Bob Palmerton 

Inspired by a cold late November afternoon on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, "Wind Chill" is a 21x27 inch pastel painting on Uart sanded paper. The beach is located west of DeTour Village on southeastern portion of the Upper Peninsula on Lake Huron, where there are several beachfront parks located off Highway 134. For purchase information on Wind Chill and other paintings, visit our Purchase webpage. This painting has been curated on Zatista and is also available through our Et

Working in the studio each day, I come across adjustments to work-in-progress paintings that I like to share with my pastel enthusiast audience. Hence this inaugural edition of "StudioSense." Here is the current version of "Wind Chill." Followers of this blog have seen this painting before; it is a large 21x27 piece on Uart sanded paper, with a lot going on! What initially caught my attention to this scene on Lake Huron was the sky. It was quite ominous in the reference p

Creating distance in a landscape is often achieved by muting the color as you near the horizon. You can also create a misty look to convey the impact of rain or (in the case of the painting below), snow. Here is the current version of "Wind Chill," inspired by a scene on Lake Huron in the upper peninsula of Michigan, near DeTour Village. We will focus on the right portion of the treeline, where you see the hazy impact of a falling snow. To create the misty look of light sno

Accomplished artists have a distinct "style" about their work. At the Chicago Pastel Painters Biennial National Juried Exhibition, my award-winning painting "Ski Tracks" was described as having "simultaneous strength and delicacy," per Ellen Eagle, this year's judge. That got me thinking: how about a "Mission Statement" of style? I liked Ellen's description of Ski Tracks, so I included her statement as part of my mission statement. So here's my "style," or at least the sty

Planning the painting before you touch the canvas is a critical first step to a successful piece of art. My other artistic joy is photography, so I therefore start with a reference photo and begin to plan how I can capture the same scene in a unique and creative way. The last thing I want to do it replicate the photo! Here is the main reference photo for my current work, inspired from a Thanksgiving holiday trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The scene is just west of