7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

“If you look closely at a tree you’ll notice it’s knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.” Matthew Fox

12″x9″ pastel on sanded paper

This was after a big afternoon thunderstorm, the light was beautiful.

Pastel study on Italian Clay sanded paper

10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper

The pears are finally ready to pick in New Mexico.  Jelly anyone?

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

These cholla were so beautiful earlier this summer, it is fun to remember their blooms with pigment.

10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

7″x5″ pastel on sanded paper

“People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.” -James Joyce

8″ square, pastel on sanded paper

I enjoyed painting the way the sun felt: hot and bright, and well…sunny.