landscapes
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Saturday, April 27th, 2024
Butterfly Bush – Buddleja davidii, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown New Zealand – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Beautiful invasion: Native to central China and an ornamental in North American gardens, the Butterfly Bush is viewed as invasive in many countries across the world.
Saguaro Cactus
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Saguaro Cactus and surrounding scrub – January in the Sonoran Desert south of Phoenix AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. This and the surrounding Saguaros all had either burn damage from forest fires or bacterial necrosis, a disease rotting them from the ground up. Local groups are rescuing Saguaros by cutting off an arm or the top and replanting them, helping to restore the fragile Sonoran Desert ecosystem.
Elk Falls Provincial Park 04
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
Elk Falls Provincial Park 04, Vancouver Island BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.
Spring Light
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
Spring Light, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Moody Weather 02
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Moody Weather 02 – Sunset Beach, Oregon Coast, 2nd version, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Moody Weather
Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Moody Weather – Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Green
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
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.
Prairie Wildflowers
Sunday, March 3rd, 2024
Prairie Wildflowers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size.
Landscapes 2024
Monday, February 26th, 2024
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.
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Forests and Mountains
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Cape Meares Fog – Oregon coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper received an Honorable Mention in the Forest and Mountains Art
Competition in Ten Moir Gallery, showing Jan. 10 – Feb 10, 2024