soft pastels ~ spring 2021

sticks of pigment

In spring of 2021 I'm reconnecting with pastels - their colors, consistencies, opacity, immediacy, and reflectivity - for luminous landscape (light-scape) paintings.

I'm washing my fingers a LOT. These guys are messy, but I love the effects!

 

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silver springs

duckweed and light on a stream near my home


Silver Springs 10 x 7 inches, soft pastel on UArt archival sanded paper, created March 20, 21

fishing access road


fishing access road - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on UArt archival paper, March 22, 2021

deschutes harmony


deschutes harmony - 8 x 8 inches on UArt archival sanded paper, February 16, 2021

gigi's house in february snow


GiGi's House in February Snow  9.75 x 9.25 inches soft pastel on UArt archival sanded paper, Feb. 26, 2021

nocturn


nocturn - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on archival UART paper, January 28, 2021

summer's light


remembering late summer  - soft pastel, 5.5 x 7.5 inches
, Saturday, January 16, 2021


hazy skookumchuck valley - 8 x 8 inches on UART archival paper, February 3, 2021

pastel painting in 39 seconds


"summer cycling" - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on archival UART sanded paper, Jan. 27, 2021


maple dapple - 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel on UART archival sanded paper, Jan. 26, 2021

maple dapple


maple dapple - reference photo and finished painting


"Deschutes Melody" 9 x 14 inches on UArt archival paper, February 10, 2021

 

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