Pastels are pure pigment held together with binder and rolled into sticks. They are not chalks! The brands I favor are Schminke, Sennelier, Rowney, Terry Ludwig and Unison. These are all soft pastels. I also use the harder Nupastels to lay down my initial drawing and later on to use as a blending tool. Pastel colors are so vibrant because of the purity of the pigments and are extremely durable and light resistant.

Many of my paintings are plein air studies averaging 9" x12" in size. Large pieces are usually painted in the studio with the use of my sketches and photos taken at the scene for reference.

Go With The Flow	Echo Canyon	15 Miles from Walden	A Cool Place to Rest
Shade on Serpent's Trail	Jumbo Lake Reflections	Fall on Grand Mesa	Uncompahgre Cool
Gathering Clouds	Going To Ouray	Lone Tree	Monarch Lake Afternoon
Parachute Snow	Rattlesnake Arch	Desert Wash	Snow Melt
Fraser River	Yankee Boy Basin	Winter Color	Woodland Quiet
Stormy Torrey	Battlement Mesa Farmland	Calf Creek II	Desert Splendor
Fall on Boulder Mountain	Tamarisk in the Wash	The Devil's Kitchen	Crystal River Morning
Crystal River Afternoon	Mt Garfield	Just Right	The Way In
Serpent's Trail II	Duo	Out of Nowhere	Mystic Marsh
Flowers in the Desert	Against the Mountain	A Moment in Time	Spring Comes Softly
Orchard Mesa View	Mesa Lake	Bonham Reservoir	Blanding Cedars
Taos Alley	Onion Creek Revisited	Over the Edge