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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Duck Silhouettes

October 9, 2020


 

Duck Silhouettes, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Duck Silhouettes, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Categories: animals, Art for sale, Autumn, birds, Oregon, silhouettes, soft pastels, water | Comments Off on Duck Silhouettes

Overgrown

October 5, 2020


 

Overgrown, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Overgrown in Denton, TX, this old building is now torn down – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper.

Categories: architecture, flowers, flowers and leaves, leaves, Seasonal, semi-impressionist, soft pastels, summer, Texas | Comments Off on Overgrown

Spanish Moss

October 4, 2020


 

Spanish Moss, Creyke Point, Vancouver Island BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Spanish Moss, Creyke Point, Vancouver Island BC, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Categories: B.C., beaches, Canada, expressionism, rocks, seascape, trees, water | Comments Off on Spanish Moss

Red Squirrel

October 1, 2020


 

Red Squirrel, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Red Squirrel in Ottawa, Ontario – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Categories: animals, Art for sale, Canada, Forests, Ontario, semi-impressionist, soft pastels, summer, trees | Comments Off on Red Squirrel

Gold in the Mountains 03

September 30, 2020


 

Gold in the Mountains 03, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Gold in the Mountains 03, Kananaskis Valley, Alberta – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper. On sunny September days in the Rockies, it’s impossible to take a bad photo. The seasonal colors of Aspens are glorious; golden yellows made more intense by the backdrop of violet mountains.

Categories: Alberta, Art for sale, Autumn, Canada, expressionism, Forests, Seasonal, semi-impressionist, soft pastels, travel, trees | Comments Off on Gold in the Mountains 03

Mountain Goats

September 29, 2020


 

Mountain Goats, Sandpoint ID, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Mountain Goats near Sandpoint, Idaho – early summer, so mama is molting. 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Categories: animals, Art for sale, Idaho, illustration, landscapes, mountains, rocks, soft pastels, summer, travel | Comments Off on Mountain Goats

Abandoned

September 26, 2020


 

Abandoned, Taos NM, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Abandoned farm near Taos New Mexico, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Categories: architecture, Art for sale, clouds, landscapes, mountains, New Mexico, sky, soft pastels, storms, travel | Comments Off on Abandoned

Milkweed

September 24, 2020


 

Milkweed along Hwy 69 Kentucky, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper
Milkweed along Hwy 69 Kentucky, a favorite subject of mine – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper

Categories: flowers, flowers and leaves, Kentucky, Seasonal, soft pastels, summer, travel, Wildflowers | Comments Off on Milkweed

Longhorns, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

September 21, 2020


 

Longhorns, Scottsbluff, Nebraska -18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Longhorns, Scottsbluff, Nebraska -18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90 lb watercolor paper.

This is a compilation of scenery by the monument area and cows on a farm that were closer to town. On this hot summer day, the longhorn were bothered by the flies. I sat by the road and watched them for quite a while because the way they sport those horns is fascinating, and the horns-size on the bull seem kind of impossible. Another newborn calf, a white one, was nearby in the long grass.

Post-dated note: Accepted in the J. Mane Gallery’s Fins, Feathers and Fur 2020 exhibition.

Categories: animals, Art for sale, exhibitions, illustration, landscapes, Nebraska, soft pastels, summer, travel | Comments Off on Longhorns, Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Stormy Morning Travel

September 20, 2020


 

Stormy Morning Travel, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper

Stormy Morning Travel along Hwy 2W, North Dakota – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 90lb watercolor paper

Categories: Art for sale, clouds, drawings, flowers, landscapes, North Dakota, Seasonal, sky, soft pastels, storms, summer, sunrise, travel | Comments Off on Stormy Morning Travel

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