"Montego Bay"

"Montego Bay" pastel was done for my wife on our anniversary. We spent our honeymoon in Jamaica. The canvas that God was using was much better than this. Our visit to this popular tourist attraction open our eyes to what life is like outside the United States. Sometimes we take things for granted. Beyond the walls of the resort was such poverty... it really made our hearts go out to the people there. Art has a tendacy to representing the beauty of a place. Perhaps more artist's should represent more work about some of the truth's about this world we live in. Perhaps representation should not be pleasing to the eye, but more pleasing to God! Perhaps actions need to speak louder than words! Especially from the person facing you in the mirror!

"The Whispering River"

"The Whispering River" pastel was done specifically for the 2007 Carter Caves Art show which sold during that weekend. I really liked this picture because of the reflective qualities in the water. The size of this pastel is 5 x 8. Pastel art is so wonderful in color. The pure pastel pigment vibrates placed next to each other. I personally find the pastel medium to best fit my style of painting. If interested in my other paintings click on pastel art.

Pastel 100 Art Competition Deadline....

The top artist around the world will have turned in their pastel art entries today for judging in the pastel journal magazine. The actual deadline is Sept. 1st 2008 which is next Monday. I for one would not wait until Monday to send in your pastel art entries digital or otherwise. Your pastel images cannot exceed 500kb or a height or width greater than 800 pixels. The jurors this year are Lorenzo Chavez-Landscape/Interior pastels, Desmond O'Hagan- Portrait/Figure, Christina Debarry- Still Life/Floral, Dustin Van Wechel- Animal/Wildlife and Frank Federico-Abstract/Non-objective pastels. This is a very prestigious pastel art competition. To learn even more about it you can visit pastel journal online. If you would like to see even more of my work click on pastel art.

"The Inlet"

"The Inlet" was one of my first pastels that was done on Wallis Paper. It was truly a revelation about the possibilities with this medium. I truly love to do coastal waterways. The many different colors and reflections in the waters surrounding these marshes are incredible! God's creation is crying out to Glorify Him!!

"Working the Stone Fly"

"Working the Stone Fly" was a gift to my brother because of his love of fly fishing. This painting was very popular on the WetCanvas website. Prints of this piece can be purchased at Imagekind.

"Along Wildwood Way"

"Along Wildwood Way" is second in a series of paintings done for the Wildwood First Church of God in Ashland Ky. This series has been done out of gratitude to God for this park. All proceeds from sales of these paintings go to the building fund. You can get 11 x 17 prints for $25 a piece plus shipping and handling. For more info go HERE!

In The Cool Of The Day

"In the Cool of The Day" was created solely for the Wildwood First Church of God to raise money and awareness about the park and help with the building fund. You can see more of my work at http://www.toddflamingart.com.