In July of 2013 I painted a pastel on LaCarte paper - a coarser surface than my favorite Wallis. At that time, I wanted a soft look for th...

A few days ago I painted an acrylic under painting on Wallis paper. Finally got back to it today. Path to Gold Creek, pastel, 13 x 17....

For my sanity, I had to end the week with a pastel. Glory Days II, pastel, 13x17 inches.

If you read my posts of January 13 and 15, you saw my pretty reference photo. I've worked with that photo before as a lesson on value ...

Tomorrow I will deliver the first three acrylics of 2015 to Cole Gallery for their annual Anniversary Show. The Opening Party is 6:30 -...

Here they are again, this time with the darkest value added. I noticed when working with interactive acrylics that sometimes in my enthusi...

Continuing from yesterday... As I started to work on the three little acrylic foundations I posted yesterday it occurred to me that it wo...

The next three acrylic experiments are on the easel. Color is arbitrary - brushfulls of paint applied to white Ampersand Gessobord while...

Faithful, acrylic, 6 x 6 inches I have been meaning to paint scenes from where we live now but I keep getting side-tracked. Fnally, th...

With Faith, acrylic, 6 x 6 inches I am holding on to faith that I will be able to pull off another acrylic painting. I'm working wit...

As I was framing "Leap to Faith," I enjoyed the yin/yang of the piece as I rotated it. The balance of light and dark is pl...

Leap to Faith, acrylic, 6 x 6 inches Well, I have to say I am pretty excited about acrylics! If you have been following this blog, you k...

I'm going to be working toward simplification in 2015. Simplification in my finished work (simplified shapes and values) as well as in...

I found three old 6x6 inch Ampersand Gessbord panels with black acrylic Notan paintings in my studio. The middle one looks like the whol...

Another scene from our home in Renton, Washington. This is the bamboo along the street as it catches the light of the setting sun. ...

A few things: Bursting into flame:  This morning I received a comment on one of my posts. Here is an excerpt: "In everyone’s life,...

Autumn at Anahim Lake, pastel, 5 x 7 inches "Autumn at Anahim Lake" is back in the Studio after its debut in the Northwest Pas...

"Tradition," pastel, 7 x 11 inches It is my annual tradition to rework older paintings that I'm no longer happy with.  Tod...

Doing that year-end thing again...reworking paintings that really need help. I gave this painting a partial rework - softening some detail...

Autumn Memories, pastel, 10 x14 inches Late yesterday I unframed an old abstract pastel and began again with an oil wash over the top of...

Soon we will be leaving our home of the last 27 years. It is bittersweet so I am gathering memories in the form of pastel paintings. ...

A Sense of Place III, pastel, 10 x 13 inches Yesterday I posted my first pastel painted more than a dozen years ago. Today I went back t...

Plums and Blue Bowl, pastel on velour paper, 8 x 7.25 inches Dah-da! My first pastel. For those who have studied pastel with me, you kno...

An ahaa! moment about my creative process. Read more here...

I haven't painted at my easels for six weeks, setting art aside to focus on building the house. I've been testing house paint on wal...

I am honored to join Kay Dewar in a two-artist colored pencil show, "Drawn from the Heart," at The Dorothy Liberty Gallery, withi...