Pastel is,
along with oil, a medium that I have used from my teen years. I
love the way colors layer and the luminous quality of the
finished work. I like my pastels to have a "painterly" quality
to them, and do not smear them together as I work.
Somewhere the Sun is Shining,
Pastel on Art Spectrum Paper
Size: 18 x 24, Frame is plain
black 27 x 33
A fear and fascination with the power of these storms is a
continuing obsession. I have become somewhat used to the daily
summer thunder storms, but some of them look terribly ominous
and I have a desire to find a rock to hide under but need to
photograph the darn thing first! I have many Florida storm
photographs that I later work into paintings.
$500
Farm Relic,
Pastel on Art Spectrum paper
Size: 9 x 12, currently unframed
The North Tampa Arts
League (NTAL) organized a Plein Air day at the farm of one of
the regions' well-known artists. None of the views of the
surrounding Florida Hill Country spoke to me that day, but this
old tractor did with its brilliant orange body against the blue
sky.
$125
Birds in
Flight, Pastel on Art Spectrum paper
Size: 18 x 24, Frame is antique gold with triple matte
I belong to an informal
painting group called "Les Girls". We are friends who meet once
a week to paint together, and occasionally show our work
together. Someone had an idea that we all paint the same still
life so the birds of paradise was part of the set up. This
painting was the result of that idea.
POR
on hold for ArtMiami
Corn and Pumpkins, Pastel on Art Spectrum Paper
Size: 12 x 16, Frame is 16 x 20 gold Nielsen
The autumn theme of the corn, gourds and mini-pumpkins started
out as a pastel demonstration which was later finished in my
studio.
$170
private
collection
THE PORCH
pastel 9 x 12 2009 framed and
double matted
This is the porch on the south
side of the Tampa Palms association at Compton Park. Mary
Ellen Bitner and I went to find a plein air location near her
house and the location we went to was a park that was closed for
a Federal Holiday, so we regrouped and set up here, where
several art groups we both belong to hold meetings; NTAL and Les
Girls Painting Society. I was in a mood to challenge myself with
perspective that day!
Reverie,
Pastel on board
Size: 16 x 20, Framed in plain black wood with double matte 27 x
23
The art board was coated with Art
Spectrum primer which grabs a lot of pastel and so the surface
is thick with juicy pastel. It was a bit of a project to keep
all that black pigment from migrating into the blue sky!
