Oil on canvas, 16 x 20, $370 This painting focuses on a flower box that lights up the edge of the patio, set against the backdrop of the side yard fence. It’s a modest feature, but it carries a surprising amount of visual energy through layered color and structure. My wife has an intuitive sense […]
Author: Mike Schick
Oil and acrylic painter based in the Pacific Northwest
Yellow Garden by the Fence
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20, $375 This painting comes from another corner of my wife’s backyard garden, where a mass of yellow flowers rises against the weathered fence. She is an expert gardener, and scenes like this are the result of years of knowledge, patience, and careful attention. What caught my eye here was […]
Garden Behind the Fence
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20, $375 This painting is based on my wife’s backyard garden — a space she has shaped and tended for years with patience, knowledge, and a great deal of quiet labor. She is an expert gardener, and only recently did it occur to me that her work deserved to be […]
Garden with Roses
*Oil on canvas, 16×20, $375* This garden study comes from the flowers my wife has tended with such care over the years. I’ve always admired her gardens, but only recently did it strike me that they offer endless painting subjects right outside our door. These roses were glowing in the afternoon light, rising […]
Shallow Stream
This shallow stream runs along the road on the drive out to the coast. What drew me in were the scattered stones — some catching the light above the water, others glowing softly beneath the surface. The water is clear enough to show the warm, earthy colors of the submerged stones, while the exposed rocks […]
Lowland Stream — Tice Woods Series
Lowland Stream — Tice Woods Series. Oil on canvas, 16×20. $290.
Crisp Point Lighthouse, Lake Superior
Crisp Point Lighthouse, Lake Superior — oil on canvas, 16×20. Gifted.
Lagoon at Ona Beach
This mural, painted for our bedroom, is a large work measuring 40×55 inches. It depicts a hidden lagoon I discovered on Beaver Creek, close to where it empties into the ocean at Ona Beach. That first visit felt magical—light, water, and stillness combining in a way I’ve not seen since, despite returning many times. The […]
Miller Woods Pond – Reflections and Cattails
This painting captures another perspective on Miller Woods Pond, a place that continues to inspire me with its shifting moods and hidden complexities. What drew me here was the intricate tangle of tree limbs, some arching boldly across the water, others dissolving gently into their reflections on the pond’s still surface. In the foreground, I […]
Above Astoria looking South
From the top of Astoria, most visitors turn their gaze north toward the iconic bridge spanning the Columbia River. But looking south reveals a quieter beauty: another river winding its way through the hills, just visible as it peeks through the trees. On the day I painted this, the sky pressed low with soft gray […]