"Pastels in the Hood" exhibit at The Gorge White House, Hood River

Tangled at the Top/pastel/10x7

During the month of September I'm joining several other members of the Northwest Pastel Society for our third consecutive annual "Pastels in the Hood" exhibit at The Gorge White House in Hood River, Oregon. Other participating artists include Michael Fisher, Caroline Garland, Christine Knowles, Gretha Lindwood, Barbara Szkutnik, and Janice Wall. Our work represents the Columbia Gorge, Mt. Hood and Hood River areas.

Horsetail Falls/pastel/17x11

Copse and Field (Mosier, OR)/pastel/12x18

Old Red Farm Bench, Hood River area

Between the Trees, 6 x 9

Last summer I had the pleasure of joining other members of Northwest Pastel Society for a few days on a plein air painting excursion in the Hood River, Oregon, area. What tremendous fun it was to work in great weather along the mighty Columbia River and Gorge where the scenery is so varied and often dramatic. Here's a painting from that trip, and another one from a visit with my daughter and her family at their farm in Shelton, Washington. 

I'd also like to encourage you to look at the galleries of some of the Northwest Pastel Society members I painted with in Hood River by clicking on their names: Janice Wall of Vashon Island, WA; Barbara Szkutnik of Battleground, WA; Christine Knowles of Hood River, OR; Brenda Boylan of Portland; and Michael Fisher of Portland. They're a great group of people and have been very supportive and encouraging to me in my artistic journey.

Old Red Farm Bench, 8 x 11