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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Wahkeena Falls, OR

Tuesday, January 27th, 2026


 

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

Multnomah Falls

Saturday, November 29th, 2025


 

Multnomah Falls version 03, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Multnomah Falls OR – version 03, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Autumn Leaves, Trask River OR

Monday, September 29th, 2025


 

Trask River OR, 27H x 33W inches soft pastels on paper
Autumn Leaves, Trask River, Oregon 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper (2020), 27H x 33W inches framed size (2021). White mat, white wood frame with crackle finish. Showcased in Biafarin/Exhibizone’s international online exhibition, Seasons: Fall 2025 October 1st through December 1st.

Landscapes

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025


 

Serenity, 16H x 20W inches soft pastels on watercolor paper
Serenity, 16H x 20W inches soft pastels on WC paper (2020), 22H x 26W” framed size

Loon Lake Loop, Hwy 4, BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Loon Lake Loop, BC 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Both are showcased in Artist Space Gallery’s Landscapes Exhibition through August.

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.

Teravarna Gallery’s “Animals” Exhibition

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024


 

Bearded Dragon, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

  Sea Anemone, Cannon Beach, OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper   New Feathers, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper  


Honorable Mention Award, Taravarna's 10th Annual Animals ExhibitionReceived Honorable Mentions in Teravarna Gallery’s 10th Annual “Animals”: Bearded Dragon, New Feathers, and Sea Anemone, all 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.

 

“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.

Elements of Nature

Monday, September 23rd, 2024


 

Moody Weather - Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed
Moody Weather, Oregon Coast, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches. Moody Weather, Best in Show, J Mane Gallery Elements of Nature 2024Won Best in Show and Featured Artist as part of the award, in J. Mane Gallery’s Elements of Nature 2024

 


Oystercatchers and Mallards

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024


 

Oystercatchers, (2020) 18H x 24W inches watercolors on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches.

Mallards, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paperOystercatchers, (2020), 18H x 24W inches watercolors on paper and Mallards at Rood Bridge Park pond, Hillsboro OR (drawn and initially posted on April 30th), 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper.

Framed sizes are 27H x 33W inches with white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

Both in the exhibition, ‘Flowing and Flying’, at d’Art Center gallery in Norfolk, VA August 1 – 31st. (Aug. 29 note: Oystercatchers sold!)

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