Pastel painting of trees reflected in a river deep in the woods.

Pastel painting 10 inches x 10 inches   $450

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I have been crazy busy the last few days between work at our ann arbor advertising agency, studio work and GrandBaby time. I now have 5 of my planned 9 family portraits done for a project I am  calling my “portrait quilt”. I am hoping to have it finished and hung for Thanksgiving so the whole fam damily can critique it!

This pastel landscape above is part of the “Michigan Reflections” series I am currently painting. I am so drawn to light and shadow and, if you throw a couple reflections in, I am a real goner. I liked playing with the heightened color in this piece. I wanted to evoke the feeling of an early morning walk and coming upon a gorgeous treasure of a place, deep in the woods, that no one else knew about…

Pastel landscape painting of a creek in the woods of Northern Michigan.

Pastel painting 10 inches x 10 inches   $450

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I am  really excited about this recent pastel landscape. I feel like I loosened up and approached the style that I really want to work in.  I feel like I finally dropped the worthless details and concentrated on the color, composition and, of course, THE LIGHT AND SHADOWS. It seems like it would be easy to recreate this feeling every time, but once I get going I get caught up in minutiae and then…..

This beautiful little river is near Harbor Springs, in the woods at Pond Hill Farm. The farm was one of the nature conservancy areas that I painted for Tvedten Fine Art ’s plein air charity paint out. The bugs were crazy so I couldn’t paint this scene on site, but I took hundreds of photos and used several for reference for this piece.

Pastel painting of woods covered in snow

Pastel painting 5 inches x 7 inches $80   SOLD

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My last homage to winter. I’m looking forward to spring. I painted this pastel painting right after our latest storm and I’m hoping its the last one of a long, snowy season. I must say that I’ve really enjoyed painting winter landscapes this year. I’ve realized that there really is very little white in snow–but lots of blue, purple, pink and yellow. It all depends on the light!

Pastel painting 12.5 inches x 25.5 inches $800 + shipping

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I just finished this second pastel in my Treescape series and have a bunch more of them floating in my head. I really like the idea of exploring color and emotion using an everyday part of our landscape. I may be crazy but trees, in all their different positions, seem to be carrying on conversations…

Pastel painting 4.75 inches x 7 inches $100 + shipping

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When I saw the sun filtering through the trees at our local park, it really called to me. It was mid morning and the sunlight created wild colors and patterns that were just perfect for pastel. Trees and forest are some of my favorite subjects that I come back to time and again.

Well, I’ve finally decided to join the blogging crowd. For a long time I’ve admired the artists who paint and post their art works daily but I haven’t had the time (or nerve!) to start my own blog. I’m going to begin slowly and add paintings every few days or so. I think it is a great way to increase my skills and get my work out to a larger audience. Within a few days you will be able to subscribe to this blog. Please feel free to pass it on to your friends!

This pastel painting is the first in a new series I am working on. Its approximately 13 x 26 inches and should be available at the River Gallery in a few weeks or so…