Juli Schuszler

Pastel Still Lifes

Meet the Artist
Tropical Paintings
Orchid Paintings
Florals
Small Paintings
Recent Landscapes
Pastel Still Lifes
Pastel Portraits
Exibitions 2011
Exhibitions 2010
Biography
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"Magoes and Plums"
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20" x 26" Pastels

"Blue Bottle with Plums"
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12" x 18", Pastels

Pastel Still Lifes
Like the Impressionists Degas and Cassatt, Juli enjoys using pastels for the immediacy of color available.  She loves to capture the intricate and complex light of interiors, either in still lifes or portraits. 

"Still Life with Oyster Shells"
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PRIVATE COLLECTION

Juli loves painting still lifes in pastels, using arrangements she sets up in her studio.  She works on pastel board, which is made by gluing marble dust on card stock with rabbit skin glue.  First, Juli sketches her layout with hard pastels.  Then, she uses soft pastels to block in large areas of color.  For the final touches, such as highlights, Juli uses the very soft pastels of Sennelier.

"Still Life with Oyster Shells"
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Juli loves to paint still lifes for commissions.  She truly enjoys the process of creating a unique work of art to beautify a client's home.  Several of these pastels shown were created as commissions.
 

"Still Life with Stripes"
Still Life with Stripes
12" x 18", Pastels PRIVATE COLLECTION

"Still Life with Mangoes"
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PRIVATE COLLECTION