Winter White
I love winter so much I decided to do a show featuring the season, with snow and without. Here is a series of small sketches inspired by winter in pastel, watercolor, pencil and pen and ink from the trails to the backyard, completed en plein air and indoors, illuminated by the stark light of winter.
Enjoy the footnotes about my inspirations and the sites where the scenes are.
This show was hosted by United Cerebral Palsy's Centre Avenue Gallery in February, 2004.
Some of the originals are still available, and prints or notecards can be made from any image.
Click on any image to see an enlarged version.
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1.
Panhandle Outbound
pastel, 6"
x 6", $100.00
Panhandle Trail, Collier Township
2.
Panhandle Inbound
pastel, 6"
x 6", $100.00
Panhandle Trail, Collier Township
3.
Winter Colors
pastel, 7"
x 5", $75.00
Chartiers Creek, Carnegie-Rosslyn Farms
Whoever said that winter was just brown and gray wasn’t seeing the same world I do. Whether I’m walking the trails, driving down a back road or just looking out the window, the colors of winter are a constant inspiration. Snow reflects any color depending on the angle of view and time of day, and even without snow the landscape is rich with the colors of jewels. Even interiors are different as the leafless trees admit more light and the sun, at its lower winter angle, fills rooms with clear, stark light.
local trails
4.
Bell's Run
pastel, 6"
x 6", $50.00
Carnegie-Crafton
5.
Walking the Tracks
pastel, 6"
x 6", $75.00 (SOLD)
Carnegie
6.
Scott's Run Road
pastel, 10"
x 8", $50.00
Collier Township
7.
Frost
pastel, 8"
x 8", $100.00
Settler's Cabin Park, Robinson Township
8.
Ducks
pastel, 6"
x 6", $75.00 (SOLD)
Chartiers Creek, Carnegie
All these small sketches are taken from daily moments of visual inspiration, completed in various ways. I have actually drawn many while standing out in the open and also while sitting in the front seat of my car, but sometimes the best view can only be had by a precarious balance on a rock in the creek or from the median of four lanes of moving traffic, and at this point I take a quick photo and do my best to recall the scene later. My overall task with these is to capture a small scene and a single moment of light and shadow, weather and season.
old farms
9.
After the Snow Squall
pastel, 10"
x 8", &75.00
Ewing Road, Collier Township
10.
Solstice
pastel, 6"
x 6", $100.00
Ewing Road, Collier Township
11.
Evening Farm
pastel, 10"
x 8", $50.00
Ewing Road, Collier Township
avian visitors
12.
Birds in Snow
pastel, 7"
x 10", $500.00
my front yard
13.
Jammin Jay Blues
pastel, 6"
x 6", $75.00 (SOLD)
my side yard
14.
Snowbird
pastel, 6"
x 6", $75.00
my back yard
15.
Accent
pastel, 6"
x 13", $75.00 (SOLD)
my back yard
local parks
16.
Backroad
pastel, 5"
x 7", $50.00 (SOLD)
Settler's Cabin Park, Robinson Township
17.
Remnants
pastel, 5"
x 7", $50.00 (SOLD)
Settler's Cabin Park, Robinson Township
18.
The First Shadows of Evening
watercolor, 7"
x 5", $50.00
19. Hills at Dusk
pastel, 13" x 6",
$75.00 (SOLD)
20.
Creek in Frick Park
pastel, 5"
x 6", $50.00
21.
A Walk in Frick Park
pastel, 6"
x 8", NFS
You just never know where you'll find art.
INTERIORS
22.
Rehearsal Hall
pastel, 6"
x 6", $75.00 (SOLD)
Andrew Carnegie Free Library
23.
Winter Window
pastel, 8"
x 8", NFS, prints available
Kelly at my side window
24.
Afternoon Nap
pastel, 6"
x 6", NFS, prints available
Stanley on my bed
STRUCTURES
25.
On the Edge
pastel, 6" x 6",
$50.00
Carnegie hillside
24. Snow
Shower
pastel, 5" x 7",
$50.00
Third and Third, Carnegie
25.
The Shortest Day
pastel, 6" x 6",
$50.00
house up the street
26.
Night Window
pastel, 5" x 7",
$35.00
house across the way
IN THE BACKYARD
29. The
Fallen Branch
watercolor, 5"
x 7", $50.00
back yard
30.
Snow Shadows
watercolor, 6"
x 4", $35.00
back yard
31. Gentle
Shadows
watercolor, 6"
x 8", $50.00
back yard
32.
Morning Snow 2
pastel, 8" x 8",
$300.00
next door
33.
Morning Snow 1
pastel, 8" x 8",
$300.00
next door, other side
the above two are available as a set for $550.00
34.
Wild Black Cherry Branches
pastel, 8" x 10",
$75.00
outside my studio window
35.
Tracks
pastel, 8" x 8",
$75.00
outside my front widnow
36.
Standing Trees
pastel, 6" x 6",
$35.00
my neighbor's back yard
MONOCHROME
37.
Light Woods
pen and ink,
7" x 5", $50.00
Settler's Cabin Park, Robinson Township
38. Tree
Study
pencil, 5" x 7",
$35.00
outside my studio window
39. The
Sentinel
charcoal, 5" x
7", $75.00 (SOLD)
tree at Andrew Carnegie Free Library
40. The
Path of the Elves
charcoal, 5" x
7", $75.00 (SOLD)
tree at Andrew Carnegie
Free Library
(Treebeard the Ent)
41.
Snow Along Chartiers Creek
charcoal, 7" x
5", $50.00 (SOLD)
my private beach, Carnegie
42.
The Wrought Iron Fence
pen and ink, 5"
x 7", $35.00
Andrew Carnegie Free Library