Lynn Morgan Contemporary Abstract Pastel Paintings

"Les Roses du Cahors"

21" x 27"
Pastel on paper

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Abstract Pastel Paintings

"The Carousel"

28" x 20"
Pastel on paper

This carousel was in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. What great animals they had!

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Before Work in Paris"

12" x 9"
Pastel on paper

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"French Country"

12" x 18"
Pastel on paper

We were driving back from a day of painting. This was a view of the countryside as we passed by up on a hillside.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Femme au Jardin des Plantes"

21" x 27"
Pastel on paper

I was sitting in the shade in this Paris park when a lady walked by in a colorful outfit. I envisioned the scene as a colorful abstract painting, and here it is.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Window Shopping in Paris"

27" x 21"
Pastel on paper

This cute couple were strolling down the street looking so content. I just had to paint them.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Monpazier Market Goods"

21" x 27"

While roaming through little Monpazier, the produce gleams from every stand. The sellers love to offer samples to potential buyers.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Lot River, St. Cirq"

21" x 27"

The Lot River runs through many villages in the Quercy region, and near St. Cirq Lapopie, its banks form breathtaking cliffs.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Sunset Symphony"

21" x 27"
Pastel on paper

This painting came from my impressions of the beautiful lights and reflections on the Seine as we cruised through Paris on a bateau mouche.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Climb on Me"
27" x 21"
Pastel on paper

This was a Paris sculpture that begged the children to climb up, and so they did.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Everywhere Poppies"

20" x 28"
Pastel on paper

This is a common view along the backroads in the Lot Valley.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Monpazier Flower Seller"

21" x 27"
Pastel on Uart paper

We spent the morning painting in this little walled town where the market was bustling. The vendors set up their wares in the town square and also along all the little side streets.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Poppies"

12" x 18"
Pastel on UArt paper

As we drove through the French countryside each day, we found beautiful fields of wild poppies in bloom around each curve.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Market Day, Sarlat"

12" x 16"
pastel on sanded paper

This was painted en plein aire in Sarlat, France on one of the very busy market days. The sun was bright and the shade tents were brilliant. I had a wonderful spot to view it all up on a small patio area near a group of galleries.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Goose Market, Sarlat"
16" x 12"
Pastel

This was painted on location in Sarlat, France. The geese were bronze statues. It took a while to paint because tour groups kept standing between me and my subject, and kids kept sitting on it for pictures.

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

"Jardin du Village"
12" x 16"
pastel on Pastelmat

I'm just back from painting in the Lot Valley in Southwestern France. So many beautiful places to paint! More to come....

Lynn Morgan Contemporary Pastel Landscape Painting

Along the Bas Corniche
Pastel
20" x 28"