99 Voices

 Tides Out 24x36 plein air pastel on board.

Black Star Canyon 24x36 plein air pastel on board. These are my entries for the 99 voices show for Pastel Society of the West Coast.

At The Bench

A commission from last year. It started out with a friendly conversation with Matt and his dad.

Matt had just proposed at Heisler Park at this bench.

Matt wanted to make sure I put the bench in the painting. I did everything I could to change his mind. 

He insisted and I put the bench into the painting.

The finished painting The Bench 24x36 pastel on board.

The bench in question.

Some detail shots showing my mark making and the abstraction in my work.

 

Yesterday

 

Again And Again

 As I continue to paint this location over and over again, I keep finding more to express.  The level of detail keeps increasing.  The ability to include more elements within the painting, and to be able to explore color further is only possible because of all the paintings that came before.  It is whatever it can be within a three hour window. I never go back to work on the painting a second time, and I don't work on it in the studio.

Music to Paint By