The Bell that used to call me from my childhood wondering, I used it to call my dogs home at our house in the country. Now many years latter it hangs in my patio, merely a decoration. This is a 4”x6” pencil drawing that I did for fun.
Author Archives: Steve Raley
Three Crosses
9×12 acrylic and pastel on canvas.
Concert
Small pencil sketch of my son Matt playing in a string quartet.
variations
My grandpa did two pastel paintings, unbelievably beautiful. I decided to paint one with my tastes in color. Variations on a theme by TJ Steve’s. 12×16 pastel on sanded paper.
Any Pole in a Storm
12×16 pastel and charcoal on sanded paper. View of a sormy sky at dusk from a second story window. 
View Raley Blvd
I was driving home and saw this Vernal Pool. This is a great view all year, but this was indeed the best I’ve seen from “my street”, Raley Blvd. I used artistic license and “removed” fenses and homes.
The original sold at a showing.
Senator
Senator Theater, Chico, CA, on a winters day. 9×12 pastel on sanded paper. I found this as I was digging through my “archives”.
“Mount Lassen”
12×16 Pastel on sanded paper. From inside Lassen National Park.
the ghost of main street
11×14 Pastel on Sanded Paper. Downtown Chico, CA., winter twilight. My grandson Malcolm is looking at me take photos. He is my “ghost”, he was very faint in the reference photo.
For Rent
Boats in dry dock in Tacoma Washington. 9×12 pastel on sanded paper.
