First Light 21.5 x 12.5 in.

This is the image I had in my mind when I returned to the Grand Canyon this spring. It was just a matter of finding a spot that matched my imagination and getting there early enough in the morning to capture it. I loved the challenge of painting the distant canyon in combination with the very close chunk of yellow rock.

Teamwork 16 x 21in. SOLD

This painting I started as a demo piece for the Pastel Society of New Mexico. I started it before the demo and had to hold myself back from completing it so I could show the audience how I can create dust and clouds without disturbing lower layers of pastel. The scene is of a mule train coming up a trail in the Grand Canyon when I was hiking out this spring. We had to squeeze against the rocky cliff rather than the edge of the trail just in case a mule bumped us.