Original Pastels

A pastel painting of a Mountain Hare in the snow, the minimalist treatment of its body fur contrasts with the subtle details of its delicately modelled head and ears. Produced with Winsor and [...]

A pastel painting of a pied avocet wading in water, its reflection clearly mirroring the form and colours of the bird and the light from the water on its plumage. Produced with Winsor and Newton soft [...]

A pastel painting of an Oystercatcher walking amongst small pools, the light on its plumage hghlighting subtle details. Produced with Winsor and Newton soft pastels and Derwent Pastel pencils to [...]

A pastel painting of a kingfisher rising after diving for a fish, the light on its plumage highlighting subtle details and the water cascading from its plumage as it surfaces. Produced with Winsor [...]

A pastel painting of a Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias Crocus). Produced with Winsor and Newton soft pastels and Derwent Pastel pencils to add the finer details of the wings. Pastel on Murano [...]

A dynamic pastel of a hare in motion. A range of techniques are evident in this pastel in order to portray the textures and features of the hare; the ears are carefully blended to provide a soft, [...]

An abstract, textured backdrop of warm and cool pastel shades and expressive strokes set off the raven which is executed using indanthrene blue and warmer tones of caput mortuum. The head of the bird [...]

A pastel painting of a turnstone wading in water, its reflection clearly mirroring the form and colours of the bird and the light from the water on its plumage. Produced with Winsor and Newton soft [...]

This pastel painting was inspired by a close encounter with a barn owl in torchlight. We stood watching each other for some minutes! Only white pastel has been used in order to give a 'moonlit' [...]