Dawn, Pastel - Portraits of Animals

“Spring Evening on the Hills” is a pastel, 7″ x 7″, on sanded pastel paper. I also offer giclee prints as well as digital and canvas prints.

Dawn, pastel, 5 x 8, 2000 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

About “Dawn”

It’s the view out of one of my back windows toward the east where I always enjoy seeing what the sunrise, or at least the morning sky, has to offer.

It’s a little sketch I did on a scrap of Wallis sanded pastel paper. I’m pretty sure I painted it from a photo I took because of the time of day and the light changing so fast, but I remember wanting to capture it quickly. However, no digital camera then, so I must have at least waited until the film came back which could actually be same day or next day.

I remember this pretty clearly because I think of it when I see a foggy morning, or any morning really. For a little sketch I’ve always liked it.

This little painting was in my first ever solo show in June 2000 entitled “The Extraordinary in the Ordinary,” which might look like a familiar phrase since it’s the subtitle of this very website. That’s about when I decided that’s what I was looking for as an artist, those inspirations in everyday moments.

SHIPPING AND CHARGES

Shipping within the US is included in the cost of each print.

Prints up to 16″ x 20″ are shipped flat in a rigid envelope. Larger prints are shipped rolled in a mailing tube unless otherwise requested; flat shipping is an extra cost because it’s oversized.

GICLEE PRINTS

The giclees are printed on acid-free hot press art paper for a smooth matte finish using archival inks. Giclee is the highest quality print available because the technique uses a dozen or more ink ports to capture all the nuances of the original painting, including details of the texture, far more sensitive than any other printing medium. Sometimes my giclees look so much like my originals that even I have a difficult time telling them apart when they are in frames.

I don’t keep giclee prints in stock for most of my works. Usually I have giclees printed as they are ordered unless I have an exhibit where I’ll be selling a particular print so there is a wait of up to two weeks before receipt of your print to allow for time to print and ship.

DIGITAL PRINTS

I make my digital prints on acid-free matte-finish natural white 100# cover using archival digital inks. While digital prints are not the quality of a giclee in capturing every nuance and detail of color, texture and shading, I am still very pleased with the outcome and usually only I as the artist, could tell where detail and color were not as sharp as the original. Digital prints are only available up to 12″ x 18″.

CANVAS PRINTS

Because many standard size canvas prints are not proportional to the original painting, canvas prints of this painting may have a portion cropped off.

I have canvas prints made as they are ordered. Smaller canvases are 3/4″ in depth, 12 x 16 and larger are 1-1/2″ in depth.

FRAMED PRINTS

I do all my own framing and can custom frame a print for you. Please ask.

Other similar artwork

This painting was in my first ever solo exhibit. Visit The Extraordinary in the Ordinary.

See other landscapes in my gallery of Landscape Artwork.

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