abstract/impressionist
« Previous EntriesHydrangeas
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
Hydrangeas, 18H x 24W soft pastels on watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Sun Shower
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Sun Shower, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Aspen / Poplar
Monday, June 5th, 2023
Aspen / Poplar, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Colorium 2023
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
Beach Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper is showcased in the Gallerium-Bafarin online exhibition, entitled Colorium April 10 – May 10, 2023.
Chinese Pear Blossoms
Saturday, March 11th, 2023
Chinese Pear Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Shapes and Colors Exhibition
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
Fern Song, 12H x 12W inches acrylics on canvas, now being showcased at Shapes and Colors – 2022 exhibition March 1st – March 31st, organized by Gallerium and powered by @Biafarin platform.
‘Fern Song also’ received Honorable Mention in J. Mane Gallery’s ‘In Full Bloom’ online exhibition February – March, 2020.
Beach Sunset
Sunday, February 12th, 2023
Beach Sunset, Oceanside, OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elements of Nature
Saturday, January 1st, 2022
Paint Arson, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2009), wrapped sides painted, frame unnecessary. Set on shelf or hang on wall. This and Cumulonimbus: Montana Sunset (2020) are in J. Mane Gallery’s ‘Elements of Nature’ online juried exhibition, showing through January 2022.
I don’t always have clear intentions behind my work, other than to make it interesting of course, because I wonder if too much explanation muddies a fresh impression of it. However, the writing connected to “Paint Arson” is worth the read. Fire is a destructive force, and positive associations with it are not immediate. For example, the pinecones of Sequoia, the largest trees on Earth, only open under the extreme conditions presented by fire. Read on…
Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR
Sunday, October 24th, 2021
Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Abstracts online exhibition
Friday, December 4th, 2020
The Sound of Silence – 2009, 36H x 24W x 2D acrylics on canvas, trim frame
Five pieces were accepted into the J. Mane Gallery online exhibition Abstracts 2020 showing through December. All are available for sale, listed on the left sidebar.
Birch – 2012, 12H x 16W inches watercolors and Multnomah Falls – 2017, 18 x 24 inches watercolors
Queen Anne’s Lace – 2018, 14H x 20W watercolors and Spring Garden Mix – 2013, 18H x 24 oil pastels