Shooting Star — Christine Rains Illustration

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Shooting Star • 2014

Yellow Spiral Flowers

Juniper Shrub

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2026 Calendar is here! Twelve new beautiful illustrations (see a few here) of Oregon and Washington. The high desert, waterfalls of course, the Oregon coast, and the Columbia Gorge. Some interesting sites that are off the beaten path you may not be f

Portland. Today. Frogs. Chickens. Bands. Etc. Portland showed up, as we do. 40k strong.

#nokings #frog #portlandfrog #inflatables #peacefulprotest #chickencostume #nokingsprotest

The amazing (and very authentic ) Japanese Garden in Portland on a beautiful fall day. It was soooo crowded, I guess everybody’s coming for the fall colors, still a little early but some maples are showing off already. And the koi! So brilliant

Well. Society6 is “curating” their artist collection and they’re phasing me out. So if you want any of these cool items, or a variety of others, check out my site, SOON! It’s closing Oct. 21! You can copy and paste this link:

Some pretty fall colors from my garden, starting with my faves: Windflowers and Black-eyed Susans. Then there’s Bidens with a little bee in the middle, Goldenrod, the very cool looking seed pods of Crocosima, Japanese Maple, and the brilliant r

We tried to capture the Super Harvest Moon with my telescope ~ some efforts were more successful than others …. a few looked like a scene from The Three Body Problem. And a nice shot from my early morning walk at Grant Park.

#harvestmoon #su

Favorite place on earth ~ the high meadows of Rock Lake in Indian Heaven Wilderness. This is the best time to go, the water is low enough that you can walk across the rocks. Sadly we missed the brilliant leaves of the blueberry bushes by a week. Shou

Final calendar illustration is done! and the whole thing is in production @paperjampdx my local, small business family-owned printer.

This is Cape Horn Overlook, it’s on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, yet another great gorge

If you’re lucky enough to have my 2025 calendar of beautiful Pacific Northwest scenery, this is the September illustration you’ve just flipped to ~ Ponytail Falls, in the Columbia River Gorge. The trail goes behind the falls, it’s a

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Well this was a challenge. For me, anyway. @lvkesimmons ran the trail, as much as he could, it got gnarly in spots. I struggled but made it to the top where we could see four mountains (not very clearly) and the ocean. Thankfully they’ve added

Early morning low tide pool exploration with favorite son and great/nephew Owen. Oregon coast sea anemones and starfish are always incredible. Thank you full moon!
#oregon #oregoncoast #archcape #tidepools #starfish #seaanenome #beach #pnwonderland

Morning walk through my neighborhood. Summer flowers galore! Asters, hibiscus, nasturtiums, black-eyed Susans, hydrangeas… etc., etc., etc.
#portland #portlandneighborhoods #nep #northeastportland #perfectsummer #gardenflower #summertime #sum

Afternoon hike to Latourelle Falls. I forgot how close the upper falls are, only a mile back through a densely wooded slot canyon, one of many on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The trail back to the park (Guy Talbot, our favorite picnic

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