Snowy Ledge

9x12 - 

This beautiful spot is near North Creek, NY, on the Hudson River. I have so many lovely photos and not enough time to paint them all! I hope you can feel the cold.

Winter Night Light

11x14 

A couple of weeks ago, we were at my daughter and son-in-law's home in Woodstock, New York. They have a cottage on the property, quite close to their main house and my husband and I were staying at the cottage. I took a photo of the cottage, from the main house, as it was getting dark. I had left a light on in the cottage and the snow as reflected in that light. It was lovely and yesterday I decided to do a painting from that photo. Here's the result

January on the Hudson

12x18

A few weeks ago we drove across the country to stay at our Adirondack home for a couple of months. We had the grand kids here for a week and now that it's quiet I have a chance to paint. I don't have a studio here, but I set up a space in the main room, where there's great light. I've been painting from my photos, some of which I just took and some from last year. There is so much beauty here in the winter. This painting is a scene of the turn in the Hudson in Johnsburg, near North Creek. I took the photo last week, on a very cold day. We thought we might get snow, but it never did snow that day. The dogs loved getting out of the car and walking in the snow.

Harvey- Sold

An email friend from England sent us a picture of her bulldog and I asked permission to paint him. He has attitude and I couldn't resist. I did a close up, which, I think, captures Harvey's personality. Right now he's hanging at the Mission Viejo Library, along with nine of my pastels. They'll be up until the beginning of January.

Last week I decided to paint on my patio - it was a beautiful day, but couldn't get out to a park. I went through my photos and found three of Casper Park in San Juan Capistrano. There was something wrong with all three photos, from a composition viewpoint, so I joined all three and came up with this! So, don't go looking for it at Casper. It's my dream view!

Hudson Sentinel

United Society of Pastel Artists are exhibiting our pastels at The Cottage Gallery in Laguna Beach from Nov 4-Dec. 13. During artwalk last week, I did a demonstration at the gallery. I'd never done that before and it was fun and interesting to hear people's take on pastel painting. "Chalk" is mentioned over and over again. I worked from a photo I took in North Creek, New York during September. Had to finish it at home since it's 16x20 on a black board and I did way too much talking and not enough painting during the artwalk!

Early Morning Shade

Went out to paint with the San Clemente Art Association members two weeks ago at Laguna Niguel Park. The road to the lake was closed so we were all abliged to stay close to the entrance. I love this park - it's close to my house and so beautiful, no matter where you go to paint.