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Ryan Hill
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Oil painter in the Pacific Northwest
Plein air, maritime, landscapes and anything interesting, really
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Green aurora seen through the clouds on Queen Anne Hill #wawx
Aurora Borealis seen from Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, November 11th, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Work continues on this Pike Place scene. I'm glad I added the figures in the foreground. Oil on 24"×36" canvas
Large oil painting of Pike Place Market in progress. Sun shines on the scene beneath the great Public Market Center sign, illuminating building fronts and figures crossing the street. Detail of painting showing two figures facing away from the viewer
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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WWII meme Kilroy was here with the Portland Frog
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Final touches
Three plein air oil paintings, the first showing bright winter sunlight on trees at Gasworks Park, the second painting: skyscrapers towering over the Seattle Aquirium seen from Pier 62 in December 2024. Piece on the right depicting the view towards the water from Occidental Park during Pioneer Square Art Walk, July 3rd, 2025
October 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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WIP Pioneer Square in Seattle last summer
Work in progress, plein air oil painting of Pioneer Square in Seattle from July 3rd, 2025. A row of parked cars in shadow under brilliantly lit orange brick facades and maple trees and a bright blue sky
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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WIP plein air of Pike Place Market from 1st Ave
Oil painting of Pike Place Market in Seattle hanging on a wall above a large glass palette with brushes in the foreground
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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WWII meme Kilroy was here with the Portland Frog
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Smoke plume from #BearGulchFire seen from Enumclaw #wawx
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Pretty apocalyptic sunset at Golden Gardens
Smoky red sunset over the Olympic Mountains seen from Golden Gardens in Seattle, August 27th, 2025
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Painting at Gasworks this evening
Easel with plein air oil painting of the towers at Gasworks Park in Seattle Washington August 1, 2025 Oil on canvas showing rust red industrial towers at Gasworks Park in Seattle
August 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Plein air at Vine & Alaskan Way on the Seattle waterfront 7/29/25
Plein air oil painting of the intersection of Vine Street and Alaskan Way in Seattle Washington, view looking out over Elliot Bay past the Edgewater Hotel on the evening of July 29, 2025
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Midsummer sunset #wawx #pnw
July 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Spectacular sunset tonight
#wawx #pnw
July 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Seattle, May 2015
Oil on 20"×33½" canvas, 2016
Oil painting of the Seattle skyline as seen in May of 2015. Based on a photo taken from the slopes of Upper Queen Anne.
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Oil painting of the north tip of Dune Peninsula Park in Tacoma Washington on a late spring evening
June 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Working on this piece, gonna delete the blues i think
Oil painting and printed reference photo of the north end of Dune Peninsula Park in Tacoma Washington
June 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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June Gloom sunset Point Ruston Tacoma
Oil painting in a sketchbook showing the waters of Puget Sound off the northern tip of Point Ruston east of Point Defiance as the sun sets on a gloomy late spring day, June 13th, 2025
June 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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#WIP
Oil painting in progress, view south from the northern tip of Dune Peninsula, point Ruston in Tacoma, Washington Plein air June 6th, 2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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My painting workspace featuring a couple WIPs Upper left: Tiger Mountain from Klahanie Upper right: Dune Peninsula northern extreme looking south Lower left: Seattle from Snith Cove Lower right: Gasworks Park in January
June 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Everytime I see anything AI i get the same sensation as seeing this guy pop up
Clippy
June 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Work in progress
Oil painting in progress hanging on a wall depicting Smith Cove in Seattle
June 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Painting in glazes
Oil painting of the RMS Lusitania han8ng at an odd angle wile I apply a wash of browns over the upper right areas of this 17"×34" canvas
June 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Dune Peninsula sunset, 5/30/25
June 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Plein air at Dune Peninsula in Tacoma
June 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Berkeley and Ruby, 2016
Two dogs sitting alert on a picnic table covered in snow on a winters day on the PNW
May 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM