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Commissioned paintings, featured, Interpretive Art, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Small oil studies, Waysides

Freeland Beach Restoration Project

The first wayside panel of several more to come, this is going on Freeland Beach, a county shoreside park that has just rebuilt their beach to accommodate forage fish. Sure, people get to be here as well, but this is yet another effort to save endangered Orca whales in Puget Sound. Freeland is on Whidbey Island, just east of my studio here in Port Townsend, Washington.

Here’s the jobsite on the beach, an ancient wayside’s soon to be replaced by my new panel.

Just looks like a beach, doesn’t it? But there are good beaches for little fish, and not-so-good ones. The idea is make the beach useful for safety and spawning for little several kinds of small forage fish. These are small, schooling fish that serve as a vital food source for larger predators. Eaten by salmon, then the salmon are caught by orca – because orca are starving. This map below shows the three forage fish species, blue, green and red. The beach is right in the middle of the map.

So, enough science and thanks for reading to here. Here’s the panel sketch with my initial text.

And below the new beach with logs, beach grasses and other native plantings.

And finally, below, here’s a new painting on my Etsy Eifert Gallery, still available as of 3-19-2026. Here’s the link if you want to see more.

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Larry Eifert

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Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

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Backpacking, featured, Hiking, Nancy Cherry Eifert

2026-3 New Paintings from Larry Eifert

Several new efforts here from the same on-going series of small oils on canvas board. This week I sort of jumped all over the ideas, as you can see, because I’m also onto bigger park projects now. These small paintings are all either 5″x7″ (framed outside is 7″x9″), or 6″x6″ as with the square one. All are currently available on my Etsy Gallery. They’re all $125 framed and freight-free. https://eifertgallery.etsy.com

The top painting is a chestnut-backed chickadee, a local guy I see every day here. I had another project going on that needed a mossy log and found this great example down our driveway. The mushrooms are inky caps, but young enough they weren’t really ‘inky’ yet. Here’s a link if you’re interested. https://eifertgallery.etsy.com/listing/4469193245

This second painting, American dipper, is a little portrait of a gray bird on a gray rock. These little guys are river-specialists, walking underwater to find food, nesting behind waterfalls – and John Muir’s favorite bird. Maybe mine, too. https://eifertgallery.etsy.com/listing/4468115377

This trail is right around the corner from our place in Port Townsend, in a state park with some of the best forest trails I know. I originally made the right side dense with ferns and salal, a rhododendron – but changed it to a more simple scene to focus on the trail. 6″x6″ canvas, it’s available here: https://eifertgallery.etsy.com/listing/4464943181

And finally I was trying to remember a special spot on the Upper Dungeness River, about 25m south of home. I get that way in late winter. I was there last fall when the late afternoon sun was streaming in and lighting up the river with golden afternoon sun. The big glacial erratic rock had me sitting on it, so I reversed the scene as if I were on the far shore. This one is available here. https://eifertgallery.etsy.com/listing/4466197478

Below: A new little bonus portrait of my partner of many decades, Nancy Cherry. It’s acrylic on watercolor paper, and it was painted on a little card for her birthday. Happy Birthday, my partner in life, as well as countless trails and places I’ve painted in a very long and fantastic ride of being an artist.

Nancy Cherry Eifert, March 2, 2026.

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Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Small oil studies, Washington State Parks, Wildlife

Small Original Oils Continue

Another group of new oil paintings are now available. These little guys are now competing with larger park and shoreline restoration art projects, but I enjoy making these. I think all of them worked pretty well. All are on my Etsy Gallery here and are framed for $125, shipping included. If you’re on your phone, here’s a bigger link. https://www.etsy.com/shop/eifertgallery

Nuthatch in the Lichen
This was inspired by a commission for two lichen-loving ladies in Minnesota. While doing lichen-research out in our forest here in Port Townsend, I had some good lichen models and so made this, a second painting. Yes, the Red-breasted Nuthatch was there wondering what I was doing.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Most of the shrubs are still bare this time of year, but with buds showing on a few. I found this Nootka Rose a great model.

Swainson’s Thrush
Nope, not here yet, but the other day I thought I heard th amazing song-spiral of a Swainson’s just at dusk. Could it be? Still pretty early for these songsters to be here, but I could hope – and make this painting.

Forest Trail
is in Fort Townsend State Park, about a mile from the studio. This is Big Tree Trail, which it sure is. Many of these big trees are well into old-growth status, and some show fire scars. which means over a century old. I get a charge out of figuring h out trunk colors, cool blue on the shadow side as it reflects sky colors, and warm yellow on the sunnier side, reflecting sun beams.

Chickadee
Just down the Big Trees Trail (above), there’s a small Douglas-fir that died last year, and already the woodpeckers and sapsuckers are into it. Nature does not like anything not being used, so now I’ve seen chickadees inspecting the woodpecker holes for possible nesting sites later in spring. And suddenly there’s a painting about it all. That’s sort of my life these days, painting oil paintings as daily journals. All of these are almost ready for varnish and framing.

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, Wildlife

A Few More Journal Paintings

I’m back to painting a large acrylic National Park ‘mural’ for Thomas Stone National Historical Park, but still moving forward with these little oils. Quite the challenge of switching from oil to acrylics and back throughout the day. These are all available and $125 each, including the frame. Shipping is free.

Pacific Wren: This top painting is available here on my Etsy store. 7″x9″ framed as you see it, oil on canvas. My model was right outside on the mossy log I’ve painted before.

Then this square little Chestnut-backed Chickadee came from the same place, a rotten red-alder that has been torn apart by the woodpeckers. This one is 9″x9″ framed as you see it, and available here on Etsy.

Wilson’s Warbler is also new this week, varnish isn’t even on it yet. I was interested in loosening up the feather structure details and how the foot gripped that little twig – wrapped it. I loved the contrast with the frame color – like the entire thing is glowing. Wilson’s Warbler is available here.

When I started to seriously paint back in the 1970’s, my method was to go out and park beside a country lane that held promising ideas. I learned to paint this way, making an average of 250 paintings a year, most of them by sitting beside dirt roads. It appears to have become a habit, because here I am, decades later and getting involved much the same way with these little oils. Back then it was gauche and watercolors but now it’s oils on canvas in the studio. Judging by the dozens I’ve found homes for in the past couple of months, I think I’m getting better at it. Want to see one of those 50 yr old paintings. Here it is, available on Ebay for $447.00.

I also now have a few others available there, too. Here’s my entire Eifert Gallery store listing: https://eifertgallery.etsy.com

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Wildlife

More Explorations in Little Oil Paintings

These are framed original oils and all quite reasonable. All are either 7″x9″ or 8″x8″ outside measurements and available on my Etsy Gallery. They are currently all available for $125 each. Here’s a direct link to the Northern Flicker shown above.

This one is of a big log we have here, and a very little chickadee probing for insects. A good story of wildlife finding a meal. Here’s the link to Chickadee – Big Log.

Big Tree Trail is a local favorite place of mine. I was there just a few days ago, so, made a painting of my time there. Here’s a link to it on my Etsy Gallery.

American Robin – a flock of these wintering birds were in our meadow recently. This far north, it’s rare to see them here, but it’s been a mild winter. This painting is 8″x8″ framed as you see it. More details are over on my Etsy Gallery.

There are also a few others there. These don’t seem to be lasting long, so if you have interest in any of these, you might now want to hesitate.

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Small oil studies, Wildlife

Some more small oil paintings

Purple Finch portrait. Click the link to get to my store on Etsy. Outside frame measurements are 7″x9″. This finch was a regular on the seed feeder all last summer. I’d see it often on the old madrona log in our nearby pond, jumping between the pond and little waterfall where all our birds go for baths. They properly wait turns, and this guy did so as well. Good manners. Maybe if I paint it, we’ll see this little guy again. All these are my usual, framed as you see them for $125, free shipping in the US.

The easiest and cheapest way to purchase these:
Click the link to get to my store on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/EifertGallery

Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

I’m really enjoying making these small oils. I look forward to making more, which is happening almost as I write this.

Anna’s Hummingbird portrait

Long-billed Dowitcher on a winter pond.

Townsend Chipmunk in the Miner’s Lettuce – what a meal.

 

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Small oil studies, Uncategorized, Wildlife

Some New Wildlife Paintings

All of these are available and I think we have enough time to get them to you before Christmas. All are oils on canvas, framed as you see them here. Outside measurements are 8″x10″ or 9″x9″ for the square ones. $125 each, postage paid. A click should enlarge them in your browser.

Red-breasted Sapsucker
Townsend Chipmunk
Brown Creeper
Olympic Chipmunk

These are all painted from personal experiences I’ve had in the last few months. Some just a few days ago, like the deer with one of our apples here in our meadow. Very rewarding to have the experience, then live it again by painting the event. I’ve always loved the idea of sealing an experience with something that will stay around, probably longer than I will.

To purchase any of these, just drop me a message here at larryeifert@gmail.com.

They’re also on Etsy if you’d like to buy them there. https://www.etsy.com/shop/eifertgallery

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!

featured, Nature Art, New Painting Post, Small oil studies, Wildlife

New Oil Paintings of my Friends

Hairy Woodpecker portrait
My concept sketch

All of these are new oil paintings on canvas board, framed and available. I painted them all at 5″ x 7″, the frame makes the outside edge 8″ x 10″. All are $95 each, shipping included, which is a bit cheaper than what it says on Etsy. Live in Port Townsend or the Quimper Peninsula, I can deliver.

Wilson’s Warbler portrait
My initial concept drawing
Chestnut-backed Chickadee – LIchens
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Kinglet pencil sketch
Hermit Thrush portrait

A few months ago I painted similar offerings as these, now mostly sold, and tended to focus on entire stories with little birds involved. They were more like the chickadee painting, above, with the bird a center of interest in an entire ecosystem. These new paintings are more focused on the bird itself, as if the viewer were eyeball-to-eyeball with a little ball of fluff.

Fun for me to have enough information to understand how the eye sits in relation to the bill and head shape. If you’d like to learn more, or want any of these, just drop me an email at larryeifert@gmail.com.

Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at larryeifert.com.

Larry Eifert

Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.

Here’s my Facebook fan page. I post lots of other stuff there.

And Instagram is here.

Click here to go to our main website.

Nancy’s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.

And here to go to Virginia Eifert’s website.

Or Crater Lake Institute’s website which I also build – viewership of several million a month!