Center for the Arts Summer Arts Fest through August 7th...
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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Spring Art Tour this weekend

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  SOLD- This small still life will be at the Vashon Island Art Studio Tour THIS weekend, May 14 -15, Saturday and Sunday, 10 an- 5pm.  Red O...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Ruby Beach at Spring Art Tour

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    10x20, oil on panel, Ruby Beach, painted from a rainy day visit to the seashore at northwest Washington. This painting will be at my stu...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

"Clementine and Blue Pot" at Spring Art Tour

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 6 x 6 oil on panel.  This small still life will be at Gretchen Hancock's Studio south of Dockton during the Vashon Island Visual Artist...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Purple Madronas at Studio Tour

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Purple Madronas, diptych 36" x 72" oil on canvas.  The view from my yard on the south end of Maury Island, through the madrona fo...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021

"Ferries and More" Show at Vashon Center for the Arts open until July 18

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      A detail of Blue Sky, Sunset Ferry, and Blake Island 18" x 36" showing at Vashon Center for the Arts, 19600 Vashon Hwy SW, ...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Gretchen Hancock Paintings at Arts Summer Arts Fest

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Gretchen Hancock, "Pink Ferry at Fauntleroy," 20" x 20",  oil on panel I will be showing fifteen paintings of "Ferr...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

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6 x 12 original oil painting of two Puget Sound ferries at the north end ferry dock on Vashon Island. Late afternoon sun peeks under clouds ...
Monday, May 3, 2021

White and Yellow Daffodils

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6x6 original oil still life painting of three white and yellow daffodils in a square glass jar.   The strong side-light and dark background ...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

SOLD Pewter Pitcher and Tangerine in the Light

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6 x 6 original oil still life painting of a pewter pitcher and a single tangerine. The pewter pitcher is a little tarnished and dull and ...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Blue Metal Pot and Daffodils

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  8" x 6" original oil still life painting of a favorite blue metal pot and two small pots of multiflora white daffodils.  The daf...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Pewter Pot and Tangerine in Shadow

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6 x 6 original oil painting of a pewter teapot and a single orange tangerine with a sharp spotlight falling on the tabletop leaving most of...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Daffodils Two Glass Vases

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Another spring bouquet of daffodils against a warm gray background.  These small multiflora daffodils lend themselves nicely to a simplified...
Friday, March 26, 2021

White Daffodils on Pink and Gold

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 6 x 6 original oil painting of the early daffodils from the flower bed.  My daughter has planted a lot of the lovely miniature multiflora w...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Blue Sky Sunset Ferry and Blake Island

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  18 x 36 painting of the Vashon-Southworth Ferry at Sunset with Blake Island and the Kitsap Peninsula in the background.  Sunlight peeks th...
Monday, November 30, 2020

20% OFF Sale in my ETSY store - through December 2

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Curb Lane Buses Only, 10 x 20, oil on panel,  20% OFF Sale in my ETSY store through December 2.   A departure from my usual subject matter-...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Pink Ferry at Fauntleroy

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20 x 20 original oil painting of the small ferry (probably the Tillikum or Klahowya) at the West Seattle Fauntleroy dock, with a view west t...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Pt Robinson Lighthouse in the Moonlight SOLD

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12 x 12 original oil painting of the moon shining down on the Pt Robinson lighthouse on Vashon Island.  The beacon in the lightroom competes...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

Big Sky, Ferry Passing Blake Island

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12x12 original oil painting of the Vashon-Southworth-Fauntleroy ferry passing between Vashon Island and Blake Island.  Broken clouds and haz...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

White Daffodils, Square Vases on Blue

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 6 x 8 original oil painting of white daffodils with orange centers in small square glass vases against a bluee background.  These flowers w...
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Gretchen Hancock
Vashon, Washington, United States
Welcome. I have been painting in oils and acrylics and watercolors for over thirty years. I taught watercolor and drawing at the college level and have exhibited in and won awards in local and national juried shows. I have been selling my work in galleries in Washington and Alaska. I paint still lifes and landscapes and sometimes portraits. My goal in creating this blog is to share my work with you. I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions about my painting. To contact me, visit my website at www.gretchenhancock.com and use the contact link.
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