Pastel Portrait Commission

A portrait commission...always hard to put all the faces in one picture.

Three on a Bench

This pastel was a tough one...how much to put in and what to leave out.

Hey Seagull

I used two images to put this painting together for the dynamic between the little girl and the seagull.

cloth demo

My students wanted me to demo cloth after posting the kiwis and cherries still life. I did this little 6 x 6 inch painting, designing it so that most of the still life was high on the horizon allowing it to be about the cloth.

Still Life with Kiwi and Cherries

Just off to the Banks Gallery in New London, NH

Seeing green instead of white fields inspired me to post this farming painting from my Fells show about working farms in New Hampshire

Coastal Rocks

Whew...after struggling with Morning Coffee (probably still not done) I played with color