10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
Plein air
My sweet husband is a runner, and he spends his runs scouting out fantastic painting spots for me. Today he made coffee in the dark, brought me to a spectacular beach, and even set up my easel.
Poipu Beach
10″x8″ pastel and wind on sanded paper
Plein air – Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii
Poʻipū literally, “crashing waves” in Hawaiian
Poipu color study
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!
Peaceful Lily
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“The focus of ‘Flower’ is emotion and to make you feel peaceful.” -Jenova Chen
Salt Pond
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper. Plein air
Salt Pond Beach – Kauai, Hawaii
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
Beautiful Spring Came
12″ square pastel on sanded board
“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” -Harriet Ann Jacobs
Picasso’s Primrose
8″x10″ pastel on sanded paper
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” – Pablo Picasso
“Roadside Rooster”
“Morning Light”
I love the light through the colonial windows in Old Havana, Cuba.
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