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Limited Palette Value Study in Pastel (Tree Bark and Leaves)
The strong contrast, the interesting broken line mark making, and the diagonal design element bringing energy to the piece,...
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New Large Pastel Landscape Done in 200 Strokes (with Process Photos)
The idea of restricting the quantity of strokes is to curb detail, go for only the more abstract essence...
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Focal Point on Hendrick’s Head Beach (New Large Painting in Pastel)
This time I painted everything but the featured rock in cool colors in order to emphasize the awesome rock...
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Golden Hour on Hendrick’s Head Beach (New Large Landscape in Pastel)
I loved the complimentary colors at play during the golden hour in this beautiful spot; the light, the seaweed...
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Up Through the Meadow (New Abstract Landscape in Pastel)
Sometimes we are in the weeds and we need to look up and out, beyond where we are, and...
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August Light (Third Artist-in-Residency Painting 2021)
This painting aims to capture that special kind of light in the forest during August, that shimmers against the...
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Spring at New Pond Farm (New Abstract Landscape in Pastel)
Sometimes painting an abstraction is more representational of a place and a feeling than a literal depiction is.
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Two New Pastel Paintings about my Childhood
Memories from childhood is a fertile ground for painting ideas...
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Two New Impressionistic Landscapes in Pastel
This is the time of year, when I can no longer paint outside, I paint from photo references and...
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Late Summer’s Generosity (Stylized Floral in Pastel)
This intentionally stylized floral captures the profusion of garden glory in late summer.
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On a Late Afternoon Walk in October (New Landscape Painting in Pastel)
Don't you love the vibrance of autumn, especially when it is back lit in the late afternoon?
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Autumn in the Vermont Forest (New Abstract Landscape in Pastel)
After days of hiking in Vermont forests, I painted this impression.
