New NW Coast Native American Designs

"Hummingbird"
12" x 9"
Acrylic on Canvas

Wiley 'Brer' Hummingbird has the heart of an Eagle
An eager warrior and a defender of home
Yet is known as a symbol of peace
and a return to vigor and life in the Spring.
May our soldiers all be Hummingbirds.


"Frog"
12" x 9"
Acrylic on canvas

I'm loosing my place on this earth.
Animals step on me.
Birds eat me.
Man drains my ponds.
I have no home.
When I leave,
everything will be changed...forever.

These paintings and others of my NW Coast Native American designs may be purchased at:
American Trails
27 N Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
541-488-2731

I'm Famous

On the cover:
Original oil painting and haiku by Maeona L. Urban, Scappoose, Ore.

Sunrise and sunset
From the first day to the last
Time everlasting

Transition Beaver Painting

"Transition Beaver"
8" x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas



Sold. What a nice word.
This transitional beaver is three in one. There is a beaver on the left facing a beaver on the right that joins with to be a beaver facing out in the middle. American Trails Gallery in Ashland, Oregon is where it was on display with other of my work. Always nice to think they have found a home and nice to get that check in the mail.

Have you ever looked at a piece of art and felt transported to a different state of being?
Stop by the Downtown Broderick Gallery to do just that:
get lost in the Art of Yoga.

Join us for an hour of yoga and let masterful paintings of Portland artists
inspire your creativity and potential as you start your day.
It can't get better than this!

Artful Yoga - YOGA IN THE GALLERY
February 24th & 26th / 8-9am
$12 donation

Call to register, or just drop in.
Yoga experience and attire not necessary.

*Donations and art sales benefit Street Yoga, a local non-profit
teaching yoga and wellness to homeless and at risk youth.

Downtown Broderick Gallery - 814 SW 1st Ave
503.222.1201 - jmombell@gmail.com

Portrait of Kathy Allegri

"Paper Cut Out Kathy"
8" x 6"


"Kathy"
Oil on Canvas
14" x 11"





This is my finished portrait of Kathy Allegri. The Portland Plein Air & Studio Painters teamed up two by two for a project. We each were to do a self portrait which I painted first for practicing my people skills and which I posted earlier. Then we were to do a portrait of our partner. Kathy has such beautiful skin color in real life and I must admit that I had to attempt many variations and I'm still not certain about what I have on canvas. I did the paper cut out from a few scraps I had in my studio so the values of the hair and skin tones are too close but it helped me to get an idea where the basics were. Kathy has such an engaging smile both in person and in the photos she sent me that I made both portraits, the one of myself and the one of her smiling, but I found teeth a challenge and have vowed that my next portrait subject will have to be happy with their mouth closed if I get to choose.
Kathy I enjoyed painting you and I learned some very nice things in our correspondence. See you in person soon I hope.

Accepted at Broderick Gallery

"Saturday Market"
Oil on Canvas
11" x 14"








"Bistro"
Oil on Board
10" x 8"








Accepted in the Broderick Gallery downtown Portland.
"Unexpected Beauty, Street Views"
Frist Thursday Reception, February 5, 2009 6-9pm
814 SW First Avenue, Portland, Or 97204 (503) 684-5511 broderickgallery.com
Overall exhibit dates February 5-March 7, 2009
Proceeds benefit Street Yoga (a Portland non-profit organization)

Portrait Project

Self Portrait
Oil on Canvas
14" x 11"

This is my first attempt at a self portrait. I am doing it in conjunction with a project with the Portland Plein Air & Studio Painters. About 20 of us have paired up. Each person is to do a self portrait and a portrait of their painting partner. I have done portraits of people before but have always shied away from doing one of myself. Now I wish I had done it when I was younger and less "character lines". It is really difficult to be objective. I'm open for constructive critiques.