10″x8″ pastel on sanded paperPlein air of fly fishing in turquoise lake. Beautiful day! My cast iron skillet awaits.
A Day at Turquoise Lake
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper, Plein AirLeadville, Colorado- 10,200′
Today was a fine day for fishing, or canoeing, or paddle boarding, or sailing, or hiking, or picnicking, or painting! 
Or just enjoying the view!
Getting to the Other Side
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Sometimes the answer to the question is the most obvious.
Hurrying Across
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Out of all the crazy thing I have seen in lost and found boxes, I have never seen TIME. Time is a hard thing to find. You have to MAKE time for things most important in your life. Today I am painting while my son attends a pole vaulting camp.
That spec in the top half of the frame is my fledgling learning to fly!
Fine Wind for a Sail
24″x18″ pastel on sanded paper
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Tangle of Lace
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Even a cluttered pile of lace looks beautiful in a sewing basket, and so it is with weedy Queen Anne’s Lace, beautiful in a tangle.
Master and Apprentice
11″x9″ pastel on sanded paper
Watching through the windows at all the levels of classical ballet at my daughter’s studio delights me. Images at the bar are easiest to capture because they do the same things over and over again.
Summer Sail
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whatever port you want to reach this summer, remember, you won’t get there by drifting or staying tied to an anchor.
Dancing Lace
If it were not for the mosquitos and the chiggers I might not ever come inside. To be surrounded by The setting sun, and chest high flowers is a wonderful thing to experience.
Photo by Dickie Hill
Ojitos First Light
8″x10″ pastel on sanded paper
Ojitos Canyon is on the Continental Divide Trail. I painted this just after dawn.
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