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)

flowers and leaves

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Sweet Peas and Beach Rocks

Friday, October 21st, 2022


 

Sweet Peas and Beach Rocks, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Sweet Peas and Beach Rocks, Netarts Bay, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Blue Flag Iris

Monday, August 1st, 2022


 

Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Showing in Fusion Art’s 8th Annual Leaves & Petals Exhibition through August 2022.


 

* Blue Flag Iris also won a Finalist Award, 2022 Camelback Gallery International Achievement Awards in Pastel.

* Also was in The Lakeland Art Guild 50th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, along with Branches ‘n’ Blossoms and Trask River, May – June 2022

Hydrangeas

Thursday, July 28th, 2022


 

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

Fireweed

Saturday, July 23rd, 2022


 

Fireweed, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Fireweed, Goldenrod and new-growth forest beside the Trans-Canada Highway near Yorkton, Manitoba, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Wild Sweet Peas

Monday, June 20th, 2022


 

Wild Sweet Peas, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Wild Sweet Peas, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Daisies and Hawkweed

Monday, June 6th, 2022


 

Daisies and Hawkweed, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Daisies and Hawkweed, Stony Swamp Trail, Ottawa ON, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Wild Mustard

Friday, May 27th, 2022


 

Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Wild Mustard, Coppell TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Like most invasive species, beautiful flowering en masse. That and being edible are two of many reasons it has been able to flourish, robbing resources and space usually occupied by Texas Bluebonnets and other native plants now said to be in danger because of it.

Exhibition

Sunday, May 15th, 2022


 

Trask River OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper

  Blue Flag Iris, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   Branches 'n' Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

These 3 pieces (Trask River OR, Blue Flag Iris, Branches ‘n’ Blossoms) are showing in The Lakeland Art Guild 50th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, May13th through June 4th.

Trask River (autumn leaves floating) will also be showing at Las Laguna’s “Golden – 50 or Older” online group exhibition showing June 2nd-30th.

Daffodils

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022


 

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

A Page Full of Pansies

Thursday, December 9th, 2021


 

A Page Full of Pansies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
A Page Full of Pansies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat, white wood frame, crackle finish.

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