This was the beginnings of the pastel in the next post.

This is the finished pastel I did of David, our son, and Royce, grandson. The reference was from a photo taken by Marie. I loved the contemplative tone of the photo.

The picture of this little tree was taken in Oregon by my neighbor Susan Siegle. This a pastel painting.

these two photos were taken on 12/1/2008 at 6:57pm featuring the moon, jupiter and mars; a rare happening. photo taken from our patio in Surprise AZ