This Close

pastel
16 x 22 (in)
(SOLD)

Note: Inspiration for this piece 
came after I viewed the floral 
artwork of Georgia O'Keeffe at 
the Art Institute in Chicago one 
spring.

**This artwork won 'Best of Show' 
at the 2007 Chesterton Women's 
Club Show.

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Resting

charcoal & pastel
7 x 11 (in)
$150

Note:  These are my daughter's 
well used (and well loved) 
Converse tennis shoes, briefly 
resting in a patch of sunlight by 
the front door.

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Midnight Snack

**Featured in Pastel Journal 
magazine's 'Pastel 100' 
competition--Mar/Apr '06, 
and 'The Best Art of 2005/2006' 
(F & W Publishing, Inc).   

pastel
12 x 14 (in)
NFS

Note: I love the high drama in 
this still life, with the 
spotlight's reflection curling 
around the bowl's shadow.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

pastel
16 x 20 (in)
$450

Note:  This piece has Ron 
Monsma's influence written all 
over it. 

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Lavender

pastel
10 x 7 (in)
$135

Note:  Reference photo taken at a 
lavender farm in Sequim, WA.

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Life After Death

pastel
16 x 12 (in)
NFS

Note:  Reference photo taken at 
Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve, 
Chesterton, IN.  This dogwood 
branch bloomed 3 days after being 
severed from the tree.  Thus the 
title.

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Garden Jewel

pastel
16 x 23 (in)
(SOLD)

*This painting recently won a 
Merit Award and a Purchase Award 
in a juried competition.

Note:  Reference photo taken at 
Aspen, CO.
 
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Flowering Ginger

pastel
8 x 10 (in)
$175

Note: Reference photo taken at 
Garfield Park Conservatory, 
Chicago.

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