Abstraction Evensong

Abstraction Horizon

3.75" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

February 22nd.

The Cascades

Cascades

@ 6" x 8"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Back to informal iPhone images.

Dominant Yellow

Yellow Gesture
18" x 11"
Pastel
Casey Klahn
CTA

The image above, Yellow Gesture, was made using a DianeTownsend Thin Lines yellow that Diane handed to me at her workshop. Her creator's pride in this particular yellow is well founded. Marie Meyer at Huechroval has made a fascinating yellow on black test which gives a great illustration of color strength comparison (coverage). Guess whose yellow pastel came out the strongest?

24 Yellows

My review of using the new book, Multi-Brand Color Chart for Pastels, will follow in the next couple of posts.

Similar Stories

Untitled: Red, Gray, Blue
8" x 5"
Original Pastel
July 1st, 2007
Casey Klahn

Similar stories always pique my interest. Julene Baker, PSA, began her artist's life at about the Kindergarten age, and is self-taught. She works exclusively in pastel. Those are parallels to my own story.

I found Baker's interesting interview at an online art monthly entitled Practical Painting.

While you're at PP, you may enjoy this link to pastel tips.

Abstraction

See The Colorist today for my abstract. Blame the goof up on the flu!

Abstract Saturday - Oct. 13th

Atonement
Soft Pastel
7" x 5"
Casey Klahn

Since I am busy hosting this weekend, I will post an abstract and bid you: enjoy!

Saturday Gestural Abstract

Yellow Gesture

18" x 11"
Original Pastel
Casey Klahn
Collection of the Artist

Some are new to my blogs, and so I want to use the Saturday posts to showcase some of my abstract work. I don't have a venue to sell these, and so they are a non-commercial project. Well, to be honest, this one was created at a workshop and so it would be poor form to sell, anyway. But, for a period of time I want to keep my abstracts, as a whole, off of the market.