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.

 

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 at Cleland Wildlife Park near Adelaide, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

White Tailed Deer portrait, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

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, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

 

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, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Moss Season, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

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.