Oil Pastel Paintings

My current work explores abstracted geometric skies, treescapes and root systems, using oil pastel and mixed media to create richly coloured, velvety and prismatic images.

My carefully designed pieces require a systematic approach, but paradoxically I use materials and techniques that intentionally restrict my ability to repaint and overpaint, resulting in harmonic colour schemes balancing consonance and dissonance.

New Found III, oil pastel and mixed media on paper,

New Found III, oil pastel and mixed media on paper,

Firefly Tree I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Firefly Tree I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Reverie, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Reverie, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

New Found I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

New Found I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Growth Rings II, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Growth Rings II, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

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Backyard with Fairy Lights, oil pastel and mixed media on canvas

Backyard with Fairy Lights, oil pastel and mixed media on canvas

Backyard with Fireflies V, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Backyard with Fireflies V, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

New Found II, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

New Found II, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Firefly Tree III, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Firefly Tree III, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Backyard with Fireflies I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper

Backyard with Fireflies I, oil pastel and mixed media on paper