"Loose Park Fountain"

"Loose Park Fountain"

9x12 oil pastel on paper

2012

$260 unframed, $300 after framing

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I consider this piece one of my best oil pastel paintings. I don't use oil pastels too often, but I do feel I am getting more comfortable with them. This medium is easy to work more loosely, as with dry pastels I tend to draw tighter. The painterly effect helps break the colors and the form of what is portrayed. There are no solid colors or crisp edges. This gives a sense of incompleteness in the work, which partly defines an impression.

This fountain is the center piece of the Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden in Loose Park, Kansas City, MO. It was dedicated in 2002.