'Pink Pig' pastel painting

      'Pink Pig'                        8x10                       sold         

I couldn't resist painting this "in your face" pig! I started with a watercolor underpainting and used a complementary color palette.

'Marie Antoinette's Cottage' and 'Monet's House" pastel paintings

'Marie Antoinette's Cottage'     14x21       

I have been fortunate to visit France and experience the old world ambiance there.  On the grand estate of Versaille lies this quaint cottage of Marie Antoinette. I love the calla lily garden!
The 2 paintings below are of Monet's home in Giverny.  Of course Monet would have a pink house with green shutters and doors!

'Monet's Door'      8x10    sold

 

'Monet's House in Giverny'          8x10             sold          

'Possibilities' pastel painting

'Possibilities'                                         8x10

This French window has a calming effect on me when I look at it. The title, Possibilities, calls on the imagination to wonder what is on the other side.

'Red Geraniums' pastel painting

'Red Geraniums'                                        8x10

Bright red geraniums always remind me of summer! I saw these at a hostel in Interlaken, Switzerland, called The Funny Farm. Looking at this photograph reminds me of beautiful Switzerland.

Seattle Pastel Paintings

'Silshole Marina' pastel painting          8x10           

             

This painting was done from a photograph by Seattle photographer Anders Carlson. I painted it in a workshop given by Karen Margulis on painting nocturnes in Pastel. It was a lot of fun, and I plan to paint more night scenes.

 

The paintings below are of  beautiful Discovery Park located on the Puget Sound.  I visited there in the summer when the colors of the grass were golden, rust, and copper, quite a change from the greens of the Georgia landscape.
  

'Discovery Park 1' pastel painting     9x12         

'Discovery Park 2' pastel painting
11x14

'Bonnard's Roses' pastel painting

'Bonnard's Roses'         9x12          sold 
     
This painting is a study of master painter Pierre Bonnard's Bouquet De Roses. Studying and copying art of the Great Masters was and still is a common practice for aspiring artists. Copying this painting was a fun learning experience.

'Contentment' pastel painting of a couple

'Contentment'                       8x10                sold

Near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, I noticed this contented couple gazing at the water. I knew instantly that they would become the subject for a painting. My challenge was to create a serene mood in the painting.  The purchaser of  'Contentment' said that the man looks just like her husband.  That makes me really happy to know that the painting has a special meaning to her.

Maine Poppies

These poppies are beautiful and huge! They were a bright spot in a cloudy week in Maine.

'Soul Mates' pastel painting

9x12                                         sold

Small summer paintings

The photos for the beach paintings were taken at Seacrest Beach. I gave these small paintings to my girlfriends that I go to the beach with every summer.