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)

Oregon

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Crater Lake OR

Thursday, March 24th, 2022


 

Crater Lake OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Crater Lake State Park OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Crater Lake’s water is in reality a vivid and surreal blue. I reworked the lake colors and background textures quite a bit, trying numerous techniques to create unique water representation, and at the same time make the surrounding mountains recede… resulting with these vertical line textures. I finally made the call to stop because in trying to fix things in some areas, other areas that were fine started becoming messy. Pastels and paper were pushed to their limits.

Western Sandpipers

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022


 

Western Sandpipers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Western Sandpipers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Flood Zone

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022


 

Flood Zone, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Flood Zone, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” It’s always a careful decision to place my signature in a place that doesn’t impose on the artwork. Here it’s on the tree trunk near the bottom, hardly visible in this photo.

Cape Meares Cliff

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022


 

Cape Meares Cliff, OR - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cape Meares Cliff, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Rock Creek

Monday, November 1st, 2021


 

Rock Creek, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Rock Creek, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR

Sunday, October 24th, 2021


 

Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Autumn Glow

Saturday, October 2nd, 2021


 

Autumn Glow, Wilson River Hwy OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Autumn Glow, Wilson River Hwy OR, mossy trees at the Footbridge Trailhead – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Blackberries

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021


 

Blackberries, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Blackberries, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish. With gardening and travel being summer distractions, this has been on my drawing board for many weeks. I’m actually looking forward to cooler weather so that drawing will again be a priority.

Rock Creek

Sunday, July 25th, 2021


 

Rock Creek, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Rock Creek, Rood Bridge Park. Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Cape Meares Fog, OR

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021


 

Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

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