The Great Lakes Pastel Society was formed in 1997 and includes a couple hundred pastel enthusiasts represented by a dozen states. GLPS...

Here's a more impressionistic pastel painting on the bayside at Breezy Point, New York. I decided to take an overcast day and instead...

I'll be teaching a five-week class starting in October at the Michigan Art Center. Enhanced Landscapes in Pastel Wednesdays, October 11 –...

Sunny day at Breezy Point, New York. Soft pastel on sanded paper; 8x10. See the previous post on the acrylic underpainting....

Although today's weather will be sunny an 90, it has been a bit cloudy (and rainy) at Breezy Point. This scene is on the bay side,...

On the beach at Breezy Point. Soft Pastel on Uart sanded paper; 9x12.

A beach and its dunes on a sunny day convey the highest values (aka lightness) in color. I chose an acrylic underpainting to bring out...

Here's a quick underpainting done with a bristle brush, pastel and alcohol. Got the basic values and colors of this beach scene at...

Working on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a breathtaking vista from photos my world traveler daughter Sara took last year. Here's...

I recently completed this 8x10 painting which I started with an acrylic-based orange tone to the Uart sanded paper. You can still see...

When my son Matthew was in Cub Scouts in Saline, Michigan (early on his journey to achieve Eagle Scout), an annual ritual for the troop...

I thought I would spice up my underpainting techniques to do paint this landscape of a field at Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor....

I had the pleasure to meet Michael McKee at the Ann Arbor Art Fair this weekend. Mike creates vibrant pastels drawn on a black...

Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...

In August I will be at Breezy Point, New York, painting new "beach-scapes!" Here is a painting I did back in 2008 of the jetty and...

After climbing over 600 steps from Amalfi to Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, my family entourage and I finally arrived at the...

On another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State...

The colorful Santa Catalina Monastery is located in Arequipa, Peru. The monastery was founded in 1579. This painting represents a small...

The final version of Ski Tracks. Additional work on the shadows and scattered leaves in the snow capped off an enjoyable journey from...

I have joyfully harvested my first collection of garlic!. After placing one clove each in about thirty raised-bed cavities in my...