floral | Painting | pastel | Still life
Forsythia and Copper Canister, final
I do love reaching the end of a painting! I had such a wonderful time working on this piece. It has been far too long a break from pastel this…
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Kelley Gallery Show
A big, huge thank you to everyone who was able to stop out to the show in Hudson last Friday evening! A big, huge thank you to anyone that wasn’t able…
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Forsythia and Copper Canister, update #2
I’ve been digging through my boxes of pastels to find colors that I can use to unify areas of the painting. To do this, I try to find a color…
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color | floral | Painting | pastel | Still life | Work in Progress
Forsythia and Copper Canister, work in progress update
I finally got back over to the studio today. We have been moving from an apartment in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis, to our first house, over in Saint…
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floral | Painting | pastel | Still life
Forsythia and Copper Canister, work in progress.
Today I thought it would be great to have another dose of spring. I have loved forsythia since I was a kid. I have some great memories of a forsythia bush…
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Pastel Field
Still more longing for spring… Here in Minnesota, we have had a few days with above normal temperatures. Then, things dipped back down into the single digits. This little painting was done…
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Orange and Blue, Potted Begonia
I had the best time painting this one. Hands down….the most fun I’ve had the easel in a long time! I’m not sure what it was about this set up. Perhaps…
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The Painted Bowl
Please click here to bid on this painting. This was a quick painting. In addition to pushing to my artistic abilities for brushwork, speed has emerged as one of my artistic…
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Pastel Pines
When I woke up this morning, it was 10 degrees below zero. I decided that I couldn’t dwell on how cold it was since I was nice and warm in…
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color | floral | Still life
Yellow Roses and Swedish Tapestry
I really wanted to try out a yellow background. I not sure why. That was my over riding thought as I was heading to the studio this morning. I have had a couple…
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floral | pastel | Still life
Yellow Flowers in a Magenta World
I can’t even think of the last time I did a pastel still life. I had this composition all set up. I had a square oil painting panel out and…
