This oil painting is a little divergence from my usual style: “Pacific Northwest Dreams.”
![Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-1.jpg)
![Detail: Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-detail1-1.jpg)
On the left, the face of a young woman, semi-translucent to show her mind is completely immersed in the setting, is superimposed on the blue-green landscape, her eyes gazing dreamily upward. She is soaking in the fresh, cleansing rain-scented air.
![Detail: Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-detail4.jpg)
She feels the healing, refreshing power of nature. She absorbs a calm, sleepy feeling from the uniquely soft cool grays of winter in the Pacific Northwest.
![Detail: Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-detail2-1.jpg)
Mt. Hood in the far distance is framed by the evergreens of Mt. Tabor Park, in a blue-gray misty sky.
![Detail: Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-detail3.jpg)
Moisture fills the air throughout the image, from soft misty clouds to large spatters of raindrops.
![Pacific Northwest Dreams. 12" x 36", Oil on Canvas, © 2017 Cedar Lee](https://www.artbycedar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Pacific-Northwest-Dreams-cutout-1.jpg)
This panorama-format painting is 3 feet across.
So dreamy and beautiful!!