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Brent
@br3nth.bsky.social
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Artist (No AI), Environmentalist (Ya know, the next generations deserve a living planet.), Anti hate, lies, and cruelty.
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“A Seated Woman Viewed from Behind”: A friend asked me to use this subject for a painting and gave me complete license (including the possibility that I may never do it). A year and a half later with no pressure, i had an absolute blast with this! #woman #oilpainting #figurativeart #retrato
Oil painting of woman seated on a chair and leaning back on her arms. View is from behind.
February 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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Another WIP of this seated woman.
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#orange
#femalepainting
Colorful oil, painting of a woman seated backwards on a chair. Wearing a bathing suit.
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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I am having a blast with this WIP. A friend wants a painting of a woman with a back view and NOT sexual or coquettish. Other than that, I am FREE!
20” x 16” (50cm x 41cm)
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#paintingofwoman
#wip
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Doing a little sketching.
#Robots
#Dinosaur
#LostInSpace
#Sketching
#Drawing
#dibujos
#esquisse
Pencil sketch of a toy robot and a toy dinosaur.
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Every year I do a few hand-painted cards. This year we are sending wishes of strength, kindness, and compassion. A resilient tree standing strong through the storm.
#resilience
#Kindness
#Compassion
#HandpaintedCards
#TreePainting
#LandscapePainting
#HappyNewYear
January 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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An arch rock on the Oregon coast near Cannon Beach.
5” x 5” (13 cm x 13cm)
#oregoncoast
#cannonbeachoregon
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#seascape
#oceanpainting
Ocean scape. Rocky coast with conifers and grasses in the foreground.
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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A friend of ours is a singer\songwriter. This painting is based on one of his recent performances at the Waypost in Portland, Oregon.
10” x 10” (25cm x 25cm
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#retratos
#portrait
#guitars
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Work In Progress. Interesting lighting with red from above and cool blue from the music stand. The flannel shirt is also challenging.
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#musician
#guitar
#retratos
#portrait
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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For some reason, I agreed to paint a friend’s husband (and a fish and a cigar). Didn’t JS Sergeant say every time he paints a portrait he loses a friend? We will see!
12” x 9”
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#retratos
#portrait
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Did you ever do a portrait that looks nothing like the subject, however you like the painting? Ha!
#portrait
#retrato
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Self portrait from a 2005 photo.
6” x 5” (152mm x 126mm)

#selfportrait
#Autoportrait
#Autoretratos
#portrait
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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#scape #ForestFriday #painting #nature #peaceful #art #forest
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Calling this the final of Casa Grande Peak in Big Bend National Park.
9” x 12” (23cm x 30.5cm)
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#bigbend
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#WIP #artisticprocess #blockin
Emory Peak in #BigBendNationalPark
#oiloncanvas
October 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Portland Open Studio!!!
Woo-hoo! I love this!!! It’s like a city-wide art gallery!
Studios are open October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm.
#portlandoregon
#artgallery
#portlandopenstudios
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2025 Portland Open Studios Tour Guide
Find out what the artists in your neighborhood are up to in this free, annual art studio tour—October 11-12, 18-19 10am-4pm. The guide includes maps, artist directories, neighborhood pages, printable ...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Another offering in my 5“ x 5“ (127x127mm) personal painting challenge. There’s nothing like a desert sunset; this is from a trip to Terlingua, Texas (Big Bend).

#desertart
#sunset
#coucherdesoleil
#atardecer
#BigBendNationalPark
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
Painting of a desert sunset
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Another 5” x 5” personal painting challenge.

A mini landscape.
In the REAL view, I loved the afternoon sun shining on the ornamental grass and the arm of the lawn chair.
#paintingchallenge
#painting
#pintura
#peinture
#lawnchair
#ornamentalgrass
Small oil, painting of ornamental grass and a lawn chair shining in the afternoon sun. With Trees in the distance.
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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My continuing series of 5“ x 5“ (12.7cm x 12.7cm) paintings.

Here’s a sunny little palm tree.

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#arbres
#Árboles
#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I’ve got all these old 5” x 5”panels. So I have “pledged“ to myself to use them. Here is #2. (Notice that I didn’t say how many I was doing? Hmmm.) Mid-century modern lamp in my studio.
#oilonpanel
#orange
#green
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Here’s a throwback from 2019. I call him “Blue Man Gazing“. (And as a joke Papi Smurf!) I really enjoyed tying hair highlights into the painting and trying to get the form of the shoulders to show through the jacket.
20“ x 16“
Acrylic on canvas
#tbt
#portrait
#retrato
#green
#red
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A small landscape showing Mount Hood from Hood River, OR. I’m trying to force myself to work quicker and simplify.

5” x 5” (127mm x 127mm)
Oil on panel

#Landscape
#paysage
#paisaje
#landscapepainting
#cascademountains
September 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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A larger version of the Fields Park Water Tower. The same color palette, although I played around more with temperature.
24” x 20” (61cm x 51cm)
#thefieldspark
#pearldistrict
#portland
#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“Trombone Man” is from a few years ago.
5” x 5” (13cm x 13cm)
Acrylic on cradled panel.

#trombone #blue #jazzpainting
#tbt
#musicpainting
#acrylicpainting
#brightcolors
#couleursvives
#coloresvivos
September 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The sarcastic title of this is “Because the World Needs Another Painting of a Greek Church.” Ha!!

Regardless of the world’s needs, I love when friends travel and let me paint their memories.

12” x 9” (30.5 x23cm)
Oil on canvas

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
September 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Here’s the final of a little study of a #watertower near the #FieldsPark in #Portland, Oregon.
10”x8” (250mm x 205mm)

#Oilpainting
#peinturesalhuile
#pinturaaoleo
#figurativepainting
#architectureartwork
#architecturallandscape
#orange
#blue
August 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM