Hazel Schlesinger's Vibrant Oil Painting Blog

Blogging on hold

2012-01-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

Since starting this blog, I have launched a quarterly email newsletter to better share what I've been up to. I don't expect to add more to the blog soon, but someday I may.

Please consider signing up for the newsletter using the sign-up form to the right! Thank you! Haze

Plein Air painting

2010-07-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

At long last the grey skies have lifted and it's time for outdoor Plein Air painting again! Here are a couple that I have done at home in Oregon. I hope the weather holds and I can log in many more hours painting under the sun.

Razor Clams anyone?

2010-03-15T16:55:00.000-07:00

Painting this was so much fun after a great day of digging for razor clams with good buddies in Gearhart, Oregon. This painting just won the honor of Judges Top 15% Favorite of all the entries for Jan 2010 Fine Art View Painting Competition. Wow! It just flew out of the brush!

I have had many requests for this painting so I had several 6 x 12 giclee reproductions made which are now available for $139 plus postage. Send me an email if you are interested.

Meet Roosevelt the Ruff Rider

2010-03-04T11:42:00.000-08:00

Met my canine friend here in Bend while riding in a side car... him not me. Of course I couldn't resist and had to paint him!

Can you feel the warmth?

2010-02-08T13:37:00.000-08:00

After all the past Oregon grey days it is time to paint sunshine! I do love the warmth of color...makes me smile!

This is Indian Summer 20x20

My first show of 2010 has been hung!

2010-01-04T11:57:00.000-08:00

Come take a peek at the Realty Trust office, at 5015 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, Or. New pieces hung as they dry. Look for reception date and info to follow.

This is a commision piece that I just completed. From a thoughtful husband to his wife.

Invitation for Newsletter Sign-Up

2009-12-15T11:50:00.000-08:00

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Hazel is Painting up a Storm!

2009-12-15T11:17:00.000-08:00

This Fall is very busy… I participated in 5 different shows for the month of November! My solo show is hung and ready for viewing at Realty Trust in Lake Oswego. Thanks to their generous gift of gallery walls for local artists. They really do a wonderful job of supporting the Arts.

Please come by to see nearly 40 of my paintings during Realty Trust office hours in December. New paintings added as they dry!

Realty Trust Group
600 A Avenue
Lake Oswego, Oregon

… Ok I have to admit that our trip to Greece and Italy was fantastic. I came back with no less that 1500 photos to sort my way through. Everything was so magnificent that I just kept my camera out and kept shooting! I look forward to many paintings from these pics.

Boats have always been a favorite of mine. I love to be in them, and paint them! Sunrise and sunset are such a magical time of day no matter what body of water you are on. I love what happened in this painting. One of those Aha! moments that you feel when you capture the light.

View other works at these locations:

Zeek Gallery
335 State St.
Salem, OR

Rental Sales Gallery
Portland Art Museum

Realty Trust Solo Show
600 A Avenue
Lake Oswego, OR
Showing in December

Vistra Gallery - Miniature Show
160 E Broadway
Eugene, OR
Showing in December

The Horse Radish
211 W Main St
Carlton, OR

Cana's Feast Winery
750 West Lincoln St.
Carlton, OR

Dominio IV Wines
845 NE 5th St.
McMinnville, OR

Hope that you have time to stop in and see what's new off my easel. Thank you!

September Plein Air

2009-09-18T10:52:00.000-07:00

Wow can you believe summer is almost over? I have been busy toting my easel around this month to catch the last rays of September. An opportunity to paint in Manzanita,Oregon again is always a favorite of mine. In this plein air piece I tried to capture the feeling of ocean haze as a background to the somewhat languid motion of the early evenings set of waves.

Here are two plein paintings done at an Eric Jacobsen workshop held on magnificent Sauvie Island northwest of Portland, Oregon. Painting opportunities are so plentiful on this island that it is difficult to choose a site. The fields are very vibrant and full of rhythm and patterns. But what a hot day and no shade which is all in the challenge of plein air painting.

YEAH! Two Plein Air paintings to be in PAPO Exhibit

2009-08-17T10:12:00.000-07:00

I am excited to be accepted in the juried 2009 PAPO Celebrating Oregon exhibit at High Desert Gallery in Bend, Oregon. This year I have two paintings in the show.

My 9x12 plein Air “Manzanita Beach”oil painting was created this spring while enjoying a view of the amazing evening sky from an overlook on a wind sheltered sand dune. The weather had been shifting all day from showers to sun and at the remains of the day came this inspirational show of color as the sun went down. It was one of those moments when you run to get your paints!

My 9x12 plein air oil painting “Summer in Plein Air” is the view from just outside of my studio on the Willamette River. The Willamette River usually has a very earthy green cast but on this beautiful sunny July day the river reflected an amazing sky blue which lit up the water with an infrequent azure cast. The life and changes of the seasons on the river are a constant inspiration for my plein air paintings.

They will be on display at High Desert Gallery in Bend, Oregon October 2-31, 2009 and then the exhibit moves to High Desert Gallery in Redmond, Oregon for November 1-30, 2009. If you are in the area go check it out!

New in July: Italian Sunflowers

2009-07-16T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest off my easel. Looking forward to another trip to Italy in the Fall, this time to Puglia, the less travelled region in southern Italy's "heel". Painting this piece got me in the mood! 18 x 36. Time for a glass of wine. Ciao!

Just for kicks

2009-06-08T12:00:00.000-07:00

“Just for kicks” I brought out the heels for my first newsletter! Red of course! Now you know painting this pair of shoes just made me smile.

First of all let me introduce my red high heels “Stepping Out” (9x12).Other shoes may appear later as painting them gets the toes tapping!

Painting lavender fields is one of my favorite subjects. It doesn't get much better than standing in a field painting “Plein Air” while the sweet lavender perfume wafts about my easel… well maybe the wafting was actually me swatting at bees. This painting is from my Lavender Provence series (20x24).

My next painting is from a trip last spring to the Netherlands. I was thrilled with the color and the rhythm of the fields of flowers. It was simply breathtaking. This is “Dutch White Daffodils” (24x36).

Upcoming events:
I will be out and about Plein Air painting this summer and preparing for two fall shows, dates to follow in my next newsletter. Please feel free to contact me or visit my home/studio. Other works can be viewed at the Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. If you are visiting the Oregon wine country stop and taste while glancing at some of my paintings in The Horse Radish and also Canas Feast Winery which are both in Carlton, Oregon. I would like to invite you to join my quarterly (or less) newsletter. I will try to keep you posted with photos of my new paintings and a preview of events. Please send me an email at riverhaze@gmail.com and I will add you to the list. Thank you, Haze