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June 6-8: The 2025 Western Loudoun Art & Studio Tour (WLAST) is coming up. Hope will be a guest artist at Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville, VA.

Featured image: “Josie in Neutral” 21x28, available during WLAST

What have I drawn lately?

Farms and clouds, waves and water…

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View fullsize Done, but as yet untitled. Swipe to see the progression! Come see it during the @westernloudounartandstudiotour #waves #undertow #beachvibe #seascape #pastel #pastelpainting #pastelseascape #wavepainting #beachlovers #pastelart #pastelartist #loudo
View fullsize Almost done… Come see how it turns out during the @westernloudounartandstudiotour June6-8! For the curious, this is 16.75”x30” Biggest wave yet! #waves #seascape #pastelpainting #pastelart #water #beachlover #takemetothebeach #lo
View fullsize Work in progress: Developing the layers, swipe to see the changes. I never cease to be amazed at how many colors you can find in water. Look for this and many other pastel paintings during the @westernloudounartandstudiotour June 6-8. I will be at Fr
View fullsize In addition to establishing the composition, I use underpainting to provide depth for shadows and contrast for eventual highlights. I also plan for where the muted colors I lay down now will help later, brighter colors pop. This stage requires me to
View fullsize Painting starts with the surface. Before the first stroke of color gets laid down, decisions have to be made. Here I’ve primed a board with a combo of clear gesso and pastel ground (from @liquitexofficial and @goldenpaints . I went for a dynam
View fullsize Sound up!! Painting outside (en plein air) is about so much more than just what a place looks like. It’s a full sensory experience, and today my companions were a bullfrog, a very chirpy bird and some mourning doves. “Woodland Walk&rdqu
View fullsize “Little Green Door” 16x20 This will be available during the @westernloudounartandstudiotour in June. For this painting, I revisited an early morning scene from a trip to Amboise in the Loire Valley of France. 🇫🇷 I particularly enjoyed
View fullsize Guess who’s 2!! Josie Bear the birthday girl helped me out today by being super chill. I finally got back to the studio and made progress on this piece (after several weeks off). Thank goodness for Spring Break! #birthdaygirl #lovemylab #studi
View fullsize Provence, here I come!!! I’m headed to the south of France in late June-July to paint, among other things, lavender in bloom and the turquoise waters of the Gorge du Verdon. Can’t wait to put these babies to work! #pastelartist #pastels
View fullsize "Rise and Shine" 18x24, pastel, available in June during the upcoming @westernloudounartandstudiotour That is the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier in the background. I grew up fishing from just such a pier, sitting by my grandfather Jimmy. His
View fullsize Title this! Leave your suggestions in the comments 🩷 Pastel, 18x24 on @uartsandedpaper That’s the shoreline at Virginia Beach. #pastelartist #pastelartwork #pastelpainter #artist #artwork #artistsofinstagram #waves #beach #beachlife #seascap
View fullsize Work in progress…Beach vibes on a this cold and windy day! Still a lot to do on the leading edge of the wave in the foreground, but I like how this is progressing. 😁 This one will be 18x24 when it’s done. #workinprogress #wip #ontheeas