ORIGINAL PAINTING

This has got to be one of the sweetest faces I have ever seen. Well, her baby was was quite a looker too, but  there was something so special about this mother's personality, her maturity and her gaze that just captured my heart. One of my favorite parts of this painting is the way  the sun back-lights her fur, almost making it look golden around the edges. The warm golds and ambers contrasting with the cooler blues and grays of the shaded part of her face make for a very exciting color combination.

This painting was selected for the Animal Attraction article in the May/June 2008 issue of The Pastel Journal magazine.

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18 x 24

Ewe Getting Very Sleepy

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A friend and I headed out to photograph some local buffalo but instead I was  taken by the mesmerizing stare of this ewe that was keeping the buffalo company. I used a Sennelier sanded surface with Unison pastels to create the thick texture of fleece for this painting. It was such a pleasure to work with all of the colors in this piece and to recreate the nature of the fleece with all of its curls, juxtaposed against the straight fur lining the sheep's eyes, nose and ears.

This painting was selected in the Pastel Journal Pastel 100 international competition as being among the Best Art of 2006 and can be viewed in the April 2007 issue of the magazine. It was also selected for the Animal Attraction article in the May/June 2008 issue of The Pastel Journal magazine.

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