Landscape Pastel, Relaxing, Torres Del Paine, 18x24 Pastel

This is a representational landscape of my Mephisto shoes in Torres Del Paine, Chile.  It was created from a photograph.  The pastel was done between 2011 and 2014 with instruction from both Vince Valdez and Janice Hindes.  I painted it because of the fabulous, riveting beauty of the place.  I painted my relaxing shoes in it because I was nearing the end of a long career and had a running tease with a colleague of exchanging pictures of our feet or shoes up in wonderful, relaxing places.  The shoes, my Mephisto walking shoes, not only bring volume and separation to the painting's composition, but they bring me memories of many, many miles walking through my life, in lovely places in Mephisto shoes.