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“Dear Artists, Think Twice Before Purging Your Work” – A Cautionary Tale
Wishing a Happy New Year and all the best in 2016 to all! (This is a long post, so I hope you make it to the end, especially if you’re thinking of purging any of your art in preparation for … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Artists, Dry Media, Edmonton, Landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Pastels, Still Life
Tagged 2016, Alberta, Art, art journey, art purge, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Happy New Year, Jackie Parker Park, journey, landscape, lesson learned, Light, Mill Creek Ravine, New Year's resolution, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, still life, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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Pastel Artists of Canada Online Juried Exhibibion
I am pleased to announce, first, that two of my paintings have been accepted into the 3rd Online Juried Exhibition of the Pastel Artists of Canada; and second, that one of them (La Jeune Boheme en Vert) has won an … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Dry Media, Edmonton, Figures, Landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Pastels, Portraits
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, honorable mention, honourable mention, journey, juried exhibition, landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, online juried exhibition, PAC, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, Pastel Artists of Canada, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, portrait, portrait painting, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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“Bagshot Row, Mill Creek Ravine”, a pastel painting
Edmonton has the most extensive river valley urban park and trail system in North America, and Mill Creek Ravine is part of that system. (For a great in-depth article on the history of the Mill Creek Ravine, look here.) I … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Dry Media, Edmonton, Landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Bag End, Bagshot Row, Bilbo Baggins, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Hobbiton, J.R.R. Tolkien, journey, landscape, Lord of the Rings, Mill Creek Ravine, Mill Creek Ravine hiking trail, Mill Creek Ravine walking trail, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, The Hobbit, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts, Whyte Avenue
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Pastel and alcohol-wash underpainting
I’ve been working on commissions over the past several weeks, and decided to take a break. Started something new: a larger format (22″ x 30″ sanded pastel paper) with an alcohol wash underpainting. The paper is eating up my pastels … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, charcoal, Dry Media, Figures, Pastels, Portraits, Works in Progress (WIP)
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Painting, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, portrait, portrait painting, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, visual art, Visual Arts
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Cutie-Pie Doodles
I like to doodle, and sometimes my doodling makes me smile and these make me smile. I think these “Cutie Pies” will make cute greeting cards. And – I’ve been asked to use them as illustrations for a lovely little children’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, charcoal, Cutie Pies, drawings, Dry Media, Figures, Illustration, Pastels
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, charcoal, cute, cutie-pies, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, illustration
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