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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Cape Meares Fog

Saturday, December 14th, 2024

 

Cape Meares Fog - Mountain Ash, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cape Meares Fog 02 – Mountain Ash, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

Elements of Nature

Monday, September 23rd, 2024

 

Moody Weather - Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed
Moody Weather, Best in Show, J Mane Gallery Elements of Nature 2024Won Best in Show and Featured Artist as part of the award, in J. Mane Gallery’s Elements of Nature 2024 with Moody Weather, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

American Green Tree Frog

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

 

American Green Tree Frog, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
American Green Tree Frog, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”. Details of work in progress:

  American Green Tree Frog, work in progress, phase 01   American Green Tree Frog, work in progress, phase 02   American Green Tree Frog, work in progress, phase 03

Sea Anemone

Monday, May 20th, 2024

 

Sea Anemone, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Silver Award for Sea Anemone in J. Mane Gallery's H2O 2024Sea Anemone, Cannon Beach OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Originally posted on April 8th, Sea Anemone won a Silver Award in J. Mane Gallery’s 2024 “H2O” Exhibition showing May 20 – June 20th.

Bald Eagles

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

 

Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Bald Eagles, juvenile watching mature in flight at Oceanside, OR. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.
Thumbnails show stages 1 through 4. Soft pastels don’t allow for too many changes, so the work had to be sprayed and set well before carefully making the juvenile eagle smaller to create a more convincible perspective. That also forced me to rework the sky and clouds, so now hoping those lines help with perspective.

               
  Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 01   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 02   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 03   Bald Eagles, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, work in progress - stage 04

Moody Weather 02

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

 

Moody Weather - Oregon Coast, 2nd version, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Moody Weather 02 – Sunset Beach, Oregon Coast, 2nd version, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Moody Weather

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

 

Moody Weather - Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Moody Weather – Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Green

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

 

Mossy Melody, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed
Exhibition participation certificate in Artist Space Gallery's "Green" Exhibition showing through March 2024Cape Meares Fog, soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framedAbove: Mossy Melody, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed, 20H x 26W” framed, and left: Cape Meares Fog, soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed, are showcased through March in Artist Space Gallery’s “Green” Exhibition.

Heather In The Snow

Friday, March 1st, 2024

 

Heather In The Snow, 27H x 33W soft pastels on paper
Heather In The Snow, 27H x 33W soft pastels on paper

Canada Geese

Monday, February 5th, 2024

 

Canada Geese, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Canada Geese at Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

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