This painting is the third in the series from the Laguna Canyon Wilderness Area. As with the others it is done on Wallis paper with a water color underpainting. This series of paintings represents some growth for me as an artist. After studying some of Kim Lordiers paintings at the Huse gallery on Balboa island and reading an article by Kim on her mark making, I decided I needed to work on my mark making. The two biggest influences as artists for me are Van Gogh and Monet. In my opinion they both had amazing mark making technique. The challenge for me as a pastel artist is to not over work a painting and to get it right the first time and step away from it. I work with soft pastels exclusively. They tend to fill the tooth of the paper quicker than harder pastels. The use of the water color underpainting has freed up my mark making in that I do not have to worry about covering the surface of the painting with pastel. This has allowed me to be more expressive with my mark making and sped up my overall time working on the painting. It makes it harder for me to overwork the surface. In the collection of Bob and Mary Jane Major
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