Another version of the tucked-away farmhouse we discovered last summer. "Homestead" is available on my Daily Paintworks Gallery ...

Instead of Black Friday shopping, my fun for today was a trip to the Post Office to ship four paintings, thanks to collectors in the US an...

Last August I was painting this view of our noxious weeds (water lilies) and sold the painting to an artist-friend who saw it on my easel....

I don't think I have ever reworked a 6x6 inch pastel before but there's always a first time. I LOVED parts of this painting but no...

These four little pastels will be available for purchase online in the next few days. Visit Barbara's Gallery on Daily Paintworks.

  Inspire Yourself

October Sunrise, pastel 16.5 x 23.5 inches I'm getting ready for a group show at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA, December and Jan...

Leavenworth Pine, 17th Annual Pastel 100 Juror's Image I recently had the honor and pleasure of judging the Abstract and Non-Object...

Tidying up means keeping only what you need and use. I am (once again) moving to a looser style of painting. Two years ago, the stro...

Continuing with the theme of tidying up and praising a small studio, I spent the day moving stuff around...again. This is my oil painting ...

The rain has finally started here in Washington state after a record-breaking dry summer. Garden chores are coming to an end and I'm...

Briefly, my process... Starting with a reference photo, I talk to myself about why I want to paint this scene. This is a photo of Ro...

I was curious to know if I could do an underpainting on Pastelmat. Seems to work. I used an oil paint wash to tone white Pastelmat. ...

Red Barn larger version Step 1 I'm painting for a couple fall/winter gallery shows. This time it is Red Barn again with the little s...

Red Barn, pastel, 5x7 inches Available       Red Barn, pastel, 5x7 in virtual frame

Judy commented on yesterday's post asking what adhesive I use to mount pastel paper to Gatorbord. Here it is. When it arrived, the jug...

Study#2 - Tucked Away, pastel, 9x6 inches ​As much as I loved the angles of the buildings in Study#1 for Tucked Away, they kept getting...

I have a reference photo of an old farmhouse off the main highway, down a dirt road around a fenced pasture, between outbuildings...

I'm still bonding with my new studio. When we first arrived here, I jammed everything I didn't want to deal with into my storage r...