Started in the Grand Canyon on a hot afternoon back in 1986, when I was cooking for 18-day dories river trips. The pools in Havasue are cool and refreshing. One of many started in the 80’s, this one jumped out to be finished.
This pastel was begun back in 1986 when I was still cooking for Grand Canyon Dories. Throughout the 80’s, I started a lot of pastels in the canyon, and finished some of them with slides for reference. The “Complementary Colors – Alaska to...
This piece was started on location at Paradise Cove. The dory belongs to my husband, who traded a handmade guitar for it. He uses it with oars to check crab and shrimp pots, as well as subsistence salmon fishing with a net, and halibut with a hooked line. Mostly he...
This view was about a mile from my house on a June afternoon. *Pastel Society of So. California, International Online Open “Make Your Mark”, Aug. 1-30, 2022 *Third Place Award, Southeastern Pastel Society “Make Your Mark” 2022 Online...
This pastel, a half sheet of Canson paper, was begun in National Canyon in the western end of Grand Canyon in 1986. *Finalist, Pastel Society of the West Coast 2020 Members Online Exhibit.