DonH,

If I remember it right, this is the first time I've seen your pastel works because most of your past posts were made from charcoal. These are excellent, by the way. With your currently average of four art pieces per day, you are very productive and I believe you never run out of artistic concepts in mind. I really like "helping hand" and the "kestrel."

Thank you Chanda and John! Its a big world with infinite potential for art. This one came from near here in "A typical Saturday Afternoon"

Lots of color and lots of movement! Nice! The only thing that throws it off a bit for me is the hind leg - seems a little off but otherwise I love it!

Don,

As I looked through the works you presented I like the ones that are less rigid and more suggestive. They suggest movement within the piece. With movement they create life beyond just the image presented. The last piece on page one "Bison Herd" I liked it the most, the suggestion of cattle in the field, the feel of it being late in the day, the line strokes. It has life to it. Keep going!

Thank you, Keller. You have expressed exactly what I was trying to convey in the Bison Herd. This style has been developing slowly and is where I feel at home.

You have a very keen eye, Chanda! I goofed on the hind leg. I decided to start over and do better. I wasn't really happy with much of the first one and spent about 5 hrs on this one.

This is a plein air painting of my current view to the north. Two super cell thunderstorms march off to the east.

Blacktails in the Snow.

Abandoned barns in a Kansas Wheat Field.

"Fishing".