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This special small format exhibit is entitled "Tight Focus" with all of the pastel paintings being limited to a 6 x 6" image size - good things do come in small packages! I will have one painting, "Buck in Velvet" in this exhibit which is sponsored by the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies and Blake G. Hall Gallery in Idaho Falls, Idaho. You are welcome to stop by if you are in the area!

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I feel like I'm searching for adventure with these small pastels, unknown worlds to be discovered and the smaller format lends itself to that, I suppose because it's a less of a risk? investment? I'm not sure, but I'm finding a braver me within these 6 x 9" boundaries. I'm also exploring a new world of color in the shadows of a backlit subject. In this case, a mule deer, one of three bucks I came upon while on one of my travels through the big, wide, wonderful West.
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