#Bird #Swallow#SunLakesStatePark #deeplake#greatflood#basalt #sagebrush#shrubsteppe Swallow in flight, criss-crossing above amazing day in the coulee
Ron McGaughey
@ronjons.bsky.social
Picture maker. Imagineimaginationimaginingimaginalimages. Fountain pen/notebook enthusiast. Landscape painter. Bricoleur. Jump or fall. Paint first, draw later. See more ptgs here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/93776615@N05/b611u6062o
#Art #BlueskyArt #DeepLake #LandscapePainting #OilPainting #SunLakes #DeepLake Best painting day in the coulee ever! At lakes cliff edge, recording high speed swallows in flight. Then painting. Then 2 great friends show up totally unexpected We LAUGH and hike! Amaze oil on Yupo 12”x 9” 6/26/26
#art#blueskyart#color#pattern #notebook#background#ink Ink experiments brushed into an A-5 Kanso Noto notebook My favorite of the 10 I did
#horses#art#blueskyart#oilpainting #vonhartbakery#manson#lakechelan Strange to come upon paintings of mine in public and not immediately recognize them as ones that I did. Especially doesn’t help when they’re not signed or dated like this one. Glenn’s Horses oil in board 8” x 10” date unknown
#Our#Beautifulbutte#artshow #voguecoffeebar#lakechelan #chelanbasinconservancy Thank you to Chelan Basin Conservancy for caring about the butte Thank you to the Vogue for hosting “Our Beautiful Butte”, 30 oils of or from the butte, which runs till Aug 1 wip, Chelan Valley from McNeil Canyon
#Our#Beautifulbutte#artshow #voguecoffeebar#lakechelan #chelanbasinconservancy I’ve donated 30 ptgs to the Chelan Basin Conservancy for their efforts in protecting the Chelan Butte The art show opened a few days ago at the Vogue in Chelan and ptgs began selling right away! Beauty is a value too.
#art#blueskyart#artopening #voguecoffeebar #chelanbasinconservancy “Our Beautiful Butte” opened at the Vogue Coffee Bar in Chelan on Thursday night. Sold 11 paintings so far! Off and running! All proceeds go to Chelan Basin Conservancy for their efforts in protecting the Chelan Butte!
#art#blueskyart#chelanbutte #landscape#oilpainting#morning #car#road#shadows#columbia #ourbeautifulbutte#voguecoffee #chelanbasinconservancy Poster for my painting show that runs through August 1. We had an opening on Thursday night at the Vogue Coffee Bar in Chelan Note the car. Someone sleeping
#chelanbutte#basslt#erractics #lakechelan#morning#clouds #mcneilcanyon#spring#hike Glacially deposited basalt erratics on the north slope of Lake Chelan Butte seen on a spring morning hike.
#chelanbutte#yarrow#landscape #wildflowers#spring#may May wildflowers on Chelan Butte. Yarrow on the north slope.
chelanbutte#lakechelan#landscape #yarrowspring#may#wildflowers May wildflowers on Chelan Butte Yarrow
chelanbutte#lakechelan#rimroad #landscape#columbiariver #lupin#basalmroot#spring#may May wildflowers on Chelan Butte Backside of butte with Lupin in foreground Rim Road in mid ground and Columbia River in background.
#chelanbutte#lakechelan #landscape#Saddlevalleyroad #lupen#basalmroot#spring#may May wildflowers on Chelan Butte Chelan Butte from Little Butte with Saddle Valley Road going down to the right heading towards the Columbia River.
#chelanbutte#lakechelan #landscape#northslope #lupen#basalmroot#spring#may May wildflowers on Chelan Butte
#chelanbutte#lakechelan #landscape#Saddlevalleyroad #lupen#basalmroot#spring#may May wildflowers on Chelan Butte
#chelanbutte#lakechelan #voguecoffeebar#artshow #landscapepaintings#art #chelanbasinconservancy #blueskyart#manson In a week my show “Our Beautiful Butte” opens at The Vogue Coffee Bar in Chelan. 30 original oils of Chelan Butte with proceeds to go to the Chelan Basin Conservancy Join us!
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte #wildfire#aerialfireretardantdrop #elephanthead#firefighting#red #chelanriver#lakechelan Fire retardant drop on ridge of Chelan Butte seen from the Chelan River Chestnut Fire on east slope of Chelan Butte 6/6/26 Note the small spotter plane leaving a short white trace
chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire Chelan Butte as seen from the Columbia River. Early morning June 7, 2026
chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire Backside of Chelan Butte this morning at 4:30 AM 6/7/26
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire #manson Chestnut Fire on the east slope of Chelan Butte from Manson at 10pm 6/6/26
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire #columbiariver Watching the Chestnut Fire on the east slope of Chelan Butte 6/6/26. Seen from the Columbia River.
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire #aerialfireretardantdrop#firefighting Fire retardant drop on ridge of Chelan Butte. Chestnut Fire on east slope of Chelan Butte 6/6/26
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire #smokeplume#chelangorge #chelanriver Chestnut Fire 6/6/26 burning on east slope of Chelan Butte seen from north side of Chelan River.
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte#wildfire #columbiariver Chestnut Fire on the east slope of Chelan Butte seen from the Columbia River.
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte #columbiariver#wildfire Chestnut Fire 6/6/26 East slope of Chelan Butte. Seen from Columbia River.
#chestnutfire#chelanbutte #retardantdrop#chestnutfire Fire retardant drop on Chelan Butte seen from Columbia and Woodin Ave in Chelan. Chestnut fire, 6/6/26
#OurBeautifulButte#LakeChelan #Manson#Drylake#Chelanbutte #crescentmoon#valentinesday Lake Chelan Butte from Manson on Valentines Day 2026. Dry Lake in foreground. Crescent moon barely visible.
