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)

acrylic painting

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Landscapes 2024

Monday, February 26th, 2024


 

Canadian Prairie Summer, North Saskatchewan River - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Canadian Prairie Summer won Silver placement in J. Mane Gallery Landscapes 2024Canadian 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.

 

  Crater Lake, OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   Heber River, BC, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   California Orange Grove, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper   Lake Louise, AB Canada, 16H x 20W inches acrylics on canvas

Signs and Symbols

Wednesday, January 10th, 2024


 

Magic Hour, 60H x 40W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas

Showing in Gallerium Art’s Signs and Symbols January 10 – March 10, 2024: Magic Hour (Gitxsan Totem Pole, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC Canada), 60H x 40W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas. Wrapped sides painted, sturdy home-built stretcher frame, navy blue narrow wood trim finishes the sides.

 

In Full Bloom 2023

Friday, August 11th, 2023


 

Eucalyptus Flowers and Seed Pods, 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas

In Full Bloom 2023 Silver Award for Eucalyptus Flowers and Seed PodsEucalyptus Flowers and Seed Pods, 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas with weathered-look wood frame, has won a Silver Award in the 2023 In Full Bloom Online Art Exhibition at J. Mane Gallery, August 14th through Sept.

Precious

Wednesday, May 31st, 2023


 

Young Howler Monkey, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2006)
'Precious' exhibition certificateYoung Howler Monkey (2009), 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas. Hang on a wall or display on flat surface.

Showcased in Exhibizone’s “Precious” International Online Group Exhibition June 1st – July 31st.

Also previously showed in Biafarin / Exhibizone ‘Kingdom Animalia 2022’July 1-2022 To July 31, 2022.

Yellow!

Monday, April 10th, 2023


 
Beautiful Invasion: Scotch Broom, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Beautiful Invasion: Scotch Broom along the Oceanside OR beach cliffs, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame, crackle finish. Six pieces are showing in the “Yellow” Contemporary Art Room Gallery online exhibition through April. All 27H x 33W” framed soft pastel pieces are the same price. ‘Goldenrod’ is $300, frame unnecessary.

  Goldenrod, 12 x 12 x 1 inches acrylics on canvas   Luminosity, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   North Saskatchewan River and Canola Fields, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Beach Sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Smoky Lake Canola, 20 x 26 inches watercolors on 140 lb. cold pressed premium

Shapes and Colors Exhibition

Wednesday, March 1st, 2023


 
Fern Song, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas
Fern Song, 12H x 12W inches acrylics on canvas, now being showcased at Shapes and Colors – 2022 exhibition March 1st – March 31st, organized by Gallerium and powered by @Biafarin platform.

‘Fern Song also’ received Honorable Mention in J. Mane Gallery’s ‘In Full Bloom’ online exhibition February – March, 2020.

Flower Power Exhibition

Friday, July 22nd, 2022


 

Goldenrod, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas
Bronze Certificate, Flower Power, Camelback GalleryGoldenrod, (2019) Ouimette Canyon, Ontario, Canada, 12H x 12W inches acrylics on canvas

Bronze Award winner in Camelback Gallery’s “Flower Power 2022 International Juried Arts Exhibition”.

Kingdom Animalia

Friday, June 17th, 2022


 

Young Howler Monkey, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2006), $350. Exhibizone Kingdom Animalia 2022 online from 01-Jul-2022 To 31-Jul-2022

Young Howler Monkey (2006), 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas, $350. Hang on a wall or display on flat surface.
Biafarin / Exhibizone ‘Kingdom Animalia 2022’ showing online from 01-Jul-2022 To 31-Jul-2022.

Elements of Nature

Saturday, January 1st, 2022


 

Paint Arson, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas


 
Cumulonimbus, Montana sunset, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paperPaint Arson, 11H x 11W x 3D inches acrylics on canvas (2009), wrapped sides painted, frame unnecessary. Set on shelf or hang on wall. This and Cumulonimbus: Montana Sunset (2020) are in J. Mane Gallery’s ‘Elements of Nature’ online juried exhibition, showing through January 2022.

I don’t always have clear intentions behind my work, other than to make it interesting of course, because I wonder if too much explanation muddies a fresh impression of it. However, the writing connected to “Paint Arson” is worth the read. Fire is a destructive force, and positive associations with it are not immediate. For example, the pinecones of Sequoia, the largest trees on Earth, only open under the extreme conditions presented by fire. Read on…

Abstracts online exhibition

Friday, December 4th, 2020


 
The Sound of Silence - 2009, 36H x 24W x 2D acrylics on canvas, trim frame

The Sound of Silence – 2009, 36H x 24W x 2D acrylics on canvas, trim frame

Five pieces were accepted into the J. Mane Gallery online exhibition Abstracts 2020 showing through December. All are available for sale, listed on the left sidebar.

Birch - 2012, 12H x 16W WC on paper and Multnomah Falls - 2017, 18 x 24 inches WC on paper

Birch – 2012, 12H x 16W inches watercolors and Multnomah Falls – 2017, 18 x 24 inches watercolors

Queen Anne's Lace - 2018, 14H x 20W WC on paper and Spring Garden Mix - 2013, 18H x 24 oil pastels on paper

Queen Anne’s Lace – 2018, 14H x 20W watercolors and Spring Garden Mix – 2013, 18H x 24 oil pastels

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