paintandsimple

14″x11″ pastel on sanded board

This was a demo for a pastel workshop I am teaching this week. The purpose was to show texture and just enough lines and strokes to make it work.

16″x20″ Mixed Media

Brothers, together. Skipping stones, making waves. Glacier National Park, Montana.

Recreation/ RE Creation Series No•3

16″x20″ mixed Media

Brothers, together. Drifting and Paddling. Glacier National Park, Montana.

Recreation/RE Creation Series No•2

20″x16″ oil on panel

Here are a few details

I love the play between the underpainting and paint.

20″x16″

Oil on panel

Painted Desert. Ghost Ranch, NM. The sun shines bright, and the snow melts fast. Winter in the high desert is beautiful.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Plein air – Ghost Ranch. Those white patches are snow!

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” -Percy Bysshe Shelley

Would you like to learn how to make art with pastels? Come take a workshop with me.

Sunnyvale, TX Feb 12,13, & 14

Ghost Ranch, NM May 15-18

12″x9″ pastel on sanded board

This is the view from Georgia O’Keefe’s home at Ghost Ranch. It is a spectacular presentation of the Painted Desert.

I had an amazing trail ride where I wove in and out of these beautiful hills. The light and landforms were spectacular. I feel like I needed all the texture in this painting to capture what I experienced.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM.

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

Ghost Ranch, NM.