Pastel Countryside
“PASTEL COUNTRYSIDE” The natural world, rich beauty, sense of place, peaceful.
May 2015 I participated in Susan Ogilvie’s wonderful Pastel Workshop to learn more about representing the “visual world”, the one we see, Outside. 
I worked on this pastel toward the end of the Workshop and continued in my Studio over the course of the month. Once I started “correcting” the photograph~rather than the pastel, I knew the interfacing was close enough! I elected to make a few changes along the bottom panel of the “picture plane” for interest.
This image is also a Photograph, which I “clicked” while on a California (moving) train ride. Beautiful countryside, rural farmland filled with poetic imagery.
After years as an abstract painter, and printmaker; something new began~ an inquiry & fascination with the study of values and color relationships in pastel. I work in a sensitive manner. Each piece is a true exploration.
Limited Edition Metal Prints are currently available of Country Barn/Pastel Interpretations.
8×12~250. 20×30~800. Original 6″X9″. $1,200.
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“Pastel Island” is available as Ltd. Ed. Aluminum Metal Print.
I currently accept some commissions for 8×10~9×12″ Pastels created on UART paper, of your beautiful landscape. My pastels range from a softer feel, to more pronounced mark making. The scene which I work from evokes the surface handling. We can discuss your preferences. Allow 2-3 months for completion. Email inquiries: susan@susanslapin.com.
Honoring the Beauty of Nature
I worked on this pastel toward the end of the Workshop and continued in my Studio over the course of the month. Once I started “correcting” the photograph~rather than the pastel, I knew the interfacing was close enough! I elected to make a few changes along the bottom panel of the “picture plane” for interest.
This image is also a Photograph, which I “clicked” while on a California (moving) train ride. Beautiful countryside, rural farmland filled with poetic imagery.
After years as an abstract painter, and printmaker; something new began~ an inquiry & fascination with the study of values and color relationships in pastel. I work in a sensitive manner. Each piece is a true exploration.
Limited Edition Metal Prints are currently available of Country Barn/Pastel Interpretations.
8×12~250. 20×30~800. Original 6″X9″. $1,200.
*********************************************************************************
“Pastel Island” is available as Ltd. Ed. Aluminum Metal Print.
I currently accept some commissions for 8×10~9×12″ Pastels created on UART paper, of your beautiful landscape. My pastels range from a softer feel, to more pronounced mark making. The scene which I work from evokes the surface handling. We can discuss your preferences. Allow 2-3 months for completion. Email inquiries: susan@susanslapin.com.
Honoring the Beauty of Nature