Street Steps

Street Steps

This is an oil of the study done oil pastels.  Don't know if its better - just different.  I tried to be very efficient with brush stokes and knife work, let the canvas show through if it wanted to and quit before getting muddy.  

Detail - 6 strokes

(yeah ok, I got lucky)

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Soggy Morning (re-shoot)

Soggy Morning (re-shoot)

Lighting is better this morning (ironically quite soggy after the rain here too) for taking another scan of this one.  I put my art on a music stand and set the camera on high-res on my tripod.  Can't do it when it's raining/

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Soggy Morning

Soggy Morning

Just finished this one tonight finally.  I need to photo the work in daylight, however.  I'll post another one.  It's getting that time of year in Seattle where we have 7 to 8 hours of daylight, and most of that is really only light grey at best.  This is oil on 16 x 20 canvas board.

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Barn Door

Barn Door

This is using my oil pastel crayons on gesso board, 8 x 10.  There was something about the light in this that made me want to try to capture it.  

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Afternoon Market

Afternoon Market

This is an oil pastel on watercolor type paper that can accept oil base without bleeding into the paper.  I did this from a photograph I took in a village in southern France a few years ago.  I'm still experimenting with technique and what does what to what with colors, paper and other media.

This will be on my wall at Parklane gallery in December.  Our gallery discounts will still be in effect.  This one is 11 x 14.

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November at Parklane Gallery

November at the gallery

I have 5 new works up this month.  Main Line Open is oil.  The others are oil pastel, which is a new medium for me.  You can scroll down my blog and see these individually and on full screen.

Parklane Gallery is going to do special holiday discounting starting right after Thanksgiving this year.  Some works will be a flat $100 bucks.  Some larger work will be going at a good discount, depending on the artist.  The gallery is a Co-op, so every individual sets their own prices and, this year, discounts.  

Check out the website for more info:

www.parklanegallery.com

Note:  I will be tending the shop on Friday November 16 from 3 to 7pm, and Saturday November 24 from 3 to 7pm if you want to stop by and say hi.

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Lunch with Lauren

Lunch with Lauren

This is my first oil pastel on gesso block, 12 x 12.  From a photograph taken in southern France, my daughter Lauren sitting in the sun at a B & B.   This will be at the Parklane Gallery during the month of November.

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