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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Friday, October 13th, 2023


 

Rusty train car from logging, Nimkish Lake, BC - 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper
Rusty Train Car from logging in Nimkish Lake, Tree Silhouettes in Sidney, Seagulls on a Campbell River beach, and Thunderbird Park Totem in Victoria BC, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper

  Tree Silhouettes, Sidney BC, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper   Seagulls, Campbell River shore, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper  
         

 

Thunderbird Park Totem, Victoria BC, 4H x 6W inches watercolor pencils on paper

Barred Owl

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023


 

Barred Owl, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Barred Owl, seen at Tualatin Nature Park, Beaverton, OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Tuesday, June 6th, 2023


Red-breasted Sapsucker, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

“Wings” Exhibition

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023


 

New Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
'Wings' Exhibition CertificateNew Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.

Showcased in Exhibizone’s “Wings 2023” online Exhibition June 1st – July 31st.

Also previously showed in J. Mane Gallery’s “Fins, Feathers & Fur” online exhibition through May 2022.

Cormorants and Turtles

Sunday, May 14th, 2023


 

Cormorants and Turtles, White Rock Lake, TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cormorants and Turtles at White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.

Colville’s Glory Tree

Monday, March 27th, 2023


Colville's Glory Tree and Lorikeet, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Colville’s Glory Tree and Lorikeet, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Queensland, Australia – 18H x 24W inches. All of the soft pastel pieces are on 90 lb. watercolor paper.

First Time in the Garden

Thursday, February 9th, 2023


 

First Time in the Garden, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
First Time in the Garden, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. The images below are three phases of the work in progress. I liked the garden details but chose to blur some of them at the edges in order to keep the emphasis on the chick.

  First Time in the Garden, Phase 01 in progress   First Time in the Garden, Phase 02 in progress   First Time in the Garden, Phase 03 in progress

Ducks Crossing

Saturday, January 28th, 2023


 

Ducks Crossing, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Ducks Crossing, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Exhibition: Emptiness

Friday, December 16th, 2022


 

Petrified Forest - Crystal Forest Trail, AZ - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Petrified Forest, showing online Dec. 15 - Jan. 15, 2023, Exhibizones EmptinessShowing online Dec. 15 – Jan. 15, 2023, Exhibizone’s “Emptiness” – Petrified Forest – Crystal Forest Trail, AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White frame with crackle finish, total size 27H x 33W inches.
This piece also won a merit award in Contemporary Art Room’s exhibition, “Trees and Fields”, showing online in December, 2021.

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

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