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)

soft pastels

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Still Smoldering

Thursday, May 15th, 2025


 

Still Smoldering, Sequoia National Park, CA - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Still Smoldering, after forest fire in Sequoia National Park, CA – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Rhododendrons

Monday, May 12th, 2025


 

Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Rhododendrons, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Yellow Tulips

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025


 

Yellow Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Yellow Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Mutianyu Great Wall, China

Monday, April 28th, 2025

Mutianyu Great Wall - Great Wall Of China section 50 miles from Beijing, Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper
Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) – Great Wall Of China section 50 miles from Beijing, 24H x 18W inches soft pastels on paper

Extinction – Save the Planet 2025

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025


 

Organic - Wildorado Wind Ranch, TX - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Extinction, Save the Planet Participation AwardOrganic – Wildorado Wind Ranch, 25 miles from Amarillo, Texas – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
“Organic” will be showcased in Gallerium’s ‘Extinction – Save the Planet 2025’ May 7th – July 7th.

Loon Lake Loop

Thursday, April 10th, 2025


 

Loon Lake Loop, Hwy 4, BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Loon Lake Loop rest stop, Arrowsmith Viewpoint, Alberni Highway 4, Vancouver Island BC, Canada. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Landscape

Saturday, February 8th, 2025


 

Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC - 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Elk Falls (version 2), Vancouver Island, BC and Cape Meares Fog (Oregon), each 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Both won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery’s online 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition, February 2025.

  Cape Meares Fog OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W" white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.   Cape Meares Fog and Elk Falls won Honorable Mention in Teravarna Gallery's 11th Landscape International Juried Art Competition showing online, February 2025  

Flowers

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025


 

Sunflowers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W
Tulips, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33WHonorable Mention for Teravarna Exhibition 9th Flowers
Tulips and Sunflowers won Honorable Mentions and are showcased in Teravarna’s 9th Flowers Exhibition for the month of January 2025.

Both are 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Shooting Star

Saturday, December 21st, 2024


 

Shooting Star, BC wildflower, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia) BC wildflower, Vancouver Island, Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Cape Meares Fog

Saturday, December 14th, 2024


 

Cape Meares Fog - Mountain Ash, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Cape Meares Fog 02 – Mountain Ash, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

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