I had some really amazing sunflowers at the old house. I did this from a photo I had taken using pan pastels- they are really fun to use!

Fun abstracted view of a tidepool with actual sculpted barnacles! The colors bring to life the sunny summer days on Puget Sound.

I took a note from my own class curriculum to create this piece on custom textured gatorboard. It's headed to a big show soon.

Massive roadside trees along a gravel road west of Santa Fe at High Noon- and I only had time for a quick photo. Later at home in the studio I strived to capture the quiet mood of the setting.

My daughter Kristina posed in summer kimono for a figure drawing event. Most of this piece was completed as part of a demo during the Summer Arts Festival. It's amazing it worked out so well given all the interruptions!(I do love to talk to people about Pastels and my work)

Textural Pastel on gator board of Pelindaba Lavender Farm on San Juan Island, Wa was included in International Art Show sponsored by PAL in 2007.

A lovely spot on Normandy coast where many Impressionists painted- I, alas had no time to paint en plein air- this is from a photo.

A pastel piece celebrating a beautiful 53 acre trust farm in Cromwell that I'd drive past daily when we lived on Hales Passage.

A larger Pastel piece on textured gator board that was included in the Plein Air Washington book- "Natures Gift of Water".

A large Pastel with intricately textured gator board of the high alpine wildflower meadows above Paradise- included in PAWA Show and book "Meadows to Mountains".

I took the reference photo for this piece the same day I painted Mt Rainier. I painted the scene in texture first on gator board- then added pumice ground before I applied any pastels.

I took the photo from the ferry heading for Pt Towsend. The pastel was done in studio on textures board. Mt.Baker sure looks bare in the Fall- yet it will get the largest snowfall i the Cascades.

Textural Pastel on gator board of view from Convent in Silver City New Mexico just before sundown.This piece was included in a NPS exhibit at the Clymer Museum in Ellensburg, Wa

A Pastel of a still life that I composed with some of my own ceramic pieces and coiled baskets. This won a nice award at the Western Washington Fair.

A Pastel of my HOT front garden, with Octopus bought at the PAL Summer Art Festival... no shade here!

From the now imfamous Netshed Art Shows that celebrated our local unique waterfront structures in Gig Harbor. This one is outside the Harbor entrance.

From a "Hail Mary" photo from the bus I was on. I loved seeing the Sienna soils showing their color- and Oh, that slanting light...

I was at the US Open Plein Air Competition on Whidbey Island, Wa- and exploring at sunset. I had to take a photo of this view- not enough time to paint on site. Back in the studio, I sculpted the underlayment and used every sunset toned pastel in the box! This won an award at International Pastel Show.

This pastel was done from my own photo of the winery on the estate where we stayed in Tuscany with some other artists. Our favorite wine with our nightly feast was Cassanova Rosso!

I took a photo for reference just before a storm hit. When I finally did this pastel from the photo, it brought to mind the big thunderheads I had seen in Santa Fe. This helped me give just the right intensity to the clouds over Mt Vernon!

I used a textured underlayment to enhance this misty view from the jetty across to north Head Lighthouse. This is a studio pastel done from plein air piece accomplished at Cape Disappointment State Park, Wa. It is featured in the Plein Air Washington State Parks Show and book.

Abstracted composition of Russel Lupines on textured and gessoed foam core. This piece was also in the "cutting edge" Pastel show at Blue Horse gallery in Bellingham.

Abstracted Studio piece from photo taken during Tulwila centennial paint out. The day I did this piece- we had a strange orange light on the landscape due to forest fires in BC, and the light haunted my painting.

A pastel piece inspired by memories of the elaborately eroded rocks along the shoreline of Larrabee State Park.Textured underlayment adds to the composition.

Experimental Gelli-printed background with pastels over the top. I made a still life in my studio to paint for this.It was recently in a Regional Show.

It Started as a photo from boat at sunset from Day Island Lagoon and ended up as an experinment in texture and pastel.