THE ARTIST
I am a passionate pastel painter of Western Australian landscapes. With a biology background, I have spent many hours with my husband, camping and travelling around most of the state's diverse and beautiful natural bushland and outback regions. To be able to capture at least some of these scenes in pastel is a privilege. Pastel is an ideal medium for capturing the wondrous colours of the Australian landscape.. As a member of the Perth Plein Air Painters, I also enjoy many mornings with like-minded colleagues ,painting the local scenery around Perth. PASTELS Pastel is one of the oldest painting mediums and utilises exactly the same pigments as oils. In pastels, special binders bind the pure pigment into a dry stick form, making them ideal for drawing and painting.. Pastels have the added advantage in that, once framed under glass, a pastel painting will not fade or degrade.. Pastel paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries are as vivid today as the day they were painted. |