Lauren's Daughter

12 x 16 soft pastel on wallis sanded. This beauty is a friend of mines daughter. Alisa:)

temporary post for an etsy friend

Peaches Original Pastel Painting

This is the mat, it's reversed cut and raised so that there is a space between the mat and painting- if any bit of pastel dust falls, it just falls down between the mat and the painting:)
The mat is 18 x 14 (standard frame size. The opening is 9.5 x 6.5.

It is So dark here today, my photos are not registering true color well. No matter what the photo or screen "says", this mat definitely has a warm tone to it, lends itself more to a clay/red tone, than to a blue or cream. I put a piece of white paper in there as a guide.

Art Pendants!

My Art Pendants are finally ready and I've put a few of them
in my Etsy Shop. I LOVE jewelry and always wanted to find
a way to incorporate my art into something wearable. I had tried all sorts of ways to go about making pendants but never really liked the processor the end result until I made these:) Go to my Etsy shop for more info and closeups.

Inspired

threshold stance clear eye
peacock totem moonlit night
shadows wink with light

Alisa

Transparent Watercolor & Ink
12" x 15"

Star Gazer

Transparent Watercolor & Ink
15" x 22"
on Arches Cold Press 300lb

I painted this in 2007
entered it into Artist Network Magazine contest
this Spring,
my very first contest!
Should be hearing if I "got in" in November.

Peaches in Pastel

I decided I wanted some Blue in there:)

Last Saturday at the farmers market, I was next
to a woman selling peaches and nectarines.
I have never tasted fruit as good as the
sliced piece of nectarine she gave me.
Oh my Lord. it tasted like a juicy SweetTart!

Inspired by those gorgeous peaches and
nectarines, this was
painted from an online reference photo- I like to paint
directly from my monitor when using a photo,
it's better than looking at a flat image.
It's 10" x 7" Soft Pastel on Wallis sanded paper.

I have framed it to take to the market this Saturday. I
normally wouldn't take an original pastel, but it's framed, and
I think it's small enough that I can keep it from harm.

hope someone at the market falls in love with it,
it won't hurt if I am once again next to
the Peach Lady!

Cherry Blossoms

SOLD

I was a little unsure about the composition on this one,
but I do find it interesting to look at, it keeps
my attention. Not sure how to describe this, but I like
my paintings to have an Immediate center of interest,
and then a True center of interest-
an unexpected
place...
it isn't as obvious, but draws you back to it
over and over again. For me that place is the
two little buds to the left.

12 x 16 on Arches Cold Press 140 lb
M. Graham Watercolors.