Getting on the Airplane

Please allow me these moments of glee as I get ready to board the plane for Europe. The brief is that I will be teaching a workshop above the Arctic Circle, in Lapland. I'm afraid I couldn't find any hip Beatles songs about that experience, but since I will be adding a side trip to Russia, Back will do just fine.

Stay tuned here for photos and updates about the workshop in Kemijärvi , Finland, and I'll be creating and posting some pastels as well. I have an affinity for places in the north, and am really looking forward to seeing this delightful and remote corner of Europe. 

Back in the, er.., Russia, I just clued-in that St. Petersburg is known as the Venice of the North. I want to see the big Matisse paintings held there, and maybe I'll get to play Sargent as best I'm able, and paint some canal scenes, too. 

For the more playful, here is the Beatles illustrated trip to Russia. Couldn't help myself.

Softly The Morning

Morning Forest. Pinks. 2014.

@8" x 12"

Pastels on St Armand Old Masters Drawing Paper.

Casey Klahn

Coffee Culture Canada

The Skinny Barista. 2014.

12" x 11.5'

Pastel & Charcoal

Casey Klahn

Galt is an urban hamlet in Ontario where I spent last week teaching and enjoying the culture. It was a fine time, and I want to thank Edward Hanson at Pastel Studio Canada, and Pastel Artists Canada, for having me.

American Falls

American Falls. 2014. 

Vine Charcoal and White Compressed Charcoal. 

@8" x 10." 

Casey Klahn

Intervening Space. American Falls. 2014. 

Vine Charcoal and White Compressed Charcoal. 

@8" x 10." 

Casey Klahn

Casey Klahn painting at Niagara Falls.

Big Work on the Easel

Full sheet of La Carte pastel card on the easel. Can I have a cookie now?

Click on the image to see it in full crop.

Redone Means Revisited

Floral Redone. 2014.

8.5" x 6.5"

Pastel & Graphite

Casey Klahn

eBay.

Taking the Long View

Long View of the Prairie. 2014.

4.75" x 10.5"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Unframed/archival On eBay.

eBay Listed - Larger Works

Edges Field. 2014.

11-3/8ths" x 15.25."

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Since the demand for larger works is also present, I am offering a few this month on eBay. All recent works - 2014.

eBay listing.

Dimensional Space

Summer Flourish Tree. 2014.

7" x 8.5"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

eBay available - auction

Granite River

Climber's River, 2014

9" x 12"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

This is the formal pic of this original pastel.

Yellow Has a Friend

Yellow & Green. 2013-4.

6" x 9.9"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

eBay

This Russian Olive Tree Has Seen Better Days

Remnant Resurrection. 2012-14.

7" x 9.75"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Rock Garden

The Greater and Lesser Rocks. 2014.
4" x 11 - 5/16ths"
Pastel and Charcoal
Casey Klahn



eBay Listing.

70 Years Hence

One Day Only Auction

Valley Dusk

6" x 5.25"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

I will be painting daily through the month of June, and listing mostly small works in the auction format on eBay. Just follow the link below, and I will be posting the works here each day.

This unframed pastel is offered 1 day only.

eBay store.

eBay!

First Warm Day. 2014.

5.5" x 6.25"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

I will be painting daily through the month of June, and listing mostly small works in the auction format on eBay. Just follow the link below, and I will be posting the works here each day.

eBay store.

Blue Monarch

The New Era Blue Monarch. 2014.

15" x 11"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Was? Where? What? Is?

Was This Where? 2014

13.75" x 11"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

I am asking questions visually. Was this where you were? Is it new? Is the scenery changing?

Here is Bob Dylan, asking questions musically:

Wolf Kahn Obligations

Bravo, Mr. Kahn. I couldn't agree with you more about having a sense of obligation to our culture. Our better angels thank you.

Rocks and Rivers

Climber's River, 2014

9" x 12"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

It's fun to render rocks. This boulders and river scene is reminiscent of my rock climbing days and visits to Icicle Creek, in Washington. Maybe I'll get there this summer and do some more scenes.