Color study 3.5″x2.5″
I love these little studies, they are a great way to work out colors and compositions, or just to finish a painting when you are short on time.
Painting with my girls!
A Single Wave
8″x10″ pastel on sanded paper
“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” -Albert Schweitzer
My Sunset Sky
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Kauai
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” -Rabindranath Tagore
Snorkeler’s Cove
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Play this sound track: “Look mom, an eel!, a school of so many fish” Now roll the surf in the background. It was a beautiful morning.
Plein air – Kauai
Ironwood Afternoon
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii – plein air
As my family fought the waves, I enjoyed the shade of this beautiful Ironwood tree.
Ocean Stirrings
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.” -Robert Wyland
Salt Pond
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper. Plein air
Salt Pond Beach – Kauai, Hawaii
Launch on Every Wave
14″x11″ pastel on sanded paper
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” -Henry David Thoreau
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!
Grey Day, Heavy Mist
10″x8″ oil on panel
Below is my painting photographed in the scene. Pictured is my trusty, little Alla Prima Pochade box, that can hold 4 wet panels. A 4 paining day remains a lofty goal, I have hit it twice so far on this trip.
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