"How do you see this tree?" Gauguin asked at the edge of the Bois d'Amour in Brittany. 'Is it really green? Use green then, the most beautiful green on your palette. And this shadow, it's rather blue, isnt' it? Don't be afraid to paint it as blue as possible'"... thus we came to understand that a work of art is a transposition, a characterization, the passionate equivelent of a received sensation"  - The art of Pastel, by T. Burns & P. Saunier

In the voice of Fauvism, these pastels are painted with colors that I feel from my encounter, rather than the colors we see. 

Salad for Dinner - Muskrat, 13x18" Contact for availability

Oblivious - River Otter, 13.5x16.5" Available in the store

Chewing - Red Squirrel, 8x10 Contact for availability

Evening Flight - Sandhill Cranes, 12x24"Contact for availability

“Don't paint from nature too much. Art is an abstraction. Derive this abstraction from nature while dreaming before it, and think more of the creation that will result.” ― Paul Gauguin

Stretching Bunny, 11x14" Contact for availability

Cherish - Elk & Calf, 15x17" Contact for availability

Standing Ground - Bison, 8x10. Contact for availability

Slouching, 9x12 Sold

Vixen - Fox, Pastel, 7.5x9.5"

Yum, Yum - Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Pastel, 9x12"

“All the joys—animal and human—of a free life are mine. I have escaped everything that is artificial, conventional, customary. I am entering into the truth, into nature.” ― Paul Gauguin

Just Watching, Pastel, 9x12" Available