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    Bob Palmerton Pastels

    Contemplative Landscapes

    Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.  - Henry David Thoreau
     

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    Whispering Creepy Trees
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 10
    • 1 min

    Whispering Creepy Trees

    This summer I ventured through a nature preserve near Toledo, OH. It was a hazy and humid mid-afternoon in June. Strolling with my camer...
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    Smaller Helps!
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 9
    • 1 min

    Smaller Helps!

    Often when I plan a pastel painting, I choose the final size of that painting, whether it be 9x12, 12x18 or larger. This time, while pla...
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    Mountains and Rocks
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jan 5
    • 1 min

    Mountains and Rocks

    The Great Lakes Pastel Society Bi-Monthly Newsletter featured a critique of my painting "Purple Mountain Majesty" by renowned pastel arti...
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    Last Light x 2!
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    Last Light x 2!

    "Last Light" in acrylic and pastel. The pastel version is 6x8 and the acrylic 8x10. That yellow, orange and red image is the under-painti...
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    Lost in the Maze
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    Lost in the Maze

    "Lost in the Maze," 9x12 pastel. Pittsfield Township Hall Prairie Park includes an area of tall reeds mowed through to create a small maz...
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    Wet and Wild Waterfalls
    Bob Palmerton
    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Wet and Wild Waterfalls

    I recently completed "Torrent," inspired by a visit to Bond Falls near Ontonagon, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. Torrent is 12x18 pas...
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    StudioSense: "Good Morning, Autumn"
    Bob Palmerton
    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: "Good Morning, Autumn"

    "Good Morning, Autumn" was inspired by a stroll through Prairie Park at Pittsfield Township Hall near Ann Arbor, MI. Here is the vibrant...
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    StudioSense: Bold Acrylic Underpainting
    Bob Palmerton
    • May 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Bold Acrylic Underpainting

    "Recovering from Winter" is a 9x12 pastel inspired by a vista at MarshView Meadow Park near Ann Arbor, MI. Given the deep blues of the fo...
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    Fall Kaleidoscope
    Bob Palmerton
    • Dec 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fall Kaleidoscope

    This painting was a blast to create! It is a large format (27x21 inch) pastel inspired by a hike at the Lillian Anderson Arboretum near ...
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    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Warming up the Beach

    On a sunny, early morning on the beach at Breezy Point, New York, there is a distinctive warm glow in the sand and grasses that comprise ...
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    Fresh off the Easel: Rural Landscapes
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fresh off the Easel: Rural Landscapes

    Two recent Midwest landscapes fresh off the easel, before I head to the Atlantic to do some beach and ocean painting. "Dance of the Conef...
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    Fresh off the Easel: Heat Wave
    Bob Palmerton
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fresh off the Easel: Heat Wave

    A scorcher in southeast Michigan inspired by latest large pastel painting, "Heat Wave." Heat Wave is 18x24 done in soft pastel on Uart 40...
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    From Barns to Beach
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    From Barns to Beach

    It's that time of the year! After traversing the countryside and the farmland around Ann Arbor, Michigan, I will be heading out to New Y...
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    Fresh off the Easel: Muggy Morning
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Fresh off the Easel: Muggy Morning

    It was a hot, sticky July morning at the Pittsfield Preserve near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The grass was wet and the mosquitoes were circling...
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    Pastel Painting - Wind Chill's 1st Place Award
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting - Wind Chill's 1st Place Award

    I am happy (and humbled) to announce that my pastel "Wind Chill" was awarded 1st Place at the AAWA Summer Juried Exhibition at the Rivers...
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    StudioSense: Purples and Greens
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    StudioSense: Purples and Greens

    A few days ago I cycled along the dirt roads south of Saline. Scattered thunderstorms were threatening, making for a dramatic sky backdr...
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    Pastel Painting - Early Summer Morning
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting - Early Summer Morning

    I came across this scene at the County Farms Park in Ann Arbor, around 7:30 am. I was attracted to the blues and the hazy morning vista....
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    The Sultry Days of Summer
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Sultry Days of Summer

    Just north of Brighton, Michigan on the northbound lanes of US 23, there's a vista on the right, depicting a stream winding through a fie...
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    Pastel Painting: Pompeii Afternoon
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Pastel Painting: Pompeii Afternoon

    Strolling through the ancient streets of Pompeii in Italy in 2016, I came across this scene with Mount Vesuvius in the distance. The old...
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    AAWA Summer Juried Exhibit
    Bob Palmerton
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    AAWA Summer Juried Exhibit

    The Ann Arbor-based AAWA will hold its summer exhibit at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, from July 5th through July 26t...
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