{"id":14143,"date":"2026-04-25T08:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:29:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:29:51","slug":"2026-4-25-new-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/2026-4-25-new-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-4-25 New Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Eifert-Saratoga-Passage-low-res.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I just finished wayside panel #2 for Island County&#8217;s Freeland Beach Park. It matches the first panel I posted a couple of weeks ago and replaces a worn-out 25 yr old panel. It&#8217;s about how Puget Sound bluffs continually make beaches, keep them healthy and support an entire ecosystem. Fun making this one up. This panel will outlive me, I&#8217;m sure, because it&#8217;ll be printed on aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n<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\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-framed.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pacific Wren is a new oil on canvas, taken from life, this little guy was singing it&#8217;s heart out right here in our forest. It&#8217;s frame is 7&#8243;x9&#8243;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/4479302452\/pacific-wren-larry-eifert\">Pacific Wren is available here, framed as you see it for $125, postage free. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-3-28-Pacific-Wren-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14145\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>And the same Pacific Wren made it into a second painting as it sat on a pile of moss and lichen. There&#8217;s a stick under that it has claws firmly attached to.  I think the pair are nice together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This painting is available here on my Etsy gallery. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/4443248787\/pacific-wren-larry-eifert\">Pacific Wren on Moss is  7&#8243;x9&#8243; outside measurements, framed as you see it for $125 shipping included. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<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\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-framed.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>These little birds were called Winter Wren until a couple of years ago when the pros renamed them. Personally, I liked the &#8216;Winter Wren name because they don&#8217;t migrate &#8211; so I got to enjoy them all year long. And you&#8217;d never, ever see one of these guys out in the Pacific Ocean hanging out with the sea otters. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-1093x1536.jpg 1093w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren-1457x2048.jpg 1457w, https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-1-21-Pacific-Wren.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished wayside panel #2 for Island County&#8217;s Freeland Beach Park. It matches the first panel I posted a couple of weeks ago and replaces a worn-out 25 yr old panel. It&#8217;s about how Puget Sound bluffs continually make beaches, keep them healthy and support an entire ecosystem. Fun making this one up. 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