Bronze Beauty

about 12x12 pastel on paper
After a hike at Sugarloaf Mountain this morning I decided to keep working on "Hill at Forest Glen". While hiking I noticed the way the trees were getting this bronze glow. What a good way to help resolve "Hill."
When I was at the museum yesterday I read this wonderful quote from Paul Gauguin. " I close my eyes to see." Cool, eh? I guess that is what you really need to do.

October Morning

about 12x12 pastel and watercolor on Uart paper $330.
I used yesterday's small painting as the concept for this somewhat larger studio painting. It's funny I saw the painting in my head last night. I tried and tried, finally this morning after a couple more hours I wiped it out....or so I thought. Seeing its ghost image, I knew what to do. Once I can put away the reference material and only speak to the painting it makes sense. Lesson to learn.

Hill at Forest Glen

9x12 pastel on la carte paper $100. plus ship and tax
I was on my way to the river and the sight of a neighborhood hill stopped me. Since my time with this special light was limited I chose to work on colored paper. Back to the river now....