Trees at Ft. Casey

Near Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, in the State of Washington is a beautiful bluff with a scenic lighthouse...and some windswept trees...

Captured late in the day at Ebey's Bluff, this pastel is 10" by 13", framed in an classic gold frame.

Chocolate Flowers?

Whidbey Sketchers is a group of artists who enjoy sketching together on location at various venues on South Whidbey Island. On a sunny summer day we visited a delightful nursery called the Chocolate Flower Farm on the outskirts of Langley. After getting home and reviewing my pencil sketches, I could not resist recreating the whole enticing scene in color. Done in pastels, this painting is 15 x 12, called 'A Blue Watering Can' ; it is available at the Whidbey Art Gallery in Langley, Washington

Lupines and Poppies and Vetch, Oh my!

Once again nature has her way and what a way it is! This scene is somewhat fanciful, but was drawn from observing the California poppies, the blue vetch and wild lupine growing together by a roadside with mountains in the distance, near Greenbank in central Whidbey Island. This pastel 'Meadow Lupines' is 16 x 12.

Values

On crisp cold days the sun never rises high in the sky and every degree of warmth must be treasured. This stark beauty can be as much a pleasure as any rampant green summer. It is all about valuing the best of each season. This pastel painting "Winter Sunset" is 16 x 12.

Blues

The natural beauty of the calm waters and low coastal hills of western Washington never ceases to thrill. This scene is from a trip in spring of 2010 to Ocean Shores; it is 17 x 12. This new pastel is appropriately named 'Coastal Blues".

Tenacity

This old Whidbey Island apple tree had been blown over, but was alive and still bearing delicious fruit this sunny summer day. This 6 x 9 inch pastel was painted en plein air in Langley in July. It is available at the Whidbey Art Gallery in Langley, Washington.

Storm's a comin'

More than any inanimate thing in nature, clouds communicate. They tell of lightness and joy, of passing time, of change, of threat, drama, power, and simply of beauty. I revel in the beauty and variety of the clouds in the Northwest, and never tire of painting them as in this scene near Coupeville on Whidbey Island. This is a pastel 16 x 12.