I was on Whidbey Island, Wa- and exploring at sunset. I had to take a photo of this view- there was not enough time to paint on site. Back in the studio, I sculpted the underlayment and used every sunset toned pastel in the box! This won an award at International Pastel Show and is now in a Private Collection.

Textural Pastel on gator board of Pelindaba Lavender Farm on San Juan Island, Wa, now in a Private Collection

A large Pastel with intricately textured gator board of the high alpine wildflower meadows above Paradise- included in PAWA Show and book "Meadows to Mountains". Some local climbers were amazed at my accuracy showing their favorite ascent route.

Massive roadside trees along a deserted gravel road west of Santa Fe at High Noon- and I only had time for a quick photo. As luck would have it, the road was washed out further on- no Chimayo visit this time. I did access it another time from Taos- it is a very special place.

Fun abstracted view of a tidepool with actual sculpted barnacles! The colors bring to life the sunny summer days on Puget Sound.

I took a note from my own class curriculum to create this piece on custom textured gator board. I used a limited palette to play up the positive and negative space.

Abstracted composition of Russel Lupines on textured and gessoed foam core. This piece was also in the "cutting edge" Pastel show at Blue Horse gallery in Bellingham.

The day after the gale at Whidbey Island, came a mellow sun filled glorious noon. All seemed steamy, warm, and sun-touched and I worked quickly to capture the warmth!This piece was chosen to be part of the US Open Exhibit at Pacific NW Art School.

Rare stranding on the NW Coast of "By the Wind Sailors" that made a unique textural composition on the sand. Textured surface on Gator Board.

I wanted to play up the distinction between the foreground trunks and chose built up texture to help with that.

I took the reference photo for this piece the same day I painted Mt Rainier. I painted the scene in texture first on gator board- then added pumice ground before I applied any pastels.

I used a textured underlayment to enhance this misty view from the jetty across to the North Head Lighthouse. This is a studio pastel done from plein air piece accomplished at Cape Disappointment State Park, Wa. It was part of the Plein Air Washington State Parks Show and book.

Experimental piece on board using applied texture first

Experimenting with Gelli Print Back ground while creating a smooth portion for the portrait done "en grisaille"