Central Highlights
Umpqua, Oregon is home to a many amazing locations! From open pastures, fruit trees, wineries … this part of rural Oregon will provide lots of beauty to paint!
The Comiskey House
Year after year, this beautiful private property has been available for painters to use as a paint-out location during the week. The Comisky House has many treasures to offer including beautiful gardens, an old barn, fruit trees, and the Umpqua River. Please refer to the 2025 Umpqua Plein Air guide for availability to paint out at this beautiful property.
Rustic River Farms
Rustic River Farms is a local family run flower farm located along the Umpqua River. It is another beautiful location along the wine tour route between Sutherlin and Roseburg that gives artists the opportunity to paint beautiful flowers hand-grown and curated by the owner Anna and her family. Property also features a riverfront guest house on airbnb.
River Forks Park
River Forks Park is large park where the North Umpqua River and South Umpqua River merge.
Growing Miracles Lavender Garden
Growing Miracles Lavender Garden is a working farm located along the Umpqua River and the wine tour route between Sutherlin and Roseburg. This location is a great place to capture some great views and sceneries of a working farm. Please refer to the 2025 Umpqua Plein Air Guide for more information about the availability to paint out at this beautiful property.
Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards
Hidden along a cool hidden valley of the Umpqua Valley lies a 200-acre property, a fairytale viticultural dreamscape. The forty acres of steep, south-facing vineyards will mesmerize visitors from near and far. The nearby Umpqua River, contributes to cool nights and soft breezes. Private lodging available on the property.
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Land acknowledgement
UVA acknowledges, honors and respects the indigenous people of this region, the Umpqua People, on whose ancestral lands the UVA building now stands. These include the Nahank’ uotama (Cow Creek Takelma) and the Upper Umpqua Peoples who later became the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and were incorporated into the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
The Cow Creek Tribal areas include the Cascade and Coast Ranges in Southwestern Oregon, along the South Umpqua River, and its primary feeder stream, Cow Creek. This tribal area includes the Umpqua watershed and surrounding areas. The Indigenous peoples of the Umpqua Valley never surrendered lands or resources to the United States and there are Indigenous communities nationwide that are actively fighting for the preservation of sacred lands.
UVA gratefully recognizes that the Umpqua Valley is made up of many diverse communities of indigenous peoples who continue to live, work and thrive in these lands today.
We invite you to join us in acknowledging all of the above as our shared responsibility and to consider our roles in healing the wounds of the past, so we continue to build a brighter tomorrow.
Land acknowledgement
UVA acknowledges, honors and respects the indigenous people of this region, the Umpqua People, on whose ancestral lands the UVA building now stands. These include the Nahank’ uotama (Cow Creek Takelma) and the Upper Umpqua Peoples who later became the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and were incorporated into the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
The Cow Creek Tribal areas include the Cascade and Coast Ranges in Southwestern Oregon, along the South Umpqua River, and its primary feeder stream, Cow Creek. This tribal area includes the Umpqua watershed and surrounding areas. The Indigenous peoples of the Umpqua Valley never surrendered lands or resources to the United States and there are Indigenous communities nationwide that are actively fighting for the preservation of sacred lands.
UVA gratefully recognizes that the Umpqua Valley is made up of many diverse communities of indigenous peoples who continue to live, work and thrive in these lands today.
We invite you to join us in acknowledging all of the above as our shared responsibility and to consider our roles in healing the wounds of the past, so we continue to build a brighter tomorrow.