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Early in the spring of 2009 I fell in love...with a beautiful pastel painting by artist Karen Schroeder of Coupeville, Washington. Some months after asking if she gave lessns, I was happy to learn that a class was available. In November I took my first pastel painting class... and this love affair continues...
Pastels are the purest painting medium -- pure finely ground pigments are lightly formed into sticks with just a whisper of medium. They are soft and sensuous and are made in the most vibrant of colors. When applied gently to a rough surface which grasps and holds the pigment they are treasures --fragile and vulnerable and an ongoing delight. No two dimensional medium affords the tactile and seductive involvement of pastels. This blog is a collection of my pastel works....


Thursday, March 18, 2010

Yin/Yang


What a delight to know that the creation of shadow depends on light and the depth of the shadow informs the brilliance of the light. It is at once a toy and the most vital essence to a representational painter. "There falls no shadow where there shines no sun" wrote the French author Hilaire Belloc.
One cannot be expressed without the other; it is true yin/yang.
A clear bright afternoon inpired "Whidbey Shadows", done in pastel; it is 12 x 8" matted and framed in light walnut to 16 x 12". Available at the Whidbey Art Gallery in Langley, Washington.

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