Paintings in Pastel by: James Geddes

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2009 has been a year to explore pastels for me. I love working with pastels. I find the sequence of pastel painting more suited to my thought process than my work with watercolor. Although I am still very fond of watercolor artwork and I regularly under paint my pastels with watercolors. I learned many valuable aspects while painting with watercolors, all of which have become part of how I approach a subject and the canvas.

I have assembled a brief slide presentation of my 2009 work and one late 2008 watercolor... If you have visited here before, you know that before 2007... I didn't paint at all. I am a professional photographer and sketch artist. I retired from instructing high school students in photography and I was our high school curriculum specialist. 6 years ago we moved to Washington. Nancy and I now live on Whidbey Island, Dugualla Bay to be more precise. This wonderful location has allowed my inner soul to flourish and allowed me to pursue my passion for creating art.

The works displayed here are photographs of original paintings that I use for giclee prints. The prints may be ordered for purchased here: Giclee Prints. The original works are in my personal collection or in private collections.

If you would like to purchase an original, please contact me directly. Thanks for visiting!

Latest Additions

Palouse Cloudburst
18x24 Wallis Museum Grade 1/19/10
Image Provide by Karen Schroeder

Ebby Road Shower 01/16/10
18x12 Wallis Pro - Watercolor/Gauche Under Painting

"Special Remembrance"
11x14 Pastel on Canson Mi Teintes
Created from the two photos below

Pastels created on UArt Pastel boards and Paper, Wallis Pro
mounted by Dakota Arts, PastelMat or Canson papers.

Pastels are under painted with either Nu Pastels or Richeson semi-hard pastels and turpentine. Some works are created with watercolors under paint.

Soft pastels include: Rembrandt, Sennelier, Great American, Girault, and Diana Townsend.

Pieces shown here are  images of original works with digital frames created on the computer. We print giclee prints with with or without linen mats.

These paintings reside in my collection or in private collections both purchased and commissioned works.
Limited Giclee prints may be purchased here.

James Geddes

I am NOT a professional artist, I'm a professional photographer. But I love exploring art and I am not afraid of falling on my face... it took years for me to develop sketching from photographs using the WACOM tablets, I am sure this will take a lot longer...

At some point I became drawn to pastels and I have been enjoying my growing passion for them. Pastels allows some drawing as painting or as well as painting. 2009 has been all pastels so far. Some of the 2008 works toward the bottom are my beginning pastels. These are my first attempts, they are crude but I learned a lot from each attempt. I find pastels to be so vibrant in color and entirely different experience than watercolor. I truly enjoy both methods of painting and also mix the media.

I am continuing to paint and learn on my own by visiting other pastel artist websites, investing in DVDs by artists who instruct workshops, books by renown pastelists and visiting our local galleries. Here,  I am sharing the journey of learning how to paint.