My pastel drawings are a very personal aspect of my work. I see them as poetry for the eyes, and believe there to be no better medium to communicate this. Plein Air is my focus, but I do touch up some pieces after the fact. When I'm gone, these works will be a map of my time here, both in the artistic and physical sense. They depict where I have been, what I have seen, and what I was personally moved by.
Just an Easel and a Dream encompasses all of my plein air pastel work.
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Superstition Mountains, Apache Junction, AZ
The Old Mill, North Little Rock, AK
Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, CO
Weed Beach, Darien, CT
Key West, FL
Perrine Bridge, Jerome, ID
Chicago, IL
Narrows Covered Bridge, Turkey Run State Park, IN
Eudora, KS
Sudbury Reservoir Trail, Southborough, MA
Driker Trail, Belle Isle, Detroit, MI
Fairbault, MN
Route 44 West, Columbia, MS
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV
Basking Ridge, NJ
White Sands National Park, NM
Hudson River Walk, Tarrytown, NY
Cedar Falls, OH
Badlands, SD
Mississippi River, Memphis, TN
Cedar Creek, TX
Angels Landing, Zion National Park, UT
Milwaukee Pierhead Lighthouse, WI
Ansel Adams Scenic Overlook, Grand Teton, WY
Lake Bistineau, LA
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Seine River, Paris, France
Lago di Carezza, Dolomites, Italy
Cabo Rojo, PR
Once Cody has drawn in all 50 states, he aims to have an exhibition displaying the collection in its entirety. For this reason, he is not currently selling any prints or originals from this collection.
Hand-painted pastel drawings on black pastel paper
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