Work in Progress – sunrise painting
I’ve been wanting to start another large (36″x24″) pastel for quite a while now. I began this one on Thursday, from a photo I took a few years back of a lovely sunrise.
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I started the painting below about a week and a half ago, and this is my progress on it. I like to work on several paintings at once, and that helps me to see them more objectively as I come back to...
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A little more work on this 36×24 painting A new pastel, 12×18 I think, started mid-afternoon
View ArticleNew pastel paintings started in Jaenicke Workshop
I took a workshop the first week of this month with Barbara Jaenicke, and learned a lot – both new things and basic lessons on composition, color and pastel strokes. Very interesting workshop. These...
View ArticleMorning Light – Pastel – 36″x24″
“Morning Sky” My first finished painting of 2014. I started this back in October or November, and worked on it while also working of several other pieces. Now I’m at a loss – I have no pieces in...
View ArticleFinding your way as an artist: Comfort Art to Inspiring Art
When I look back on my own work, or that of other artists, it occurs to me that we find our way toward our highest and best work slowly but naturally. We might start out thinking we love to paint...
View ArticleWork In Progress –“To the East”
I started this last Wednesday – probably about halfway there… painting from my photo of a beautiful North Carolina storm moving to the east
View Article“Soaring One”, pastel 7.5 x 10
I finished this one on Thursday, after a long period of not having time to paint. Am so excited to be back in the studio, getting ready for my presentation for the Appalachian Pastel Society in May!
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