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On the Easel in the Studio 1077- From the Bluff

1077-From the Bluff was begun in July during the annual Sandgren Paint Out on the Oregon Coast

Paintings in progress begun in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Paint Days 2025

Wildlife Viewing site on the lake and the rock formations on the mountain ridges are among my favorite spots to paint.

Erik Sandgren’s "Hobart Saddle Juniper " above Paint Days: A Painting Expedition showing at KS Wild:

Paintings from the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument June 6, Ashland Art Walk First Friday 5-7pm KS Wild 562 A St

Paint Days -À Painting Expedition exploring the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Opens May 2 at KS Wild Gallery Art Walk 562 A Street, Ashland, OR

Images & Words - The Welcome to a Studio Newsletter

An exploration into writing about my studio experiences in a two page newspaper format dominated by images of my work with bits of text that relates to them.

Pacific Threshold: Sandgren and Sandgren & Friends; Painting the Oregon Coast

45 Years of Painting, Inspiring, Teaching, Collaborating, Demonstrating, Learning and Sharing the Evolving Nature of Personal Expression through Paint.

Pacific Threshold: Sandgren and Sandgren and Friends : 100 Paintings 53 Artists Exploring the Oregon Coast: A pictorial history of the Sandgren Paint Out for the last 45 years. Book available $35

Giustina Gallery September 9- October 25, 2024; Pacfic Threshold the book and catalogue of the exhibition available for purchase see Portfolio Sept. 8th.

Currently Showing Art Anout Agriculture at the Giustina Gallery

Blossoms to Leaves, Southern Oregon Wine Country

Jacksonville; Small town scenes

New juried exhibit at Art Presence based on images created around the scenes in this small town.

Work from 1990; Completed while working on a large scale public art piece

“The Spin” glazed porcelain mounted on panel, framed to hang.

1016- Drawing for “Bridge Over” drawn as part of my nightly TV drawing time with pen and ink on paper.

I did charcoal on canvas drawing the next day blowing it up from 2”x3” to 24x36”. The canvas drawing is more from memory of a scene at the coast.

Tillamook Light in the Fog from Ecola State Park

Details of #1009 Finding a Path one of many titles at this stage

The painting is unfinished but these detail views show the direction I am heading in. These are parts that work with thin the whole but I have yet to tie them

Drawing with graphite pencils, and charcoal then adding gouache, graphite, and watercolor washes

Release & Hold is a studio drawing of figures in motion I began as way to explore …

938- Friends, Bird Friends wc ink. ppr 5x5

Watercolor and ink as a way back to work when I’ve been interrupted for a while. I’ve landed on beginning with a series of drawings of birds,.

923- detail - Lighthouse at Cape Arago on the Oregon Coast— see Portfolio page for full image

View point is a pullout just above Sunset Bay Park where you get a clear but distant view of the lighthouse that is only accessible by boat. ….more

922-Under the Tree Umbrella of Leaves Fall Color

Spreads sunlight through the leaves flickering in light wind high in the tree tops.

921- Wet Feet! - Boulders in Ashland Creek - Unfinished Work

I took a break from the unfinished work of clearing my flooded studio to begin this painting on location with painter Midge Black. We had this amazing … more

870- Mom’s Flowers

Still life with a green vase from my sister and flowers we bought for mom. Sold recently to a lovely home. I’m so happy with its new place. I only … more

919- Whispers

Charcoal drawing of two heads. Sometimes drawings just spring to life… more