Spring Light, 18H x 24W soft pastels on watercolor paper. 27H x 33W inches white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Moody Weather 02 – Sunset Beach, Oregon Coast, 2nd version, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Moody Weather – Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Above: Mossy Melody, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed, 20H x 26W” framed, and left: Cape Meares Fog, soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed, are showcased through March in Artist Space Gallery’s “Green” Exhibition.

Raven at Island View Beach, North Saanich, BC Canada – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.

Prairie Wildflowers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size.

Heather In The Snow, 27H x 33W soft pastels on paper

Canadian Prairie Summer, Canola fields by the Petrofka Bridge, North Saskatchewan River near Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan Canada. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper won Silver placement in the J. Mane Gallery Landscapes 2024 Exhibition, Feb. 26th -April 8th.

Also accepted in the show are Crater Lake, Heber River BC, California Orange Groves, all soft pastels on paper, and Lake Louise AB, acrylics on canvas.

Who sees a crab shell on the beach and thinks, “I wanna paint that thing!”? … my 12-year-old grandson. We took him to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time when he visited us during Thanksgiving last year. He also gathered a lot of shells to create a video of smashing. When I go to the beach, my imagination only ventures as far as how pretty it would be as a pastels-on-paper seascape, but true creativity knows no bounds. I love it!

Canada Geese at Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper