"Lost In the Crowd"
My last painting of 2013... Happy New Year!
8x10 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (tinted acrylic ground)
$80 unframed.

A commission - 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. I really enjoyed doing this one for my cousin's wife. Based on a photograph of a farm in VT. Completed 12/7/13.

"Mount Mansfield, VT"
8x10 soft pastels. Paper is tinted acrylic ground on Bristol paper.
$80 unframed.

"Summer Memories"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Completed 12/8/13.
$80.00 unframed.

Someone asked me to paint this as a Christmas present for her mother. Don't worry, she's not on Blogspot :)
Paid commission.

"Black and White in Color"

How could something so dirty be so beautiful?  My boyfriend and I were driving home from Maine one day and I caught a glimpse of sunlight hitting smoke from a smokestack. It's really strange how the movement and light can be so beautiful even when it comes to pollution.
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper.
$80.00 unframed.

"Peace Beneath the Singing"
9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $90.00 unframed.

"Pictures With You", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper.

Today and tomorrow I am taking a pastel workshop with Jeanne Rosier Smith on waves and dunes. Today was waves. I'm thrilled with how this came out and I learned so much!
This is called "Power Play"
9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper.
$90.00 unframed.

"This Is the House That We Built"
Just experimenting... I don't paint buildings very often.
9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $90 unframed.

"The Adventure" Smith Rock State Park, the Crooked River. Oregon, USA. 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80 unframed, $110 framed.

"Sky Fell Over Me" 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80.00 unframed, or $110.00 framed.

"New Age Composer"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80.00 unframed.

"Away From the City Lights"
8x10 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (tinted acrylic gesso).
$80.00 unframed.

"The Source (Dorset Mountain, VT)" 

4x6 soft pastels on acrylic ground prepared Bristol paper. 

Framed - $60.00.

"Dawn On the Ottauquechee"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80.00 unframed.

"Carried Home (Lake Champlain VT)"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Yes the lighthouse is that small in real life :)
$80.00 unframed.

"Let Them Talk (Grafton Notch State Park, Maine)". 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. unframed, $80.00.

Here is a slideshow of some of my artwork. Make sure you have sound... enjoy!

"Fill the Silence"
3.75x9.5 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (acrylic ground, tinted).
Framed - $70.00.

"So You Want To Fly"
4" x 5.75" soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (acrylic gesso ground, tinted) $70.00 framed.

"More"
This is a little one... 4.5" by 6.5".
Soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (acrylic gesso ground, tinted).
$70.00 framed.

FREE! Now that I have your attention...
23 pieces of my artwork will be on display at the Dover NH Library for the month of October (starting tomorrow). Here's the FREE part - everyone who signs the guestbook with their name and contact info will be entered in to a drawing to win one of my paintings for FREE! Ready...set... go!

"A Private Conversation"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper.
This is for an art exhibit at Rye Library. Theme: Barns.
$130.00 framed.

"Tales We Tell" 9x12 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (tinted acrylic ground). $80 unframed.

Commission for a friend's wife
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper.

"September Grace", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80 unframed.

"In a World Like This", 9x12 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (tinted acrylic gesso). $80 unframed.

This is completely different from my usual landscapes but I felt inspired by a piece of digital art from an online friend. Her piece had a lot of jewelry, sparkles and flashiness. I decided to go simple.
"Wish I Stayed", 8x10 soft pastels on Canson pastel paper. $130.00 framed.

"Slow Turning (Mt. Washington, NH)". 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80 unframed.

"Feed the Rain"

8.5x11 soft pastels on prepared Bristol paper (tinted acrylic ground). $130 framed.

"Winter's Hush"

"Winter's Hush", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80.00 unframed.

3 pieces of my artwork will be on display at the Rochester Fair in New Hampshire, Sept 13th - 22nd 2013.  Hoping for a ribbon!