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)

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Salmon River, BC

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026

 

Salmon River, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Salmon River, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed size – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish. Below are 6 phases of creating this piece.

  Salmon River, BC - phase 01   Salmon River, BC - phase 02   Salmon River, BC, phase 03  
  Salmon River, BC - phase 04   Salmon River, BC - phase 04   Salmon River, BC, phase 06  
             

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  

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

“Landscapes” Exhibition

Saturday, October 12th, 2024

 

Heber River, BC, 27H x 33W soft pastels on paper
Heber River, BC Canada, 27H x 33W inches framed, soft pastels on paper is showcased in The Artist Space Gallery’s “Landscapes” Exhibition through October, then archived for a year.

Haida Design carving, Campbell River BC

Monday, September 30th, 2024

 

Haida Design carving, Campbell River BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Haida Design Shoreline Carving, Campbell River BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. There are so many beautiful sculptures along the shore here, but no information online about this wood carving. Every summer Campbell River hosts a chainsaw carving competition, so I assume this is one of the pieces created during one of those events.

Indian Paintbrush

Saturday, June 15th, 2024

 

Indian Paintbrush, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Indian Paintbrush, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

 

Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Driftwood and Wild Sweet Peas, Campbell River, BC Canada, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Haida Design Woodcarving

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

 

Haida Carving along shoreline trail Campbell River BC, 10H x 6W inches soft pastels on paper
Haida Design Woodcarving along shoreline trail Campbell River BC, 10H x 6W inches soft pastels on paper

Elk Falls Provincial Park 05

Sunday, April 14th, 2024

 

Elk Falls Provincial Park 05, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Elk Falls Provincial Park 05, Vancouver Island BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W”.

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