This 11x14 pastel painting of rolling hills, cedar trees, magnificent skies and cattle grazing, depicts the Nebraska Sandhills near the Dismal River south of Thedford, NE. This painting was done in a somewhat Impressionistic style with Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting received an Honorable Mention Award at the Thedford Art Guild 40th Annual Member Art Show. Price: $175.00, matted and framed. Shipping is $50. This painting is matted with an ivory mat and is in a heavy oak frame. Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 pastel painting of cattle grazing in a golden field as the skies turn colors, depicts twilight in a grassy field south of Stapleton, NE. This painting was done in an Impressionistic style with Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting received an Award of Excellence at the Thedford Art Guild 40th Annual Member Art Show (2005) and was also selected to compete at the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC) State Art Show in July 2005. Price: $175.00 matted and framed. Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting of a girl playing in the water with her shovel is a portrait of my daughter (then 18 months old) playing at Merritt Reservoir. She and I camp there every summer for two weeks. It is our special time together -- she does a lot swimming, and I get lots of photos and ideas for paintings. The painting is done in a hazy, happy memory-type style, with no hard edges, lots of color and few real edges. This portrait was honored with the BEST OF SHOW Award at the Thedford Art Guild's 40th Annual Member Art Show (2005) and was thus a part of the juried state art show put on each year by the Association of Nebraska Art Clubs (ANAC). This painting was also selected as the Grand Champion of the Fine Arts Division at the Lincoln County (Nebraska) Fair in 2005.THIS PAINTING WAS DONE FOR MY DAUGHTER AND IS NOT FOR SALE.Copies of this painting, printed on cotton rag with archival ink, are available in 8x10 and 11x14 sizes. Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting of cattle grazing on golden grasses amongst rolling hills and cedars, under an amazingly blue sky, depicts the Nebraska Sandhills near the Dismal River south of Thedford, NE. This painting was done in an Impressionistic style, using Prismacolor NuPastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting portrays the drifts of colors formed by summer flowers in the Nebraska Sandhills. Here cattle graze amidst green grasses, the pinkish flowers of stinkweed and the golden bracts of sunflower blossoms. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed. Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting depicts a field near North Platte, Nebraska during the migration of the Sandhill Cranes. The sun is setting and the cranes are settling in for the night. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting received an "Award of Excellence" at the 39th Annual (2004) Thedford Art Guild ANAC (Association of Nebraska Art Clubs) Art Show in Thedford,NE. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed.THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting depicts freshly harvested hay bales baking under the sun of early summer. Their green color will later turn to gold. Trees in the background delineate the edge of the golden field of stubble and bright blue skies speak of summertime in Nebraska. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting was awarded a Blue Ribbon at the 2004 Lincoln County Fair. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed. Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting of a large number of golden hay bales, disappearing off in the distance where there is a tree row, depicts the greens and golds of the summer hay harvest in the Sandhills of Nebraska. The painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed.Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting of hay bales sitting in a field of golden grasses shows the height the grasses grow to in the Sandhills of Nebraska. The grasses nearly obliterate the fenceline. The haybales are a mainstay for the ranchers of the Sandhills, who rely on them to supplement their cattle feed through the winter. "mid-Summer Harvest" won an Honorable Mention at the 39th Annual Thedford Art Guild Members Art Show (2004). This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels.THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting depicts firefighters during a training exercise called a "live burn." A homeowner can donate a house to the fire department to use for training. Area fire department members are invited to participate in the training. To start with, little fires are lit inside the house, under stringent conditions. The firefighters then take turns putting the fire out. This gives the firefighters valuable training in putting out interior fires, under safe conditions. When the house becomes unsafe to use from the inside anymore, the training moves outside. The house is then set fire to where it will burn to the ground and firefighters practice protecting neighboring buildings and trees, etc... This is the stage the firefighters depicted here have reached. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. "Outside Attack" was awarded an Honorable Mention at the 39th Annual Thedford Art Guild Members Art Show (2003). THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting portrays purple loosestrife blooming in a field alongside the highway. The flowers follow the low spot between two hills, looking like a river flowing into the trees. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed.Shipping is $50.

This 11x14 painting depicts the ever-present soapweed, rendered under a brilliant blue Midwestern sky. The spiky-leaved plant has showy, waxy flowers and is munched on by cattle on the ranches of the Sandhills. The sharp leaves reach for the sky, as do the flower spikes. This painting was done using Rembrandt soft pastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed. Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

This 11x14 painting depicts a grouping of Sandhills Soapweed (known in other areas as yucca) under a brilliant blue midwestern sky. The plants, with straight, sharp leaves and spikes of showy, waxy flowers, dot the hillsides in the Nebraska Sandhills. This painting was done using Rembrandt pastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils.THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting depicts the relationship between a mother and her offspring, as the colt watches its mother eat. The scene is soft, as the horses are fenced in an area near the river, in the dappled shade of trees. This painting was rendered with Prismacolor Nupastels. This painting earned a Blue Ribbon at the 2004 Lincoln County Fair in North Platte, NE. This painting is $175.00, matted and framed.Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

A little-used track shows where the ranch truck has passed by a lonely windmill in the midst of the Nebraska Sandhills. The windmill is dwarfed by the hills and a vast Nebraska sky. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels.This painting is $175.00, matted and framed.Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

A tree with it's leaves just beginning to peep out stands amidst a sea of red and pink spring flowers. A pastel sky above and an evergreen border behind help set off the soft colors. This 11x14 painting, done in soft focus, was rendered with Prismacolor Nupastels.THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!!

This 11x14 painting depicts an old windmill in a field of gently waving Sandhills grasses. Using mostly greens and golds, except for the brilliant blue sky, this painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels. "Windmill and Grasses" received an Award of Excellence at the 39th Annual Thedford Art Guild Members Art Show (2004). THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!!

This brightly-colored 11x14 painting depicts a summer hillside covered with the lavendar-pink flower known in the Sandhills as stinkweed. Near the top of the hill is a windmill. Dove hunters love windmills like this because the doves love the autumn seeds of the stinkweed and come to windmills such as these to drink and eat their fill of the seeds. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels."Windmill and Stinkweed" earned an Honorable Mention at the 39th Annual Thedford Art Guild Members Art Show (2004).This painting comes matted and framed for $175.00.Shipping is $50.

This 11x14 painting is a portrait of my sister's oldest daughter, Amber. She was 7 when the photo I worked from was taken. This portrait was done using Rembrandt soft pastels and Gioconda pastel pencils. THIS PORTRAIT IS NOT FOR SALE.

This 11x14 portrait is of my sister's youngest daughter, Megan. She was 5 years old in the photo I did this portrait from. Rembrandt soft pastels and Gioconda pastel pencils were used for this painting. THIS PORTRAIT IS NOT FOR SALE!

This 11x14 portrait is of my daughter. She is 23 months old in the photo I did the portrait from. I used Rembrandt soft pastels and Gioconda pastel pencils. THIS PORTRAIT IS FOR MY DAUGHTER AND IS NOT FOR SALE!

This 8x10 mixed media painting is of a storm on the horizon at Merritt Reservoir in North Central Nebraska. This painting is done with Reeves Acrylic paint and Prismacolor colored pencils. This painting was awarded a blue ribbon and selected Grand Champion at the 2004 Lincoln County Fair in North Platte, NE. This painting comes matted and framed. Price is $125.00. Shipping is $15.

This 11x14 painting depicts the curvy Dismal River south of Thedford, NE, in the heart of the Sandhills. A cow has stepped into the river to cool herself from the heat of the day. This painting was done using Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda pastel pencils. This painting comes matted and framed for $175.00.Shipping is $50.Print notecards are available of this painting as well. A set of four is $10.

I took the photo I painted this scene from as I was driving down a friend's driveway near Thedford, NE. The haybales were such a pretty gold with the sun glinting off them, and the sunflowers added such a cheery yellow, that I couldn't help painting the scene in my mind. This 11x14 pastel painting was done with Prismacolor Nupastels and Gioconda pastel pencils. This painting comes matted and framed for $175.00.Shipping is $50.THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 11x14 painting showcases a soapweed (yucca) in the foreground of a Nebraska Sandhills vista. In the background are a fenceline along a hillside, blowouts, cedars and more hills, underneath a fantastically blue Midwest sky. This painting was done using Rembrandt soft pastels and Gioconda Pastel Pencils on heavy velour paper. This painting comes matted and framed for $175.00. THIS PAINTING IS SOLD!

This 5x7 Prismacolor painting is of a red daylily growing in my garden. It is done on black paper. Most of the daylilies in my garden are orange, so this red one really stood out. I decided to showcase it here. This is matted and framed in black and sells for $85. Shipping is $15.A set of four is $10.To purchase, send payment to mommysgirlariel@yahoo.com via paypal.

There is a trumpet vine that grows riotously over a fence in my backyard. It is visited by hummingbirds throughout the summer. This is a closeup of a trumpet vine blossom done in Prismacolor on black paper. This painting is 5x7, matted and framed in black. Cost is $85, plus $15 shipping. To purchase, send payment to mommysgirlariel@yahoo.com via paypal.

11x14 Prismacolor on Rising Stonehenge. This is a photo of my daughter playing on a sunny day. This Prismacolor painting received an "Award of Excellence" at the 41st Annual Thedford Art Guild ANAC (Association of Nebraska Art Clubs) Show in 2006. This item is NOT FOR SALE.

8x10 Prismacolor on Rising Stonehenge paper with thin washes of iridescent watercolor on head, throat and breast. Hummingbirds visit my yard in the country every year, and I have finally done a piece depicting one of these flying jewels.We love to watch their aerial acrobatics as they zip and zoom, and we often hear their excited calls while they defend their territory.

Bright red tomatoes nestle in an antique colander. These beauties were in my garden and when I brought them in and set them on the counter in this old colander, they just screamed to be captured on paper. This 11x14 still life was done in Prismacolor pencil on Rising Stonehenge paper. This piece is currently being prepared for use in a new critique book Ann Kullberg (my colored pencil guru) is preparing for North Light Books. The piece is not for sale until after the book is published. If interested in purchasing the piece, please email me at dawn@dawnebryant.com.