Tranquility

Completed in 2003

Acrylic paint and oil-pastel on acid-free mat board

5.25" x 8" 

(Up close)

This is something entirely new for me.  I painted the board first with bold loose swatches of deep blues and purples.  After it dried, I went in with oil-pastel sticks and drew the landscape on top, allowing the abstract painting to show through in places.