Name: Advantage by Design
Address: US
Telephone: 425-315-3628

FEATURED COLLECTION: SCENES OF SNOHOMISH

A selection of 14 paintings to share what I love about living in Snohomish, where I’ve lived for 25 years.

Cradle of Our Democracy
22X28, oil on stretched canvas, oak artist's frame
$3200

I've cherished the Carnegie Library in town, even before being on the Snohomish Library Board during the construction of our new public library, and later a Trustee of the Sno-Isle Library System. I love that Snohomish has one of the greatest symbols democracy at its center.

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Mornings by the River
16x12, oil on aluminum, framed
$340

Morning walks on the nature trails along the Snohomish River offer a daily escape to hear birds chirping and admire the shifting light as the seasons change. I especially love how the winter light creates sharp contrast between the white trees and the dark sky.

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Midnight Work
12x16, oil on panel, framed
$340

Progress marches on and construction teams work late into the night.

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Mist Over Wallace Falls
11x14, oil on stretched canvas, artist's oak frame
$270

Wallace Falls was the first hike our family took upon moving here. Hearing the rush of water as we ascend through the forest never gets old.

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Blue Roof Barn at the Slough
16x20, oil on hardboard, black frame
$560

The blue hue of this barn roof shifts with the colors of the sky. Each time I walk to the end of the Ebey Slough trail I delight in seeing the effects of light.

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Big Trees in Autumn
11x14, oil on canvas, oak artist's frame
SOLD

I love how colorful tops of big trees grown in rows across the Snohomish Valley seem to brush the low clouds that hover in the valley each Autumn.

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Sometimes It Floods
11x14, oil on hardboard, oak artist's frame
$270

Our valley acts as a buffer against the shifting water levels as they rush down from the mountains on good snow years and recede into the sea. One year, I walked two miles along the flooded section of Highway 2 to see trees swim.

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Storm Passing Fiddler's Bluff Farm
20 X 28, oil on canvas, oak artist's frame
SOLD

The big white gothic-style barn at Fiddler's Bluff Farm sits tucked between berms, protected from crests of the Snohomish River.

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Train Crossing the Valley
framed giclee print
$350

This giclee print is a reproduction of a plein air painting I created while standing on Dutch Hill looking toward Lord Hill. I loved the green quilt the fields laid across the valley, and the train slicing a band of color through the trees.

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Space of Our Own
20x24, oil on stretched canvas, artist's oak frame
$875

When storms roll in, I love how land and sky colors mix to show the vastness of valley farms.

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Everything Grows Here
20x24, oil on stretched canvas, artist's oak frame
$875

The rich soils of the Snohomish River Valley nurture fields and fields of vegetables and fruits that support our community and help tiny farmsteads still make a go of it.

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