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« Previous EntriesRood Bridge Park Forest
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
Rood Bridge Park Forest, Hillsboro OR. A beautiful Autumn morning in a local forest where light, shadows, shapes and colors merge, are sorted and reassembled in this frenetic composition.
18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
Salmon River, BC
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
Salmon River, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish. Below are thumbnails showing 3 phases of creating this piece.
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Queen Anne’s Lace
Friday, September 4th, 2026
Queen Anne’s Lace, Umpqua National Forest, WA – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
Ezhuang Waterfall, China
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026
Ezhuang Waterfall Scenic Area, Zibo China, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Spectacular Landscapes 2026
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
Winter Forest: Dogwood, 14H x 20W watercolors on cold pressed W/C paper. 21H x 26W inches framed size, white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Accepted in KBM Art Gallery’s Spectacular Landscapes 2026 showing August 1st – September 10th.
Rise and Shine 2026
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Bald Eagles, juvenile watching mature one in flight at Oceanside, OR. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches. Showcased in Exhibizone’s Rise and Shine 2026, May 14 – July 14th. Stories of Rising, Visions of Hope – Sharing work that lifts the day.
Our Power, Our Planet
Friday, April 17th, 2026
Prairie Dogs, the Badlands Hoodoos near Drumheller, Alberta Canada. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish. Showcased online at KBM Art Gallery, presenting “Our Power, Our Planet 2026” April 18th through May 29th.
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta and Saskatchewan are recognized for unusual mudstone and sandstone landscape formations, and also for having the largest deposits of dinosaur bones in the world. The geography in Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta is ancient, unique and incredible, and the prairie dogs – locals call them “gophers” – are an impactful part of prairie ecology, having extensive influence on vegetation and animal life. They live in colonies of up to several thousand, burrowing in networks of tunnels where other ground-dwelling creatures move in, various grass species are maintained, and rainwater is reserved and redirected.
They are cute to be sure, sitting up on their haunches chirping at one another, but they can be a nuisance to farmers whose horses and cattle can trip in the holes. Pest control programs during the 1900’s meant their numbers have declined, which congruently reduced acres of grasslands they helped sustain. As their own highways became populated with humans and cars, particularly during Springtime they are a road hazard.
In Torrington, Alberta, one lady has found a creative way to utilize the unfortunate casualties. You must visit The World-Famous Gopher Hole Museum located in the middle of nowhere, in a small hamlet where there is not even a gas station, along a seemingly endless dusty gravel road about an hour Northwest of Drumheller. Gophers are stuffed, sporting handmade costumes and placed in small cubicles displaying historic scenes. Completely bizarre, but actually very well done and absolutely worth the conversation-provoking side-trip if you are planning to visit Drumheller and the Tyrell Dinosaur Museum.
Frankton Arm Walkway
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
Frankton Arm Walkway, evening walk in Queenstown, New Zealand, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Wahkeena Falls, OR
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Wahkeena Falls, OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Foggy Day and Rhododendrons
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
Mt. Walker, WA State – Foggy day and Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.