Work in soft pastels

Old gnarled tree in Rocky Mountains

This pastel painting was made from an old photograph in a national park in the USA years ago. I used black paper with the ground made from pastel texture grit.

Autumn scene in Toronto, Canada

The colour slide I used as reference for this painting was made 40 years ago when I was living in this street in Toronto! It was taken against the light and I like the contrast of the shadows with the autumn leaves.