Paint, Portrait, Camera
Another great open house at North Coast Seed Building this year. This time I made some portraits for the willing, and summarily turned seventeen of the photos into paintings. Thanks for coming down!
The SS Shasta River Queen
The River Queen was moored along the banks of the Willamette river in downtown Portland for decades. She’s now moored on the Columbia, in a ghostly sort of way. More information:
Radio call letters: WH6754
Built: San Francisco, CA, 1922.
Length: 216′ 7″
Beam: 63′ 8″
Draft: 12′
Speed: 13 knots
Horsepower: 1200
Propulsion: Steam
Autos: 55 Passengers: 468 Gross Tonnage: 919
Name Translation: Shasta is taken from the mountain of the same name in northern California.
This is actually four images stitched together; a larger version is available at www.flickr.com/photos/youloveben.
Headbutt
Yep, that’s me. Headbutting a gate. But… a large tree actually did the damage. I’m just posing. Photo by Peter Kim.
The Anteater
I still haven’t figured out what this is… combine part? Old buggy suspension? Any ideas?
Farewell to the Mill
Goodbye, mill!
Cathedral One
One of the few old grain mills I found out in Eastern Oregon. The sky just played along…
Model: Malene Jensen
One of the older shoots I had the honor of shooting, with the fierce but feminine model Malene Jensen here in Portland, OR.
Models: Carolyn and Caity
Despite the rain, I managed to pull this fabulous shoot together with Seattle models Carolyn and Caity. Great duo, these two. They worked well off of each other without too much presumption or coaching on my behalf. The amazing makeup was styled by MUAs Brooke Morse and Sarah Prevo; hair by Justi Stewart (from Celena Rubin’s http://www.artofmakeup.com)