{"id":14061,"date":"2026-02-02T10:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14061"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:18:24","slug":"a-few-more-journal-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/a-few-more-journal-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few More Journal Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-20-Northern-Flicker-framed.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m back to painting a large acrylic National Park &#8216;mural&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacific Wren: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/4443248787\/pacific-wren-larry-eifert\">This top painting is available here on my Etsy store. 7&#8243;x9&#8243; framed as you see it, oil on canvas.<\/a> My model was right outside on the mossy log I&#8217;ve painted before.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed-907x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-31-Chickadee-Tree-Hole-framed.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then this square little Chestnut-backed Chickadee came from the same place, a rotten red-alder that has been torn apart by the woodpeckers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/4450356730\/chestnut-backed-chickadee-larry-eifert\">This one is 9&#8243;x9&#8243; framed as you see it, and available here on Etsy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed-907x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed-907x1024.jpg 907w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed-768x867.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-1-21-Wilsons-Warbler-framed.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wilson&#8217;s Warbler is also new this week, varnish isn&#8217;t even on it yet. I was interested in loosening up the feather structure details and how the foot gripped that little twig &#8211; wrapped it. I loved the contrast with the frame color &#8211; like the entire thing is glowing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/4446047947\/wilsons-warbler-larry-eifert\">Wilson&#8217;s Warbler is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I started to seriously paint back in the 1970&#8217;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&#8217;s oils on canvas in the studio. Judging by the dozens I&#8217;ve found homes for in the past couple of months, I think I&#8217;m getting better at it. Want to see one of those 50 yr old paintings. Here it is, available on Ebay for $447.00.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447-1024x820.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447-1024x820.png 1024w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447-150x120.png 150w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ebay-447.png 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eifertgallery.etsy.com\">I also now have a few others available there, too. Here&#8217;s my entire Eifert Gallery store listing<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/eifertgallery.etsy.com\">https:\/\/eifertgallery.etsy.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading this week. You can sign up for emails for these posts on my website at <a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/\">larryeifert.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/eifertgallery\">Here is my Etsy site with my currently available paintings for easy sale.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/larryeifert1946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s my Facebook fan page<\/a>. I post lots of other stuff there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/larryeifert\/\">And Instagram is here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/current-originals-for-sale\/\">Click<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.us10.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=a78bad2e12db956e7508822ba&amp;id=10a8841592&amp;e=72735ed8c3\">&nbsp;<\/a>here to go to our main website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nancycherryeifert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nancy\u2019s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiaeifert.com\/\">And&nbsp;here to go to Virginia Eifert\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craterlakeinstitute.com\">Or Crater Lake Institute&#8217;s website which I also build &#8211; viewership of several million a month!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artist is working on a large acrylic mural for Thomas Stone National Historical Park while also creating small oil paintings, each priced at $125 including a frame. 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