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.

A Favorite Place	Battlement Mesa Farmland	Calf Creek II	Desert Splendor
Fall on Boulder Mountain	Parachute Valley	Pleasant Creek, Capitol Reef	Shadows
Stormy Torrey	Tamarisk in the Wash	The Devil's Kitchen	Towards Dominguez Canyon
Four O' Clock	Cottonwood Walk	Cottonwood Walk II	Cottonwood Walk III
Crystal River Morning	Crystal River Afternoon	Mt Garfield	Mt Garfield II
Just Right	The Way In	Serpent's Trail	Serpent's Trail II
White River Buford	Duo	No Thoroughfare Canyon	Out of Nowhere
Mystic Marsh	Flowers in the Desert	Sunset	Palisade Poplars
Against the Mountain	A Moment in Time	Spring Comes Softly	Orchard Mesa View
Mesa Lake	Bonham Reservoir	Blanding Cedars	Taos Alley
Connected Lakes Spring	Onion Creek Revisited	Over the Edge