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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Lake Louise

Sunday, April 10th, 2022


 

Lake Louise AB, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Lake Louise with turquoise mountain water, Banff National Park, AB Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish. Here’s an acrylics on canvas painting of the same place I did a couple of years ago.

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.

Loblolly Pine

Sunday, March 20th, 2022


 

Loblolly Pine, Knox Mountain Trail, Kelowna BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Loblolly Pine, Knox Mountain Trail, Kelowna BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Raccoons

Saturday, March 19th, 2022


 

Raccoons, Ottawa ON, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Raccoons, Ottawa ON – soft pastels version – 16H x 22W inches, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Dawn at Bell Rock 02

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022


 

Dawn at Bell Rock 02, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Dawn at Bell Rock 02, Sedona AZ, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

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

Coeur d’Alene National Forest

Saturday, March 5th, 2022


 

Coeur d'Alene National Forest ID, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Coeur d’Alene National Forest ID, located in a segment of the Rocky Mountains, just south of the Canadian border. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Exhibition

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022


 

Salt Spring Island Fog, graphite on Paper
Salt Spring Island Fog, B.C. Canada (2008), 16H x 22W inches graphite, colored pencils on paper. Framed size 29H x 35W x 3D inches. Accepted in Las Lagunas Art Gallery online Landscapes or Seascapes exhibition, March 3rd – 31st, 2022.

Montana Valley

Friday, February 25th, 2022


 

Montana Valley, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Early evening shadows while driving through Montana Foothills, valleys and grasslands, where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Framed size 27H x 33W”.

The Grandfather Tree

Wednesday, February 16th, 2022


 

The Grandfather Tree, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
The Grandfather Tree, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Estimated to be 1800 years old, this Redwood is 265 ‘ tall with a 24 ft. diameter, located along the Avenue of the Giants, Hwy 101 CA. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

Healthy Squirrel

Sunday, February 13th, 2022


 

Healthy Squirrel, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Healthy Squirrel caught mid-chomp! Seen in January, Coppell, TX – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

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