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LEONARD BROTHERS FINE ART would like you to join us on Saturday, November 4, 1 - 5 PM, at the Opening Reception for WILLIAM E ELSTON's exhibition of paintings, entitled "WHAT'S WHAT".

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LEONARD BROTHERS FINE ART would like you to join us on Saturday, November 4, 1 - 5 PM, at the Opening Reception for WILLIAM E ELSTON's exhibition of paintings, entitled "WHAT'S WHAT".

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  • View Of Mt. Tahoma, oil on canvas, 22.5 x 30 inches, copyright ©2022

This is a painting that was worked on for 3 successive summers, and then put aside for as many years. It's a subject that never stood still, and I ended up chasing its effects all over the place.

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This is a painting that was worked on for 3 successive summers, and then put aside for as many years. It's a subject that never stood still, and I ended up chasing its effects all over the place.

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  • Mount Baker Behind The Clouds, oil on panel, 12 x 15 inches, copyright ©2022

This small painting was the result of a single plein air session at Trudy Cooper's Bailand Farms. I was accompanied by Julie Stonebraker Nelson, Bin Li, Ray Munger and Liz Talley. We were later joined by Trudy's 9 year-old  grandson Ben, who had his own French easel and paints.

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This small painting was the result of a single plein air session at Trudy Cooper's Bailand Farms. I was accompanied by Julie Stonebraker Nelson, Bin Li, Ray Munger and Liz Talley. We were later joined by Trudy's 9 year-old  grandson Ben, who had his own French easel and paints.

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  • Palouse Falls, oil on panel, 18 x 16 inches, copyright ©2022

I spent the past week in the Tri-Cities, at a PAWA plein air event that culminated in a wet painting exhibition, concurrent with a juried exhibition.

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I spent the past week in the Tri-Cities, at a PAWA plein air event that culminated in a wet painting exhibition, concurrent with a juried exhibition.

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  • Olallie Morning, oil on linen, 26 x 52 inches, copyright ©2022

This painting from Olallie State Park was begun on location in the fall of 2021, and finished in the studio in the first month of 2022.

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This painting from Olallie State Park was begun on location in the fall of 2021, and finished in the studio in the first month of 2022.

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