Plein Air Oil: Field of Geese"

 

 

Plein Air Oil:  "Field of Geese"

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Feb. 2013

Painted at a county park near Woods, Oregon.  View is of Nestucca River Valley.

Unframed size:  12" by 9 "

Currently on display in Walt's Studio



Plein Air Oil: "Parker Station"

 

 

"Parker Station" Plein Air Oil

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Painted on site near Puyallup, WA

Feb. 2013

Unframed size:  10" by 8"

Currently on display at Walt's Studio



Plein Air Oil: "Boiler Bay"

 

 

"Boiler Bay"  Plein Air Oil

Artist, Walt Wirfs

Unframed Size: 9" by 12"

Painted at Boiler Bay State Park on the Oregon Coast

View is of the shoreline with waterfall

May 2013

Currently on display at Walt's studio



Plein Air Oil: "Barn at Woods"

 

 

"Barn at Woods", Plein Air Oil

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Painted near Woods at Pacific City, Oregon

Feb. 2013.

Unframed size:  10" by 8"

Currently in Walt's Studio collection.

 

 

Plein Air Oil: "Evergreen Evening"

 

 

"Evergreen Evening", Plein Air Oil

Artist:  Walt Wirfs, March 2013

Painted in a farmer's field behind the Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, Oregon.

View from the Willamette Valley looking towards the Coast Range.

Unframed: 10" by 8"

Currently displayed in Walt's Studio



Quilt: "Frida's Garden"

Quilt:  "Frida's Garden"

Quilt:  "Frida's Garden"

Artist:  Char Wirfs

Size:  16" by 20"

Finished May 2013

All cotton:  hand and machine appliqued, hand embroidered, machine pieced, hand quilted.

Currently on display at Short Term Gallery, Baker City, Oregon.

Oil Painting:: "Winter Wading"

Oil :  Winter Wading"

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Framed:  23" by 27"

Finished Sept 2010

Painted from a photograph taken by the artist in Feb. 2009 featuring his grandchildren playing in Commencement Bay at Owen Beach Park, Tacoma, WA

On display in artist's home.

Graphite Drawing: "Winter Wading"

Graphite Drawing:  "Winter Wading"

Graphite Drawing:  "Winter Wading"

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Framed:  23" by 27"

Drawing done in graphite in preparation for oil painting.  Walt drew from a photo he took of his granddchildren playing in the Puget Sound one February afternoon.

Finished: Sept., 2011

Currently on display in artist's studio.

Oil Painting: "Baskets"

Oil:  "Baskets"

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Size:  16" by 20"

Finished:  May 2013

Commission

Currently displayed in a private collection

Quilt: "Baubles"

Quilt:  "Baubles"

Artist:  Char Wirfs

Size:  8" by 10"

All cotton, hand appliqued, embellished with ribbon, embroidery thread, and beads.

Hand quilted

Finished Feb. 2012

Displayed in a private collection

Drawing: "Crack the Whip"

"Crack the Whip":  Colored Pencil Drawing

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Size 14" by 12", matted and framed

Finished: Sept, 2009

From a 1940's vintage photograph

Currently on display in a private collection.

Oil: Chamber's Barn

Chamber's Barn:  oil plein air

Size: 8" by 10" unframed

Location:  Kings Valley, Oregon

Painted on location on the day the volunteer group prepares the old cemetery.  The cemetery overlooks the valley. 

Finished: spring 2012

Currently in artist's collection

Colored Pencil: Vigil

"Vigil":  Colored Pencil Drawing

Artist:  Walt Wirfs

Size: 8" by 10" unframed

Finished: 2010

Drawn from photograph taken by the artist.  This dog was watching for his owner to return home.

Currently in artist's collection