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This painting is done on belgium mist Kitty Wallis paper with soft pastels and measures 22"x26".  I did this

painting as part of a group of paintings that I worked up for a client of a interior designer I work with from time to time.  The customer was from Washington state and wanted picture that reminded them of home.

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This soft pastel painting is done on Belgium Mist Kitty Wallis paper with a water color underpainting.  This painting measures 23"x26".  This painting is one of the series I did for my interior decorator's client. 

Into the Eucalyptus

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This pastel painting is done on velour paper and is done with soft pastels.  The painting measures 23"x29".  This scene is from a hike I took up along Black Star Canyon Road. 

Donner Canyon Sycamore Stand

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This pastel painting is done on velour paper with soft pastels and measures 14"x23".  This scene was painted from my hike through Donner Canyon in the Chino Hills State Park.  The park is recovering from the fires that ravaged the park a year and a half ago.  This painting was done in Febuary as Spring was just starting to take hold after the rains stopped.  In the distance you can see the Cleveland National Forest.

From Under the Sycamore

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This painting is on velour paper made with soft pastel and measures 29"x23".  This painting was done from a visit to Irvine Park which was established around 20's.  The day was an unseasonalbly warm spring day with Santa Ana winds blowing through the canyon.  As with so many parks in the area it was once part of a vast cattle ranch.  In my search for Sycamore trees this park had a huge number of old trees.  My only regret was that the majority of the trees were manicured.

Shadows along the Creek

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This painting is done on velour paper and is of a Sycamore tree in the Santiago Canyon.  It measures 25"x29.5".

Light Running Through The Woods

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This soft pastel painting is done on Belgium Mist Kitty Wallis paper with a water color underpainting.  I liked the light touching and running through the shadows.  This pastel painting is part of the work I did for our customers who lived there.

Sunset Cliffs Reflection

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This painting of Sunset Cliffs is done on La Carte Pastel Card and measures 23"x26.5".  I have been studying the book by Robert Henri called "The Art Spirit".  Though this book was assembled in 1923, I find myself identifying with many of his  thoughts.  I thought in particular for this painting the following quote was appropriate ..."the most vital things in a landscape endure only a moment"...The colors I used I thought were right for the moment based on my memory of it.  The movement of the waves and the contrast of the light on the horizon and the shadows upon the cliffs all came out as I remember them.

Swamp Grass

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This soft pastel painting is done on Belgium Mist Kitty Wallis paper with a water color underpainting.  The colors of the plants around the water and the differences in their colors is what interested me in this subject.  This painting is of a bog in Washington State which is part of the work I was doing for a client who came from the area.  When showing the pictures I found the customer wanted something less impressionistic.  I got those ideas of what they wanted from meeting with them in person.  I am now working on a group of new paintings that reflect what they were looking for.