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Blues Jam Sunday Afternoon SOLD
“Blues Jam” soft pastels Lorraine Young 8 ½” x 11″ on Canson mi-teintes SOLD Every now and again (and not often enough) we like to go to the blues jam at the Newcastle Pub or Blues on Whyte at the...
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“Stiltwalkers at the Faire”
“Stiltwalkers at the Faire” soft patels on Canson Mi Teintes Touch 7″ x 10″ $250 framed Last summer we attended an outdoor showing of The Princess Bride at Sir Winston Churchill Square downtown....
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Mill Creek Ravine
“Mill Creek Ravine” by Lorraine Young soft pastels on sanded pastel paper 61/2″ x 10″ $150 unframed This part of Mill Creek Ravine is off Whyte Avenue near the Mill Creek swimming pool. A beautiful...
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“Slack-lining”– pastel painting
‘Slacklining’ Lorraine Young pastels on Vellum paper 9 ½” x 13″ Slack-lining: kind of like tight-rope walking but with the line relatively low to the ground and relatively slack. You can tie a...
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After Art Walk weekend (recovery)
Last weekend was the 2014 Whyte Avenue Art Walk, and I had a new location this year. The painting I began at my booth in front of the Blues on Whyte sits on my easel, waiting with my open pastel box...
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“Sunshine on the Ave” pastel painting
“Sunshine on the Ave” Lorraine Young, soft pastels on sanded pastel paper, 6 ½” x 10″ SOLD I finally finished the painting I began at the 2014 Whyte Avenue Art Walk just over 3 weeks ago! I was able...
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A Room of One’s Own or a corner in a shared space?
I’ve seen and drooled over images of other artists’ studios and dreamed of having such a space to work and learn and play and create. Here’s a picture of my “studio”, the place – the space – where my...
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A Walk in the Woods, pastel painting
“Walk in the Woods” soft pastels on sanded pastel paper 7″ x 17 ½” Lorraine Young $170 unframed Another scene from the Mill Creek Ravine hiking/biking trails. We have so many beautiful, natural trails...
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“Dreamer”, a pastel painting
“Dreamer” by Lorraine Young. Dry pastels on sanded pastel paper 5″ x7″ $85 unframed This started out with some scribbling with NuPastels on black sanded pastel paper and evolved into this whimsical...
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Yikes! I have less than 6 weeks to finish two commissions! WIP…
Shhhh…. it’s a secret! The works in progress you are about to see are going to be a surprise gift! Don’t tell anyone! So. Scroll down for the pictures, or read on for the story! Three weeks ago this...
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Newcastle Jam paintings: Willy James and Crawdad Cantera
We just got back from a well-deserverd week-long break at the end of a gruelling month of October and two years without a vacation! I didn’t have a chance to post the two commissioned paintings –...
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Back to Jackie Parker Park – pastel painting
Mill Creek – Jackie Parker Park” Lorraine Young, 8 ½” x 7 ¼” $100 unframed A limited palette pastel painting of Mill Creek as it runs through Jackie Parker Park in Millwoods, done last week. I hadn’t...
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“Creek in Autumn” soft pastel painting
Jackie Parker Park has been the inspiration for many of my pastel paintings and I expect I will paint many more. This will be the last one for 2014 and I am really happy with it. “Creek in Autumn”, 6″...
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New Word for 2015 and a “selfie” pastel self-portrait
Self Portrait 2014, Lorraine Young soft pastels on Wallis pastel paper, 5 ½” x 7 ½” I managed to finish my 2nd Annual New Year’s Eve self-portrait on time! (At least, I’m sure it was still 2014...
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“Sleigh Ride on the Avenue” pastel painting
“Sleigh Ride on the Ave”, Lorraine Young, soft pastels on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch, 15 ¼” x 10 ½’ $200 unframed There is something magical about a winter sleigh ride, even when it’s in the middle of of...
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Cutie-Pie Doodles
I like to doodle, and sometimes my doodling makes me smile and these make me smile. I think these “Cutie Pies” will make cute greeting cards. And – I’ve been asked to use them as illustrations for a...
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Pastel and alcohol-wash underpainting
I’ve been working on commissions over the past several weeks, and decided to take a break. Started something new: a larger format (22″ x 30″ sanded pastel paper) with an alcohol wash underpainting. The...
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WIP – Cohiba Sunset
I’ve managed to get a bit more done on this work in progress. I like how he’s coming along! WIP – Cohiba Sunset – Lorraine Young – soft pastels on sanded pastel paper – 22″ x 30″Filed under: 2015,...
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What a month! One portrait finally finished!
It’s been a brutal month, and I’ve been able to paint very little – but I have managed to finish the portrait of Teo. I had thought that they’d all be done the week or so after Easter, but fate decided...
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Portrait commissions completed!
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to finish three portraits. I was off to a great start in February, and then March and April happened. April 2015 – a month that will live in infamy (at least in...
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