Thursday, September 7, 2017

Calgary Parks

For me, one of the best things about Calgary is its parks. And I love painting them.
I plan to paint at least one park from every quadrant of the city. Here is the first batch, from the S.E. (2) and Center:
 "Beaver Dam Flats Wooden Bridge". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

 "Up the path you go". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

"Reader Rock Garden". Soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

Pet portraits

After painting people I decided to experiment with pets...
 "Darth Vader", soft pastel on Pastelmat. Private collection.

 "Fawkes", soft pastel on Pastelmat. Private collection.

 "Chevy", soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

"Snickers" soft pastel on prepared surface. Private collection.

Portrait workshop

After I participated in a Pastel Portrait workshop with Jane Romanishko I became inspired to paint people. Here are the results:
"Madonna", soft pastel on Pastelmat.

 "Tibetan Nun", soft pastel on Pastelmat

 "Coffee Break" soft pastel on prepared surface.

 "Frida", soft pastel on Pastelmat.

"Marilen" soft pastel on Sennelier sanded paper.

Taormina

Back from my trip to Italy and inspired by the beauty around me, there are lots of  paintings that want to come out... Here is the first one from that tip.
"Taormina" pastel painting on prepared surface; 35 x 26 cm.