Tag Archives: Oil Pastel
Destination
This scene said, “it’s the Destination.” You know a place that one would hike just to see the valley below and feel the breeze from above – a peaceful destination. The place had a wonderful to it that I knew … Continue reading
Beyond
Landscape paintings showing distance always hold a special appeal to me. The view seems to draw me right into the scene and especially when distance hills has a mist in the air. This scene is cropped from a larger field-side … Continue reading
At The End of the Day
**Image of painting was updated and re-posted within the body of this post. An extremely talented member – photographer, David Smith, of an online artist community that I belong to has recently passed. So for this months challenge, as a … Continue reading
A Rough Sea
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on my blog because I have been locked in the studio staying focused on completing an oil pastel painting called, “A Rough Sea.” It was just finished this morning. A couple of weeks … Continue reading
Morning Walk
I’m getting hit with all kinds of spam again, hope to get it cleared up – seems to be coming from Facebook (of which I’m not even a member). Oh well, the joy (or pain) of the internet. So I’m … Continue reading
Country House
Here is my latest landscape painting, an oil pastel (11×14) of a country house with a canola field in the foreground. In person the sky is lighter with pastel colors, couldn’t get a decent photograph with my Coolpix – it … Continue reading
White Eggs
This month on the oil pastel forum of Wetcanvas (an online artist community) I am the sponsor of the February monthly challenge. One of my roles was to select seven to ten photographed images from a variety of subjects for … Continue reading
An Open Wave
I love painting the ocean and seascapes, waves in particular – there is something magical about capturing the power of water. I’d like to say in advance to anyone affected by Hurricane Sandy that I’m sorry to bring up the … Continue reading
Seascape, Apollo Bay
I love painting the sea. The only thing constant about seascapes is that it’s always changing from time of day, to the time of season, from gorgeous colors, to the speed of water coming on shore, the height and power … Continue reading
Up the Hill
Sometimes a photograph is a perfect image for painting a series of scenes. What I’ve posted here is the first (oil pastel, 14 x 11) for my “Up the Hill” painting series. The second painting will be the same scene … Continue reading
