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Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
Flood Zone, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” It’s always a careful decision to place my signature in a place that doesn’t impose on the artwork. Here it’s on the tree trunk near the bottom, hardly visible in this photo.
Prairie Storm
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
Prairie Storm, July in Cochrane, Alberta, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.
Cape Meares Cliff
Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
Cape Meares Cliff, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”.
Elements of Nature
Saturday, January 1st, 2022
Paint 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…
Petrified Forest
Friday, December 24th, 2021
Petrified Forest, Crystal Forest Trail, AZ – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”, white wood frame, crackle finish.
In addition to Kananaskis Valley (mentioned earlier in Grey Cube Gallery Forests and Meadows), this piece won a merit award in Contemporary Art Room’s exhibition, “Trees and Fields”, showing online through December, 2021.
Sarsaparilla Trail
Saturday, November 20th, 2021
Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa, ON Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Honorable Mention
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
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Kananaskis Valley (Alberta Canada) and Kaniksu National Forest (Idaho USA) both received Honorable Mention, Forests and Meadows Grey Cube Gallery’s online competition and exhibition, Nov. 2021
Rock Creek
Monday, November 1st, 2021
Rock Creek, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.
Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR
Sunday, October 24th, 2021
Weathered Trees, Netarts Bay OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Crescent City Shoreline, CA
Thursday, September 30th, 2021
Crescent City Shoreline, CA – view from Preston Island parking area, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.