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May 31, 20192 min read

Pastel Painting: Ruby Beach - Olympic Peninsula

On the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, you can find Ruby Beach, situated on the Pacific Ocean. The curiosity of this location is the...

May 21, 20191 min read

New Painting: The Beachcombers

This is my second foray into creating a painting on the subject of searching for sea glass on Glass Beach on the Olympic Peninsula. It...

Apr 30, 20191 min read

Pastel Painting: "Rock Rumba on Glass Beach"

Glass Beach is on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. And there are plenty of rocks to stumble over as one searches for sea glass. ...

Apr 17, 20192 min read

StudioSense: Planning the Next Painting

The joy of being an artist is not so much the completed product as it is the process of creating the art in the first place! For this...

Mar 20, 20192 min read

StudioSense: Creating a Tiny Pastel

I've been experimenting lately with small format pastels. Creating a small painting can provide a good introduction to a larger version...

Mar 18, 20191 min read

Pastel Paintings: The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Series

I have gathered a bunch of material from a trip to Washington state, which will form my new "PNW" series of paintings. Out family hiked...