I am very excited to be introducing several works that are a fairly new direction for me in my Sept show at Tumalo Art Co. Along with soft pastels I will have 5 acrylic canvases about how light filters through trees in all seasons and times of day. Interpreting this “natural chaos” as a landscape [...]
New Show Opens Sept.2 at Tumalo Art Co. in Bend, Oregon
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Soft Pastel of Broken Top from Sparks Lake
I was struggling to decide what to paint and happened on this photo taken in late autumn at Sparks Lake. Broken Top is mirrored flawlessly in the water. The colors are vibrant. It was late afternoon and there wasn’t another soul around. It was that moment before winter when the very air feels like it’s [...]
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Soft pastel landscape from near Smith Rock State Park
I love the juxtaposition of these contented cows in a pasture in front of the majestic rocks formations at Smith Rocks in Terreboone, Oregon. This area is before you get into the park and it’s surrounded by farmland. The mellow light of morning gives the rock a pearly look. This is a medium sized soft [...]
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New Heron Painting
After a bit of an unintentional break from painting, I’ve finally gotten a couple of new ones done. When I haven’t painted in a while I tend to do something different…this acrylic painting of a heron up in the top of a tree with dramatic lighting has been in my head for awhile. I took [...]
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