SOLD Sunset Madronas at 2023 Spring Art Tour

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

This painting will be at my studio during the upcoming 2023 Vashon  Island Visual Artists Studio Tour during the first two weekends of May 6-7, and 13-14.   

Gretchen Hancock's studio is located at 28405 101st Ave SW - all the way past Dockton, #25 on the studio tour.

Purple Madronas at Studio Tour

Purple Madronas, diptych 36" x 72" oil on canvas.  The view from my yard on the south end of Maury Island, through the madrona forest, across Quartermaster Harbor and the south end of Vashon Island to the distant turquoise hill of Tacoma.  Summer sun shines through the leaves and makes them yellow-green.  This painting will be at my studio during Vashon Art Studio Tour during the first two weekends in May.  #26 on the studio tour.   

 

Sunset Through Madronas SOLD

The view from my yard.  Looking from Maury Island across Quartermaster Harbor to the south end of Vashon Island.  This 16" x 16" painting will be at the Hardware Store Restaurant in Vashon at the VIVA Membership show.  Opening tomorrow,  Friday June 1, 17601 Vashon Hwy SW.  Public invited. 

Painting at Edmonds Art Festival Show SOLD

Hurrah!  Red and Gray Winter Sunset Madronas won a first prize in painting at the Edmonds Art Festival Show.  This is a local art competition in conjunction with the yearly art fair.  It's an honor to have my painting chosen so I'll brag a bit. 

Red and Gray Winter Sunset Madronas at CVG show

Selected for the 2017 Washington State Juried Art Competition (The CVG Show).
Jan. 21- Feb. 25, Wed.  11 AM-5 PM, Sat & Sun. 12-4 PM.,  Collective Visions Gallery,   331 Pacific Avenue, Bremerton, WA

Blue and Greem Summer Madronas

The view from my yard: from the top of the hill, across the valley, down to the water, and up the hill on the other side of Quartermaster Harbor.  The madronas grow with a twist to the trunks and lean out over the hillside to catch the sunlight that reflects from the water.  A larger painting, 36" x 48", on display during September & October at PSCCU credit union here on Vashon. 

Red and Gray Winter Sunset Madronas

This painting is going in a show of my work that I'm putting up today at PSCCU Credit Union in Vashon (Location: 9928 SW Bank Rd, Vashon, WA 98070)  A few years ago we had a snowfall in the yard and I happened to take a photo of the sun as it set just over Tahlequah.  The colors of the earth and the trees were all dark charcoal from the wetness of the snow with just a bit of red where the sun glowed through the trees.  You can't see the snow, but it influences the colors and the mood.

Dappled Madronas in Bainbridge show

A detail of the painting "Dappled Madronas" that is in my September show at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts  151 Winslow Way, Winslow, Washington.  Opening reception is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.  The full painting, below,  is 36" x 48" oil on canvas.

Dappled Madronas

One of my favorite subjects: the madronas in my yard, with a view towards Talequah. A large painting with a strong green-gold hue dominating much of the painting.  I like the sense of light.  Painted in my studio. 
36" x 48"

Twilight Madronas SOLD

A large painting - 48" x 48".  This one will be at Bergamot Home for an August-September show starting this Friday.  This is from my yard - looking across Quartermaster Harbor to Tahlequah, late in the day.  The sun is far north and very low on the horizon and all of the trees are in deep shadow except for a few leaves which get the last twinkle of light

Cool Day Madronas

Even though we've been having incredible sunny weather for the longest time,  when the plein air painters from Bainbridge came for a visit, it was cool and overcast.  We painted the trees in my yard.  This is the view looking south towards Tacoma through a hillside of madronas.  I demonstrated how I spend equal time applying paint and wiping away the paint I just applied.

Madronas and Late Afternoon Sun

Painted in my yard - a view through the madronas across Quartermaster Harbor and the southern end of Vashon Island.  I really like the way the bottom of the hill dissolves into the water.
I just posted this one to my Etsy store: Click here to see listing.

View South Through the Madronas SOLD

This was done out of doors in my yard on an overcast day. We have a large stand of madrona on our property and they all lean out over the hillside.  This is a view south towards Tacoma with the lightest part of the painting the light reflected on the water.  I like the close color harmony created by the subdued light.

Nancy's Shed and Madronnas

The sky was a deep dark blue and the madronas were dark, with reddish tones from the red bark .  All these darks acreate strong contrast and push the shed forward.

Through the Madronas SOLD

The view from my yard on Maury Island looking west across Quartermaster Harbor towards Vashon Island.  Painted out of doors in late summer.  The sun was bright overhead and we had been having very dry weather.  I was annoyed during my painting by a helicopter buzzing overhead -- I finally paused in my painting and found out that my neighbor had set his yard on fire!

Madrona Hill

The south end of Maury Island is covered with large stands of Madrona.  They like the sunlight and drainage on the steep hills.  They have beautiful reddish bark and green leaves most of the year.