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.
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.