Life's A Parade

I did this one last night while watching TV.. I chose a deep burgandy suede board for the substrate, against the orange flowers the contrast worked quite damatically for me. One thing I have to work on when there is as dark a surface as this, is to really push the lights, sort of make them 'shout' at the viewer. Hope you like.

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Flamenco

Flamenco was born from a photo of my own hibiscus, and a very embellished background completely from imagination.

I did not have a name till I finished this pastel and the colors were all so LOUD and gay, I thought of a flamenco dance.

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Contentment

Another small pastel, I find horses a facinating animal.

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Equine Tapestry

Another small pastel.. I seem to be on a roll again, I have recently done 4 of these horse ones, so be prepared.

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Chow Time

Just a small one to while my time away when watching TV.

Austin Pastel Society selections

Hi everyone, well I had these two pastels selected to be hung in the yearly Austin Pastel Society Show this year. Wish me luck!

Fashion Forward Picker

I have done several of these 'Picker' paintings, a couple in pastel, and a couple in acrylics, but I just loved the stance of the men in my photos and the grape leaves.

I pretty well made up the background on this, and the red jeans and the warm colors, in actual fact they were all in blue hues in my photos. Once again I tweaked all the colors in Photoshop, it helps me see the wild alternatives.

It was fun to do, but I am still not overly thrilled with this painting.. Maybe another attempt is on the horizon.

Entanglement 2

Another in my PALM series, loved the colors, you know me. I tweaked the colors of my photo in P/Shop, the palms were green in real life but I love to 'mess with nature'.