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Paintings of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens showing the mountain at various stages, a realistic and at the same time visionary view of the mountain exploding, the crater, the dramatic clouds. Mount St. Helens erupted on Sunday morning, May 18, 1980. Soon it will be the 25 the anniversary of the Mount Saint Helens explosion.
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Spirit Lake Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 16 inches. Mt. St. Helens
and Spirit Lake, the mountain is pushing upward, signs of the coming eruption
are already recognizable.
Spirit Lake Awaits Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 16 inches. Plumes of steam
warned of the coming eruption.
Spirit Lake Fire Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 18 inches. A portrait of the
mountain at sunset, the fire within is building.
Spirit Lake Disappearing Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 18 inches. The earlier part
of the eruption, before the entire side of the mountain blew out. The ash color
of Spirit Lake makes it look like it is disappearing into the gray.
Mt. St. Helens 3 Acrylic on watercolor paper, 14 x 20 inches. I painted many
similar views of the eruption of St. Helens, to keep them all sorted out they
are numbered. Here black ash is starting to overcome the white snow.
Mt St. Helens 5 This is a very large painting, 50 x 70
inches, acrylic on canvas.
Mt St. Helens 2 Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 16 inches. The ash
cloud is starting to be carried away, taking the ash to other places.
Mt. St. Helens 1 Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 16 inches.
Mt. St. Helens Close Up Acrylic on watercolor paper, 12 x 16 inches.
St. Helens Aftermath, Steam in the Crater Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 inches.
St. Helens Aftermath, Crater Flow Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 inches.
Aftermath Green Crater Acrylic on canvas
St. Helens Eruption, Close Up Clouds Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Many more canvases are to come, as soon as the weather permits
and I am able to photograph them! All of my Mt. St. Helens paintings were done in the early
1980's, not long after the eruption. I grew up in Seattle, and one of the very
first things I ever painted was Mt. Rainier, which we could see very well from
our home. Mt. St. Helens was also visible, but a small peak in the distance. I
never got to go there. At the time St. Helens erupted I had just moved into a
big loft in Soho, in New York City. I decided to paint the mountain, why not, I
could choose any subject I wished. This is a large group of paintings, with some
smaller pieces on watercolor paper, but many of the canvases are very big. As
soon as I can get to it they will appear on these pages!
