16″ x 22″
The dramatic king tide covers the beach and crashes against the rocks and cliff at Coquille Point in Bandon. This painting, originally painted in 2016, was reworked to decrease the size of the foreground rock and make the incoming wave more dramatic. I like working in media that allow me to rework a painting, sometimes years later, to bring it to a better finish. Here, the UART sanded paper was very receptive to brushing off color and adding more layers of soft pastel.
18″ x 24″
The road, Whiskey Run, ends on this Oregon beach that is approved for vehicles. Mud tracks curved through the newly washed-in logs, some of which had to be cut to make way for the cars. Freshly sawn logs created some nice orange color to contrast with the browns and blues of the beach.
16″ x 12″
Bandon Crossings’s 14th hole sits in a little valley between a marsh and a small lake. The wild vegetation along the edges of the greens frame the scene in spring colors.
16″ x 12″
This view of Devil’s Kitchen and Crooked Creek is a favorite plein air painting spot as it is sheltered from the wind.
16″ x 22″
Light diffused through the coastal mist at sunset, painting the beach in purple, lavender and orange. Bandon, Oregon’s iconic Face Rock and Kittens sit on the horizon.
12″ x 9″
My pastel painting “Jetty Surge” has been accepted into the UART 2018 Online Pastel Competition show! 600 Entries and 100 accepted.
Thanks to the judge, Lyn Asselta, and to UART the sponsor of the show. The winners will be announced July 7th and the show will be published on the UART website. Here is the link to the online show.https://onlinejuriedshows.com/ClosedShowThumbs.aspx…
12″ x 9″
Congratulations to Antonia Carriere for winning the Pastel Society of Oregon’s “Water Challenge” with her image of Owynee River North Fork. I received one of three Awards of Distinction for my “Jetty Surge.” The other Awards of Distinction went to Janis Ellison for her “Turquoise Water” and to Nancy Sorrell for “Down Under.” All of the images of pastels entered and winners can be seen on the PSO website, http://www.pastelsocietyoforegon.com/winners_page.html
Johnson Creek Mist, 16″ x 12″
Under the Boardwalk, 25″ x 19″ sold
The Expressions West 2016 juried competition opened at the Coos Art Museum on April 22. “Johnson Creek Mist” was awarded an Honorable Mention and “Under the Boardwalk” received an Award of Merit.
For the show, Juror Leslie Kenneth Price selected 61 paintings by 55 artists from California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
The show runs through June 25, 2016. Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon. http://www.coosart.org
http://www.coastarts.org/events/2016/06/expressions-west-2016-exhibition-at-coos-art-museum
12″ x 9″
The king tide surged through the mouth of the Coquille river for an up close look at wave action.
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