Pastel 62 - Music and Balloons

This is how a room with music and a ceiling full of colorful helium balloons makes me feel.  Some Vegas hotel lobbies feel like this to me, as well.

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Thanksgiving - Posting Pastel 69 out of Order - Dog Play

Thanksgiving Day - and one of the things I am thankful for is our neighbors.  Several of the families on our cul de sac include dogs.  Sadly, several of us in this house are allergic to dogs.  This pastel was inspired by the neighborhood dog play that happens across several of our yards, and the neighbors who are careful to keep that play and the dogs well mannered even when loose.  Like most things on our sac, we get along and have a great outdoor community, for dogs, kids and adults all.

Pastel 69 - Dog Play

Dedicated to the dogs of our street, with a special call out in memory of Riley, who we lost this year long before his time.  He was a big puppy every day of his life, and a daily reminder to play every moment we can.  Thanks, Riley!  And thanks to all you great neighbors (including the ones with cats instead of dogs!)

Pastel 61 - Frogs

These guys mostly emerged naturally.  The tadpole was not in the ball point ink - that came out of my head, based on the adults.  I've been fascinated with frogs since I was five or six years old.  I caught and released hundreds of them, as a child.  We built a hole series of pools for them in a drainage ditch near the house in NY where I grew up.

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I've been in Michigan 4 of the last 9 days - it puts a gap in my play/work on these...

Pastel 60 - Whale and Crane

This is another that just emerged on the page, and I went with it.  The whale's smile, eye, fin and flukes were all obvious, as was the crane's head and body.  There was even a signature yellow fish.

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Pastel 59 - Abstract

Often nothing recognizable emerges, and then I simply work with the shapes, movement and colors.

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Pastel 58 - Trying to Teach Me to Dance

My sweetheart loves to dance - for me it's almost impossible.

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Pastel 57 - Rabbit? Jackalope?

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Pastel 56 - Bird Love

I go with what's there...

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Pastel 55 - Sleeping Dragon

I enjoy the unpredictable shapes and compositions of these.

Pastel 54 - Sheep and Goat - or Goat and Sheep

These guys were both there in the pen lines, and each occupied about half of the page, oriented both ways.  So I drew them both, and signed the piece either way.

Goat and Sheep

Sheep and Goat

As expected, the goat looks like he has more attitude.  But we'll reserve judgment on the sheep since he's asleep.

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