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This is my first painting in pastel! The original is available as attractively matted and framed. For photos and dimensions of framed work, please contact the artist.
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Sometimes I'm sufficiently drawn to a subject that painting it once simply won't be enough. There is plenty of satisfaction to be had from exploring how a different day, mood or technique can affect the interpretation and final results of a painting. In this case, the delightful hot beverage in the sexy orange, European cup just keeps calling me back for more.
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This was a most delicious cup of malted hot chocolate, served outside on a rainy day at the Sunflower Cafe, but it could have been any one of a number of delicious hot beverages I have savored in my life. Cafe au lait, latte, cappuccino, machiatto, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate, sipping chocolate, cider, tea, coffee with cream......
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In Italy, Germany, Spain, Mexico, France, Austria, Czech Republic, California, Seattle, Colorad...

To me, making art is about the stopping of time, as are so many of the things I most love doing. I don't believe in time as we know it. When I become engaged in creating something, I no longer feel subject to time's constricting whims. That is why I am driven to create. I love the light touch and thrilling chemistry of watercolor painting, the bold strokes possible in pastel work, the patterns I can create with an ink drawing, and learning something new, always. Color thrills me. Texture delights. I hope with each work to retain the clarity of what I see, and bring that into view for others. I may not always achieve that, but the honest desire is present in each of my pieces. For those who enjoy facts; I am a signature member of...