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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Viper’s Bugloss – Echium vulgare – beside Highway 15 near Franktown, ON – this is the second version, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. The earlier version done in 2010 was probably my first success with soft pastels. I didn’t try them again until last year.
So cheerful and beautiful with pink buds and blue-violet flowers along tall stems, it’s tempting to pick them for wildflower bouquets, but the plant has tiny spines along the stem and leaves that are very irritating to the skin, so are best enjoyed left where they are, growing en masse in summer fields beside the highways in eastern Ontario.
I was curious about the name… according to the Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism edited by Michael Stuart (c. 1979, 1987 ISBN 0-9999-48911), they were formerly one of the most respected plants used for the treatment of viper’s snake bite venom.
Rock Creek
Sunday, July 25th, 2021
Rock Creek, Rood Bridge Park. Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Stony Swamp
Sunday, June 27th, 2021
Stony Swamp, Ottawa ON, Canada – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb WC paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
Cape Meares Fog, OR
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.
Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white wood frame, crackle finish.
In Full Bloom 2021
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Prickly Pear Cactus, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33 inches.
Chicory, Beautiful Invasion, Blue Flag Iris, and Orange Milkweed are all accepted entries in J. Mane Gallery’s online exhibition: In Full Bloom 2021.
Chicory is sold. All are the same size and price.
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Wild Lupine
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Wild Lupine, Mount St. Helens WA, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Vancouver Island Blues
Sunday, May 30th, 2021
Vancouver Island Blues, lodgepole pine at Nimkish Lake BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Blues because of the main colors, but also because I’m a little blue that crossing the border into Canada is still so complicated. Hopefully by the end of the year most restrictions will have been lifted!
Summer Breeze – Paper Birch Stand
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
Summer Breeze, Paper Birch Stand near Campbell River, BC – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper… limited color palette.
Cape Kiwanda, OR
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, Pacific City, OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Firewheels
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
Firewheels, Grapevine TX, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Here is a link to the Firewheels acrylics painting I did a few years back.
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