Where I Wander | Deborah Alysoun

• Sculpted By the Sea

  Pastel, 20 x 16. The answer to everyone's first question about this artwork is yes, this scene is Hug Point! A perennial favorite along Oregon's coast, its waterfall, caves, and old stagecoach road are to the north of t…

• Sky On the Hill #1

  Pastel, 6 x 6. A forested ridge west of my house shoulders itself into the sunset sky. This small artwork is one of my celebrations of the endlessly varied evening display above that hill.

• On the Chilly Side

  Pastel, 12 x 16. Growing up in Oregon, the beach wasn't where we went to get a suntan, it was where we jumped barefoot in the waves until our teeth were chattering and our lips were blue! The day in this painting is one…

• Cannon Beach Rocks #3

  Pastel, 24 x 18. I'm an incurable rock lover, and the great basalt cliffs of the Oregon coast mesmerize me with their craggy, convoluted fissures, and the tension and pressure of so many rock masses jammed up against on…

• Cannon Beach Rocks #4

  Pastel, 18 x 24. I'm an incurable rock lover, and the great basalt cliffs of the Oregon coast mesmerize me with their craggy, convoluted fissures, and the tension and pressure of so many rock masses jammed up against on…

• Simple Studies: Stones

  Colored Pencil, Paper, 13" x 11"

• Golden Vespers

  Pastel, 20 x 16. Vespers -- evensong, evening worship, a time of meditation and introspection. Golden light and a treasured peace. I hope my painting has captured that.

• Sky On the Hill #2

  Pastel, 6 x 6. A forested ridge west of my house shoulders itself into the sunset sky. This small artwork is one of my celebrations of the endlessly varied evening display above that hill.

• Cannon Beach Rocks #2

  Pastel, 24 x 18. I'm an incurable rock lover, and the great basalt cliffs of the Oregon coast mesmerize me with their craggy, convoluted fissures, and the tension and pressure of so many rock masses jammed up against on…

• Cannon Beach Rocks #1

  Pastel, 18 x 24. I'm an incurable rock lover, and the great basalt cliffs of the Oregon coast mesmerize me with their craggy, convoluted fissures, and the tension and pressure of so many rock masses jammed up against on…

• February Forest

  Pastel, 9 x 12. I love to be in the woods in all seasons. This painting is my record of a crisp February morning high in the Mt. Hood National Forest.

• Anthony Lakes Boulders

  Pastel, 12 x 9

• Simple Studies: Twigs

  Colored Pencil, Paper, 13" x 11"

• The Abandoned Trail

  Pastel, 9 x 12. I have a friend with a passion for locating trails that were abandoned fifty and more years ago, when the forest service replaced them with paved roads. Sometimes the search is futile because Mother Natu…

• Barrett Spur

  Pastel, 16 x 20. Oregon's majestic Mt. Hood, with its Barrett Spur that extends north from the peak. This spectacular view is found along the Timberline Trail.

• Maple in the Dogwood

  Pastel, Paper, 6" x 6"

• Huckleberry Heights

  Pastel, 9 x 12. Along the trail to the Bull of the Woods fire lookout tower in the Mt. Hood National Forest, these huckleberry bushes thrive at 5,000 feet above sea level. They did, anyway. In 2021, after my last hike t…

• Simple Studies: Seedpods

  Colored Pencil, Paper, 13" x 11"

• The Path Around the Lake

  Pastel, 12 x 9. A scene in eastern Oregon, where massive, ancient floods scoured and scraped and left lovely lakes that are gems of beauty.

• Hawk Mountain Maples

  Pastel, 9 x 12. October is my favorite month to hike the trail to the Hawk Mountain lookout in the Mt. Hood National Forest. The vine maples and wild huckleberries always put on a vibrant show. This is one of the areas…

• Sky On the Hill #3

  Pastel, 6 x 6. A forested ridge west of my house shoulders itself into the sunset sky. This small artwork is one of my celebrations of the endlessly varied evening display above that hill.