14″X11″ pastel on sanded paper
“Do anything, but let it produce joy.”
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
I love the light this time of year, especially as it falls in streaks and highlights grass heads in the morning light.
I started this painting on toned paper and by blocking in my darks. I love creating an abstract composition by connecting the darks. 
14″X11″ pastel on sanded paper
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
-Albert Camus
14″X11″ pastel on sanded paper
Native prairie, or a mowed pasture? Either way, first I must paint the dew and morning light!
12″x9″ pastel on sanded paper
I love the light this time of year, it is beautiful. It doesn’t feel like fall in the air yet, but you can see it in the shadows. The autumnal rose twilight is nothing short of magic.
October is the reason to live in Texas.
5×7 pastel on sanded paper, plein air
5×7 pastel on sanded paper
5×7 pastel on sanded paper
8×10 oil on panel, plein air
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
William Blake
7×5 pastel on sanded paper
5×7 pastel on sanded paper
The beauty is in its imperfections.
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