11×14 pastel on sanded paper.
Author Archives: Steve Raley
The Bell
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.
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.
