Summer Is Coming

Pastel 9x9 on Sanded Paper

I began this painting with a sketch on my tablet using blocks of color and value.  My motivation was the passage from a small cove on the St. Johns River onto the open water.  On an early summer morning, this opening seems to lead to a different world.  I have worked with a limited palette with a few of my favorite "accent" colors thrown in for interest.

Cloud Patches

"Cloud Patches" 9x12 pastel on UArt

I've been cleaning our the mess in my garage studio, and found this painting in a stack of rejects! It had promise, so I took this old painting that failed, reworked it and basically started over. I think I'm getting the "cloud thing" going again.

My plan was to create a "path" with the clouds that would keep the eye in the painting and use the foreground marsh to direct the eye to the center of attention - lower left - where the brightest, most intense color is next to the darkest value in the painting.

Painting was revised and updated 5/7/21. Added more value and color separation.