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

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

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

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Spruce Grove

Tuesday, June 14th, 2022


 

Spruce Grove, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Spruce Grove, foggy Oregon coast – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

Green Tree Frog

Thursday, June 9th, 2022


 

Green Tree Frog, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
American Green Tree Frog on Crocosmia leaves, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Showing in Fusion Art’s 7th Annual “Animal Kingdom” International Online Juried Art Exhibition, September 2022. Asian Elephant is also in the exhibition and received the “Artistic Excellence” award.

Daisies and Hawkweed

Monday, June 6th, 2022


 

Daisies and Hawkweed, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Daisies and Hawkweed, Stony Swamp Trail, Ottawa ON, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Scarlet Ibis

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022


 

Scarlet Ibis, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Scarlet Ibis, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore – 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Wild Mustard

Friday, May 27th, 2022


 

Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Like most invasive species, beautiful flowering en masse. That and being edible are two of many reasons it has been able to flourish, robbing resources and space usually occupied by Texas Bluebonnets and other native plants now said to be in danger because of it.

Exhibition

Sunday, May 15th, 2022


 

Trask River OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper

  Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Branches 'n' Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

These 3 pieces (Trask River OR, Blue Flag Iris, Branches ‘n’ Blossoms) are showing in The Lakeland Art Guild 50th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, May13th through June 4th.

Trask River (autumn leaves floating) will also be showing at Las Laguna’s “Golden – 50 or Older” online group exhibition showing June 2nd-30th.

Beach Rocks

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022


 

Beach Rocks, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Beach Rocks, Summer sky reflection, Oceanside beach OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Fire in The Gorge

Monday, May 2nd, 2022


 

Fire In The Gorge, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Fire In The Gorge, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Known as the Eagle Creek Fire, on Sept 2, 2017 a wildfire lit by a 15 year old destroyed 50,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, mostly in Oregon with some fires in WA. The fire burned for three months and Hwy 84, a historic route into and out of Portland, was shut down for much of that time, forcing travelers, including me on my way to Alberta, to take side-routes. That year there were forest fires in the mountains all along the drive north, and a border patrol officer commented, “You have ashes all over your car”.

Camel

Saturday, April 30th, 2022


 

Camel at Gorge Wildlife Park, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Camel at Gorge Wildlife Park, phase 01Camel at Gorge Wildlife Park, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. During the late 19th century, camels were imported to Australia from India and Afghanistan, so hundreds of thousands now roam ferrell.

Left, how I start most of my work: general shapes are outlined, and composition is roughly established.

Fins, Feathers, and Fur

Friday, April 29th, 2022


 

Prairie Dogs, Drumheller, AB - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Prairie Dogs, the Badlands, Drumheller, AB – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

  New Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.   Fruit Bats, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.   Sleepy Sun Bear, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

New Feathers, Fruit Bats and Sleepy Sun Bear, also each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper… all 4 are included in J. Mane Gallery’s “Fins, Feathers & Fur” online exhibition opening today and on view through May 2022. All four are the same size and price.

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