Happy New Year! "Lost Time" by Laura Tuininga. 12x18 soft and hard pastels on tinted acrylic ground.

"A Little is Enough" by Laura Tuininga. 12x18 soft and hard pastels on Uart 400 grit paper. Based on a photo I took at a marsh in Rye, NH this past summer.

"Appealing Diversion" by Laura Tuininga. 9x12 soft and hard pastels on Uart 400 grit paper.

"Front Row Seat" by Laura Tuininga. 8x10 soft and hard pastels on tinted gesso bristol paper.

"Meanwhile, in Vermont..." 9x12 soft and hard pastels on U400 grit paper.

"The Traditional Way", 9x12 soft and hard pastels on colourfix paper.
Painted outside at Blackbird Studio in North Berwick, Maine.

"The Boatman", 9x12 soft pastels on Colourfix paper. Available for sale.

"Stand Up for the Love", 9x12 soft pastels on 400 grit Uart.

"Fever Dream", 9x12 soft pastels on 400 grit Uart.

"Tomorrow Comes Today", 9x12 soft pastels, Acrylic ground on Bristol paper.

"Perkins Cove, Maine". 9x12 soft and hard pastels on colourfix paper.

This is a commission piece that I did for a co-worker. 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper.

"In My Nature" by Laura Tuininga.
9x12 nupastels and rembrant pastels on Colourfix sanded paper.

"The Sweet Life", 2 - 5x7s. Soft pastels on canson pastel paper. Framed and available for sale.

Wedding present for my cousin & her wife. 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper.

"Willing to Wait" 9x12in hard and soft pastels on colourfix paper.

"Moving to California", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Available for sale, buyer pays shipping. Paypal accepted.

Brand new artwork! "Just To Keep Quiet", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper.
When I received my honorary mention from Pastel Society of NH they were nice enough to give me a gift of 30 Rembrandt half sticks. I hadn't tried this brand before so I wanted to test them out. Getting new pastels is like a kid with new toys!

"Placebo", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Based on a photograph by me - taken in Newmarket NH. $50 unframed, buyer pays shipping. Paypal accepted. I also provide framing tips.

Hot off the easel and completed today. "Toward the Sun", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper with an alcohol under painting.

http://www.lauratuininga.com is LIVE!

Brand new artwork completed tonight - "Coming Back". In honor of warmer weather coming. 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. I used an underpainting for this one - which basically means I put a single layer of pastel on then used alcohol, then went to town :)

"She's Not Dreaming", 9x12 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Experimenting with different brands of blue pastels. Completed March 11 2014.

This is my first time trying to paint a portrait in soft pastels. I need to learn more about eyes. 8x10 soft pastels on Canson paper.

"I'm Here With You" 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80 unframed, $110 framed.

Today I was lucky enough to attend a one day workshop with Robin Thornhill on playing with light and shadows.  9x12 soft pastels on sandpaper. "Rusted Out Jeep"

"Käfer"
8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper.
$80 unframed, $110 framed.

8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. $80 unframed or $110 framed.
Quite often I name my paintings after song titles or lyrics. I was listening to Shinedown's "Lady So Devine" as I finished this one.

"That Kind of Forever", 8x10 soft pastels on colourfix paper. Not available for sale.