Memories of the West Boulder River, pastel, 2015. Original work, Lori Ryker.
Tag Archives: color
New Tools
New Chalk Pastels! I’m as excited as Jack Kerouac just before he got on the road!
Dreams for a Wetland
Dreams for a Wetland
The Wetlands of Louisiana are failing. Our control of rivers and need for oil is the culprit. With action the wetlands health can be restored. To learn more check out the Environmental Defense Fund.
Sea Change
drawn from the river
It’s time. Time to consider direction and conception, where we are headed, and how we do what we do.
“Full Fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes,
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change,
into something rich and strange,
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell,
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them, ding-dong, bell.”
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Winter Arrives
Away for three weeks. Left reds, browns , orange and yellow . Returned to whites and blues. Sub-freezing temperatures this morning. Place is always changing it’s appearance.
Experience and Place
utah no. 3, oil pastel
About six months ago I did something I have never done before. At least not without arm twisting and a grade attached. I started sketching out-of-doors regularly. I did this to explore a new medium and because my schedule is so chaotic I don’t have much time to work in the studio on mono-prints. The process also allowed me to develop work while I traveled.
I am almost finished with the first book. Which I am amazed to have achieved, it itself. And I am even enjoying the process and exploration, and the new medium.
Here is one of the sketches, made while I was teaching Quest, in Southern Utah.
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oil pastels
between here and there 