Original Pastels

A delicate pastel of a robin amid a snow flurry. This pastel image has been used for the 2017 Christmas cards available on this website. Size 297x210 cm on Murano paper. SOLD

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' [...]

A white pastel portrait using a 'reverse drawing' technique, where the areas drawn are the areas where light falls. Pastel on Murano Paper Size: 28x34cm Supplied with a 3 inch wide white mount [...]

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 of a barn owl based upon sketchbook and photographic evidence from a recent holiday in Scotland. Pastel has a luminosity of pigment that lends itself perfectly to the treatment of the [...]

An original pastel painting of a barn owl in flight based upon sketchbook studies from life whilst on the Isle of Mull; the owl's head is still and focused whilst the wings are interpreted so as to [...]

An abstract, textured backdrop of pastel shades and expressive strokes set off the raven which is executed largely in inderathene blue. The head of the bird is subtely modelled whilst the wings [...]

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 a wren perched on a snow covered teasel, the delicate modelling of the plumage contrasts with the simple application of snow as a texture on the teasel. Produced with Winsor and [...]