soft pastels
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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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Little Monkey
Tuesday, February 7th, 2023
Friendly Little Monkey at the Tad Sai Waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.
Koala
Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Koala at Cleland Wildlife Park near Adelaide, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
White Tailed Deer portrait
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
White Tailed Deer portrait, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Warmth in Winter
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
Cape Meares Fog OR, left, and Campfire Smoke, Yosemite National Park CA, above, each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size, showing online January 28th – February 28th in Pastel Society Alaska’s Warmth In Winter exhibition.
Ducks Crossing
Saturday, January 28th, 2023
Ducks Crossing, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Camel Ride
Friday, January 20th, 2023
Camel Ride, Khafre and Step Pyramids at Giza, Egypt – 16H x 22W inches soft pastels on paper. The camel ride I said I’d never take because camels are so stinky, but hey, I was there, never going to return, so gave it a try…. so uncomfortable. How have people traveled for eons on these things?
Rocks In Shadow
Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
Rocks In Shadow, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Moss Season
Monday, January 16th, 2023
Moss Season, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Exhibition: Emptiness
Friday, December 16th, 2022
Showing 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.