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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Microbial Diversity 02

Friday, October 14th, 2022


 

Microbial Diversity 02, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Microbial Diversity 02, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Elk Falls 02

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022


 

Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Elk Falls BC

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022


 

Elk Falls, Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elk Falls – version 01, Vancouver Island, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

H2O

Friday, July 29th, 2022


 
Stormy Oregon Coast, 4H x 6W inches watercolors - J. Mane Gallery H2O 2022 Honorable Mention
J Mane Gallery H2O 2022 - Honorable MentionStormy Oregon Coast (2018), 4H x 6W inches watercolors

Honorable Mention in J. Mane Gallery’s “H2O” 2022, opening July 31st, 2022.

All Water / Seascape Exhibition

Sunday, July 24th, 2022


 

Wilson River OR, soft pastels, 18H x 24W, 27H x 33W framed

Certificate for Wilson River, OR showing in All Water and Seascape competition, Aug 2022Wilson River, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastel on 140 lb watercolor paper, framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Showing online through August-Sept in Contemporary Art Gallery All Water / Seascape Exhibition, along with ‘Trask River’, ‘Microbial Diversity’, and ‘Multnomah Falls’.

(Also showed in the J. Mane Gallery’s ‘Seasons 2020’ exhibition).

Beach Rocks

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022


 

Beach Rocks, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Beach Rocks, Summer sky reflection, Oceanside beach OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

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.

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.

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