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Monday, March 27th, 2023
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.
Green!
Sunday, March 12th, 2023
Green! Arrowhead, genus Saggitaria, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Chinese Pear Blossoms
Saturday, March 11th, 2023
Chinese Pear Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Winter Bones
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Winter Bones – lichen and moss on branches and the “bones” of the winter forest are revealed by lack of foliage at a flood zone in Hillsboro OR. A certain chaotic beauty and textures occurred during the first moments of work, so I didn’t tidy and organize the forest too much.
18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”. Details of work as it progressed:
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Orange Groves
Monday, February 20th, 2023
California Agriculture: Orange Grove, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. I can’t seem to get a decent enough photo showing true colors, tones and details. Below are detail images of small, cropped sections taken from left and right, colors still darker and more abrupt than the original.
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First Time in the Garden
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
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.
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Moss Season
Monday, January 16th, 2023
Moss Season, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Plantarium exhibition
Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Sugar Maple Leaves (Feb. 2021), 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Showcased at Gallerium Art’s ‘Plantarium’ – Trees, Leaves, Flowers online exhibition Sept. 15th – Oct. 15th.
Abundance
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Abundance, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Blue Flag Iris
Monday, August 1st, 2022
Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Showing in Fusion Art’s 8th Annual Leaves & Petals Exhibition through August 2022.
* Blue Flag Iris also won a Finalist Award, 2022 Camelback Gallery International Achievement Awards in Pastel.
* Also was in The Lakeland Art Guild 50th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, along with Branches ‘n’ Blossoms and Trask River, May – June 2022
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