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Friday, May 19th, 2023
Kawarau Gorge Rd. – large pine near Queenstown, New Zealand, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Summer Storm
Friday, May 12th, 2023
Cochrane, Alberta – Summer Storm, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Eastern Redbuds
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Eastern Redbuds, foggy Spring morning in Coppell, Texas – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed has white mat and white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Shades of Green
Friday, April 28th, 2023
Branches ‘n’ Blossoms, (2021) 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. White mat, and framed version has white 27H x 33W” wood frame with crackle finish.
Finalist in Camelback Gallery’s Shades of Green 2023 Competition and Exhibition.
Texas Bluebonnets
Sunday, April 16th, 2023
Texas Bluebonnets, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. In the Spring it’s worth taking a long drive in the Texas countryside to see the fields of Bluebonnets.
Detail images give a better sense of this piece:
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Yellow!
Monday, April 10th, 2023
Beautiful Invasion: Scotch Broom along the Oceanside OR beach cliffs, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame, crackle finish. Six pieces are showing in the “Yellow” Contemporary Art Room Gallery online exhibition through April. All 27H x 33W” framed soft pastel pieces are the same price. ‘Goldenrod’ is $300, frame unnecessary.
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Colville’s Glory Tree
Monday, March 27th, 2023
Colville’s Glory Tree and Lorikeet, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Queensland, Australia – 18H x 24W inches. All of the soft pastel pieces are on 90 lb. watercolor paper.
Rainbow in The Rockies
Monday, March 20th, 2023
Rainbow in The Rockies, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Detail image, left.
Chinese Pear Blossoms
Saturday, March 11th, 2023
Chinese Pear Blossoms, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Winter Bones
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Winter Bones – lichen and moss on branches and the “bones” of the winter forest are revealed by lack of foliage at a flood zone in Hillsboro OR. A certain chaotic beauty and textures occurred during the first moments of work, so I didn’t tidy and organize the forest too much.
18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”. Details of work as it progressed:
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