Pastel sketch of Maggie

Sketch of Maggie, about 12 x 16 inches, pastel.

Some friends and I are sharing the cost of a model about twice/month--this is a sketch that I thought was very nice and even though unfinished captured the sense of the person very well.

In the Marshes

In the Marshes, 18 x 18 inches, pastel.

This painting is an enlargement of a small 5 x 5 oil painting I did a month or two ago. You can see that I am using the speckled technique that I have been intrigued with lately. I like the little flecks of color scattered judiciously over the surface, but worry that I am overdoing it. The foreground of the painting is still unresolved...I am going to leave it up on the wall for a while. Usually a solution suggests itself to me after a few days of gestation.

Painting of Jen

Jen, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Maggie

Maggie, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Temple Sunset, 11 x 16 inches, pastel.

This painting is a study for a larger commission I might be doing soon. The photo of the painting contains some glare caught in the paint--I shall have to re-photograph it before I email it off to the patroness!

Persimmons

Persimmons, 10 x 10 inches, oil.

Light on Water III

Light on Water III, 18 x 18 inches, pastel.

And one more... These paintings are enjoyable to paint because the pastels shimmer when you put close shades of color strokes right next to one another.

Light on Water II

Light on Water II, 18 x 18 inches, pastel.

Here is another water, impressionist painting. In these paintings, I can see the rhythm of the music I listened while doing each painting. Is this an abstract or just a detail of a larger impressionist landscape that I have not made yet?

Monet in Pastels

Light on Water I, 18 x 18 inches, pastel.

I know I should be oil painting, I just can't help it. Pastels are perfect for getting the impressionist color shimmer that takes sooooo long in oil paints, because one has to keep ones brushes clean and color bright. I have done a set of three of these and may do one or two more.

Delta at Twilight

Mount Hamilton at Twilight, 24 x 36 inches, pastel.

I went painting in the Delta a few weeks ago with Kim Fancher Lordier.
This is a painting done from some of the photos taken as the sun was going down. The painting is done in a near-pointillist style, with speckles of color scattered over an underpainting--the result is rich and interesting to look at.