Morning Smile

Pastel on paper.

27x27x1"

Framed with ArtGlass Water White, UV 70% protection, 1/8 spacers

Soft pastel on uart 320 acid free sanded paper mounted to acid free foamboard.

Accepted into the 14th Annual Pastel Artists.CA Members Online Exhibition.
Accepted into the Pastel Society of Southern California’s 8th Annual Make Your Mark International Open Juried Exhibition August 1-31, 2026.

As the former owner of a botanical garden and organic perennial nursery, I would grow 5000 perennials a year and create gardens to trial and test some of those perennials. This is a view very dear to my heart. It is what I saw when I looked south in the morning from my former house and gardens.

Russian Sage and Coneflowers make a beautiful combination that always made me smile. Daisy shapes and spires with soft blues, pink and white. I felt the energy exploding when engulfed in these gardens.