Frozen River

18x12 

Before I got sick, we went on a cross country day trip near Horseshoe Lake in Newcomb. It was a gorgeous day and we skied to this wonderful place, where the trees were encrusted in ice. I asked a fellow skier to take the picture for me, as I didn't have my camera. She was nice enough to email me the photo and I've done this pastel. It's 18x12

Night on the River

I've been sick with the flu and haven't been out in a couple of weeks now. I've decided to take some photos and play with them, changing sunlight to dusk and night scenes. Have to think about everything in the scene that must be changed with the light. This is one I've been playing with. This is 12x16.

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!