Day two at Rentanaar Rd

My last post was of a few watercolor studies I did at Rentenaar Rd on Sauvie Island, here in Portland Or.

Sauvie has been a favorite plein air painting spot for generations of local painters and is a common meeting place for local plein air workshops. It’s so great to have this very quiet and beautiful spot so near the city.

I returned to the same place the next day and did a couple of oil studies. I parked my car under an osprey nest and was able to watch as the parents hunted and returned to feed their chick.

 

You can see the chick’s head peaking out of the nest in the picture above.

Here is one of the parents returning with a snack. They seemed to travel together and the other one circled my suspiciously as I took this shot.

I also saw a few bald eagles both days I was there.

Here’s one of the studies I did.

 6″ x 8″ oil on panel