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)

expressionism

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Summer Storm

Friday, May 12th, 2023


 

Cochrane AB - Summer Storm, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cochrane, Alberta – Summer Storm, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.

Eastern Redbuds

Tuesday, May 9th, 2023


 

Eastern Redbuds, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Eastern Redbuds, foggy Spring morning in Coppell, Texas – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed has white mat and white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.

Bertha

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Bertha, 9H x 12W inches soft pastels on paper

Bertha, 9H x 12W inches soft pastels on paper. This one’s for my aunt, who I was speaking with about all the amazing things we see in our gardens. She gives names to all the insects or other creatures that hang around or return to her garden, like this large bumblebee.

Forget Me Nots

Saturday, April 29th, 2023


 

Forget Me Nots, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Forget Me Nots, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed has white mat and white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.

Enchanted Colors

Saturday, April 22nd, 2023


 

Luminosity, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper


Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches. From April 22 -June 18 the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos (El Prado) is hosting the Pastel Society of New Mexico’s Enchanted Colors.

Luminosity and Blue Flag Iris, both 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, are two of only 73 artists’ works accepted to hang in the museum, so it’s an honor to be a part of this show. 124 paintings are presented digitally in the Virtual Online Interactive Exhibition.

Texas Bluebonnets

Sunday, April 16th, 2023


 

Texas Bluebonnets, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Texas Bluebonnets, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. In the Spring it’s worth taking a long drive in the Texas countryside to see the fields of Bluebonnets.

Detail images give a better sense of this piece:

  Texas Bluebonnets, left central details   Texas Bluebonnets, right central details

Colorium 2023

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023


 
Beach Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Exhibizone's Colorium Exhibition badgeBeach Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper is showcased in the Gallerium-Bafarin online exhibition, entitled Colorium April 10 – May 10, 2023.

Yellow!

Monday, April 10th, 2023


 
Beautiful Invasion: Scotch Broom, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Beautiful Invasion: Scotch Broom along the Oceanside OR beach cliffs, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame, crackle finish. Six pieces are showing in the “Yellow” Contemporary Art Room Gallery online exhibition through April. All 27H x 33W” framed soft pastel pieces are the same price. ‘Goldenrod’ is $300, frame unnecessary.

  Goldenrod, 12 x 12 x 1 inches acrylics on canvas   Luminosity, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   North Saskatchewan River and Canola Fields, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Beach Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Smoky Lake Canola, 20 x 26 inches watercolors on 140 lb. cold pressed premium

Snail

Sunday, April 9th, 2023


 
Snail and pansies, after erasing a good portion of the work, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Snail and pansies, earlier phase, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paperSnail and pansies, after erasing a good portion of the work, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Left, after a day of work, looking too much like a cartoon so I removed a lot of the background. Still not incredibly happy with it, but here is the effort.

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.

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