When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

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Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion

May 30, 2025

 

Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion 02, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion (02), Oceanside beach hillside, Oregon. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Categories: Art for sale, Environmental issues, expressionism, Oregon, Oregon beaches, Seasonal, semi-impressionist, soft pastels, summer, trees, Wildflowers | Comments Off on Scotch Broom: Beautiful Invasion

Tranquilum 2025

May 26, 2025

 

Queenstown Peaks, New Zealand - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Queenstown Peaks, New Zealand, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Showing in Gallerium’s Tranquilum 2025 May 28 – July 28, 2025.

Categories: Art for sale, expressionism, Forests, mountains, New Zealand, soft pastels, travel, trees | Comments Off on Tranquilum 2025

Humorous 2025

May 23, 2025

 

Sleepy Kitty, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Certificate for Humorous 2025 ExhibitionSleepy Kitty, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Showing in Exhibizone’s “Humorous 2025” May 24 – July 24, 2025.

 

Categories: animals, Art for sale, drawings, exhibitions, Smile, soft pastels | Comments Off on Humorous 2025

Doe and Fawns

May 19, 2025

 

Doe and Fawns, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Doe and Fawns, Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Details showing work as it progressed:

             
  Doe and Fawns, Phase 01, work in progress   Doe and Fawns, Phase 02, work in progress   Doe and Fawns, Phase 03, work in progress  

Categories: animals, Art for sale, expressionism, Forests, illustration, Oregon, semi-impressionist, soft pastels, trees | Comments Off on Doe and Fawns

Still Smoldering

May 15, 2025

 

Still Smoldering, Sequoia National Park, CA - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Still Smoldering, after forest fire in Sequoia National Park, CA – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Categories: Art for sale, Conservation, elements, Environmental issues, expressionism, Forests, soft pastels, trees | Comments Off on Still Smoldering

Rhododendrons

May 12, 2025

 

Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Categories: Art for sale, expressionism, flowers, flowers and leaves, Oregon, soft pastels, Spring | Comments Off on Rhododendrons

Yellow Tulips

April 30, 2025

 

Yellow Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Yellow Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Categories: abstract/impressionist, Art for sale, expressionism, garden, Seasonal, soft pastels, Spring | Comments Off on Yellow Tulips

Extinction – Save the Planet 2025

April 22, 2025

 

Organic - Wildorado Wind Ranch, TX - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Extinction, Save the Planet Participation AwardOrganic – Wildorado Wind Ranch, 25 miles from Amarillo, Texas – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
“Organic” will be showcased in Gallerium’s ‘Extinction – Save the Planet 2025’ May 7th – July 7th.

Categories: animals, Art for sale, Environmental issues, exhibitions, landscapes, soft pastels, Texas, World Issues | Comments Off on Extinction – Save the Planet 2025

Loon Lake Loop

April 10, 2025

 

Loon Lake Loop, Hwy 4, BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper - work in progress
Loon Lake Loop rest stop, Arrowsmith Viewpoint, Alberni Highway 4, Vancouver Island BC, Canada.

Categories: Art for sale, B.C., Canada, expressionist, Forests, silhouettes, soft pastels, travel, trees, Vancouver Island, water | Comments Off on Loon Lake Loop

Landscape

February 8, 2025

 

Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC and Cape Meares Fog (Oregon), each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Both won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery’s online 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition, February 2025.

  Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.   Cape Meares Fog and Elk Falls won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery's 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition showing online, February 2025  

Categories: Art for sale, award winner, B.C., Canada, elements, exhibitions, expressionism, landscapes, Oregon, Realism, rocks, soft pastels, trees, Vancouver Island | Comments Off on Landscape

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