Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

Clouds, skies and light are very ethereal subjects to attempt to capture on paper or canvas. The expectant atmosphere of an impending storm or the welcome feel of a cool breeze just after sunset don’t easily translate into two dimensions. But I love to attempt that, and now have a large number of sky photos on my computer that I’ve taken over the last five years – and I hope to be able to paint many of them over the next decade or two. Here are some of my sky paintings to this point in time (this blog adjusts the h x w ratio):

(To see larger images in a slide show, go to this FLICKR page.)