Old English Rose

Pastel pencil, 9 x 9 inches, $225

Lonely Mallard

This is another one of the ducks from our pond.

Lonely Mallard, soft pastel, 5 x 7 inches

Ducks

Every spring for the past three years we've had a pair of mallard ducks hanging around our pond.  This year (largely thanks to the emergence of Duck Dynasty and my brother in law's new-found interest in duck hunting) we've been putting out cracked corn.  And our flock has grown from two to approaching thirty.  Every morning before I go to work, I put my camera in the car and consequently I now have a ton of beautiful reference photos ducks.  I can't wait to paint them!  Here's the first quick little sketch.

Morning Paddle, soft pastel, 5 x 7 inches.

Dory

This dory lives down in South Musquash.  This is based on one of my photos from last summer.

South Musquash Dory, soft pastel, 19 x 27 inches

Mom's Garden

This is 9 x 12 inches, soft pastel, from my own reference photo of Mom's garden.

Budding Friendship, soft pastel, 9 x 12 inches.  

Prussia

This painting was done from a photo of Prussia that I took in the late spring of 2010.  The sun was shining, and the grass was green.  I took a few photos of Prussia and her sister Peregrina, and then Prussia led me on a merry chase around the pasture, much to the amusement of the neighbours, who enjoyed the show from their deck.

Prussia, 8 x 8 inches, soft pastel

More beach pebbles

This one is 5 x 5 inches.

Portrait of Bliss

This is my horse Bliss.  It's 8 x 10 inches, soft pastel.

Equine Portraits

Here are some examples of the equine portraits I have done:

Portraits

Here are some examples of the portraits I have done:

Dog portraits

Here are some samples of the dog portraits I have done: