Children stop by to visit as Cannon Beach Artist Richard Gorsuch paints one
of his plein air oil paintings during his 365-day marathon project of 2002.
 
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Humble beginnings.

My first website.

Inspired by another first - my personal challenge to create and complete the Haystack Rock Project. An exercise in self-discipline, completing an atmospheric, or ‘plein air’ oil painting everyday during the year 2002. Each one from the same location, on the beach near Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon.

The Oregon Coast has a reputation for its ever-changing weather patterns. These changes are evident in this unique collection, as some of the images have sand embedded into the oil paint from the forces of nature during violent weather conditions.