These latest works were inspired with color pastels I purchased during my travels in Provence in 2022. The minerals in these earth tone pastels come from the rocks and hills of where Van Gogh painted his most famous works.

The bright color pastels are an extension of my previous gouache paintings. While these pastels offer a much brighter palette, they were a challenging medium because of their fragility. I loved working with the intensity of the bright colors and found that their powdery nature required me to slow down and invent ways to resolve these paintings.

The grey, black and gold pieces are a further exploration of geometric shapes and structures with a limited color palette.