Bottles


These pastels and oil paintings were inspired by the clear blue skies of the Mojave Desert. These works were inspired by the enjoyment of painting something that's hard to see. The transparency of the bottles distorts, refracts and reflects the light in interesting ways. Also, if you know what type of bottle that roundish one is, please let me know. I found that bottle on the ground so I don't know what was initially inside it.


Bottle #22, 24 x 18", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Joshua Tree Bottle, 18 x 13", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Homemade Pesto, 13 x 10", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Tuolumne Meadows Bottle #1, 12 x 18", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Curvy Bottle, 18 x 24", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Roundish, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Creosote Infused Oil, 7 x 14", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Tuolumne Meadows Bottle #2, 11 x 18", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Lonely Cloud Bottle, 12 x 18", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Keep Tahoe Blue Bottle, 7 x 14", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Bottle in Dana Meadows #1, 18 x 24", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Bottle and Clouds, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Bottle and Joshua Tree Mountain, Dawn, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle and Joshua Tree Mountain, Late Afternoon, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle and 29 Palms Mountain, Sunrise, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Afternoon Bottle, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


No Sky, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle #8, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Afternoon Light, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle #11, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Jug #3 16 x 11", pastel on paper, 2024

 


Adobe Reflections, 18 x 9", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Grey Sunrise, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle #2, 8 x 10", oil on canvas, 2023

 


Bottle #3, 8 x 10", oil on canvas, 2023

 


Bottle in the Redwood Forest, 10 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Curvy Bottle, 18 x 10", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle and Clouds, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023

 


Bottle and Clouds, 9 x 18", pastel on paper, 2023