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On the Way to Maquoketa
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 27" x 40"
$1,750
Early Morning Walk
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 23" x 27"
$1,300 Framed
Winter River
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 21" x 27"
$1,500 Framed
Evening Pasture
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 21" x 27"
$1,500 Framed
Drive Through North Liberty
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 21" x 27"
$1,500 Framed
Late Day in Winter
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 24" x 21"
$1,100 Framed
Path to the Light
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 24" x 24"
$1,500 Framed
Around the Pond
Pastel on paper
Art dimensions: 27" x 27"
$1,600 Framed
Transition
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 26"
$1,000 Framed
Time Lines
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 26"
$1,000 Framed
As the World Turns
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 26"
$1,000 Framed
Wind and Rain (diptych)
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 28"
$965 Framed
The Joy of Sunlight
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 16" x 18"
$550 Framed
Winter Landscape
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 15.5"
$550 Framed
Spring Fields and Pond
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 20"
$860 Framed
Life Energy
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 20"
$675
Sunlight in the Garden
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 40"
$1,200
A Gift of Flowers
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 40"
$1,550 Framed
Summer Winds
Acrylic and metal leaf on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 10"
$275 on panel
Spring Flow
Acrylic and metal leaf on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 10" x 10"
$275 on panel
Turning Light
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 12.5" x 12.5"
$375 Framed
Signs and Signals
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 11" x 14"
$325 on panel
Winter Landscape
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 26" x 20"
$845 Framed
Fields and Sky
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 28" x 24"
$625 on panel
Dreams of Flying
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 20" x 20"
$595 on panel
Winter
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 19" x 12.5"
$525 Framed
Spring Fields
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 24" x 24"
$795 on panel
Circle
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 24" x 20"
$700 Framed
Fields of Snow (diptych)
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 19" x 12.5"ea
$650
Summer Fruit (diptych)
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 19" x 12.5"ea
$900 Framed
Connections
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 36" x 36"
$1,450 on panel
Overland View
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 30" x 24"
$800
Sunlight and Water
Acrylic on yupo paper
Art dimensions: 30" x 24"
$1,050 Framed
Caprice III
Acrylic on canvas
Art dimensions: 8" x 8"
$150
Caprice IV
Acrylic on canvas
Art dimensions: 8" x 8"
$150
Iowa Pastel Landscapes
[4] in stock
Penfield Books
Paperback
$35
landscapes, realism, representational, abstract, expressionist, nature, scenic art, scenery, natural, agricultural, regional, stylistic, dramatic, colorful, gestural, midwestern, dynamic, energetic 
- Biography:
I received an MFA in intaglio printmaking, then worked in oil, watercolor, acrylic, handmade paper, and mixed media collage over a thirty-five year period. In my earlier years as an art student, pastel was not considered an appropriate medium for serious artists, thus the long delay in trying this medium. I tried painting an English Lake District landscape with an old set of pastels. Soon I realized this was the perfect medium for me.Statement:
Landscape
“The Midwest landscape has surrounded me all of my life. Having spent most of my childhood in Ohio and my entire adult life in Iowa, it is the images of these vistas which periodically inspire me to try a new way of expressing this subtly beautiful landscape. I enjoy hiking in some wilder parts of the country so am also challenged by the unique forms of beauty found in each of these places. In the past I have worked in acrylic and collage. Now I am using the medium of soft pastel to capture the qualities of undulating hills, overlapping rhythmic forms, textures of trees and vegetation, rich colors, dynamic patterns, changing light, and, always the sky. The land remains constant, the colors transform subtlety from season to season, but the sky is an ever-shifting panorama of light, color and form. The possibilities are limitless.
The immediacy and directness of pastel is the quality I most value in this medium. I feel I am able to best approximate and express the ephemeral and very magical essence of light as it moves across the land through pastel painting."
Abstract
"Although I am known for my pastel landscapes of Iowa farm land, I am quite passionate about abstract painting with acrylics on a Japanese plastic paper called yupo. Periodically I put away all the pastels and bring from storage into my small studio an assortment of acrylic paints, brushes and tools to explore a very different path. It is truly a path of discovery. With the landscapes I am working from my reference photographs but with the abstract approach I am coming from an inner place of imagination, play and experimentation. I love combining unexpected colors with layering, scraping and sanding to come up with surprising new imagery."VideoHaving trouble with the video? Watch HEREPress
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