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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Cape Meares Cliff

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022


 

Cape Meares Cliff, OR - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cape Meares Cliff, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.

Crescent City Shoreline, CA

Thursday, September 30th, 2021


 

Crescent City shoreline, CA, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Crescent City Shoreline, CA – view from Preston Island parking area, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

Rock Creek

Sunday, July 25th, 2021


 

Rock Creek, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Rock Creek, Rood Bridge Park. Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Vancouver Island Blues

Sunday, May 30th, 2021


 

Vancouver Island Blues, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Vancouver Island Blues, lodgepole pine at Nimkish Lake BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Blues because of the main colors, but also because I’m a little blue that crossing the border into Canada is still so complicated. Hopefully by the end of the year most restrictions will have been lifted!

Shepperd’s Dell Falls

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020


 

Shepperd's Dell Falls OR,24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Shepperd’s Dell Falls, East Historic Columbia River, Corbett, Oregon – 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper. Interesting that a change as trivial as flipping the format to portrait threw me off my game for a bit, and it took a while to adapt.

Summer Leaves

Friday, November 27th, 2020


 

Summer Leaves, Trask River OR - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Summer Leaves, Trask River, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Matthiessen State Park, IL

Saturday, November 21st, 2020


 

Matthiessen State Park, IL - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Matthiessen State Park, Illinois US – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.

This park located near Oglesby epitomizes the word “anomaly”. The surrounding landscape is flat for miles and miles, with a lot of farm fields and no hint at all that such pockets of vastly different ecosystems occur side by side, merging so abruptly. In fact, we know a guy who grew up an hour from there and he didn’t even know it existed! There are a few other hiking trails and hidden canyons with waterfalls in the area too.

Australian White Ibis

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020


 

Australian White Ibis, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Australian White Ibis, Brisbane city Botanic Gardens, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cumulonimbus: Montana Sunset

Friday, October 23rd, 2020


 

Cumulonimbus, Montana Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cumulonimbus: Montana Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper. For many years I’ve wanted to try painting night skies. In July 2007, I was driving through Montana to Alberta as the setting sun bounced golden-pink hues through the already fantastic storm clouds. I pulled over and took some photos, thinking that even if they didn’t turn out, something is better than nothing. Reference photos don’t have to be perfect to bring back the awe of a particular moment; they are just a starting point. I intend to paint this with acrylics when I’m through with my soft pastel kick.

Duck Silhouettes

Friday, October 9th, 2020


 

Duck Silhouettes, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Duck Silhouettes, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

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