Pastels | Diane Bay

• Lighthouse Landing Sunset

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 16. This sunset over the lake held me spellbound! Price includes 12x16" frame with museum glass.

• Across the Field

  Pastel, Panel, 9 x 12. The sunrise filled this New harmony field with brilliant light!

• Into the Light

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 18. I loved how the late afternoon sunlight filtered through the trees over this New Harmony street.

• Winter Sunrise

  Pastel, Panel, 11 x 14. The dawn of a new day on a snow covered country scene.

• Noble Park Afternoon

  Pastel, Panel, 9 x 12. Framed with museum glass. Spacers keep the pastel from touching the glass.

• Liminal Sails

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 9. Currently at The PAPA Gallery in Paducah.

• Cloud Break

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 16. "Cloud Break" is a plein air pastel that won a Second Place Purchase Award at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art's 2025 Bronze Buffalo Paint Out.

• Fish Creek Harbor

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 16. Door County, Wisconsin, is where I fell in love with nature as a child. This is Fish Creek Harbor. My color palette expresses the nostalgia I feel for this beautiful region of bluffs and bays. Al…

• Cottage Garden

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Winner of the Owensboro Art Guild Paint Out 2025.

• Sunset on the Pier

  Pastel, Paper, 24 x 16. Professionally framed to 20x28." Based on a photo by Dave Hoefler, with his permission. This is on a lake near Madison, WI. Price does not include shipping. Contact me at [email protected]…

• Country Road Take Me Home

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 13

• Still Standing

  Pastel, Panel, 9 x 12. Framed in barn wood. Each year when I arrive at New Harmony, IN, this barn has crumbled a bit more. Will it be standing this year? Yes, it was!

• Cumberland Falls October

  Pastel, Linen, 12 x 24. To see this view of Cumberland Falls I had to clamor over boulders and driftwood trees. I made two on-site sketches and took photos to use as sources for this painting. Professionally framed in G…

• Country Mailbox

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Professionally framed to 14x18." This country mailbox is along my morning walk. Price does not include shipping. Contact me at [email protected] if interested.

• Heron Wading at Sunset

  Pastel, Paper, 12 x 9

• Mother's Day (unframed)

  Pastel, Paper, 12 x 9. Available matted and unframed.

• Door County Cottage

  Pastel, Paper, 12 x 12. Framed to 17x17." This is the cottage my family stayed at in Door County when I was a child. This was chosen for the Janice Mason Bienniel exhibit 2024. Price does not include shipping. Contact m…

• GG's Hollyhocks

  Pastel, Paper, 16 x 10. On exhibit at The PAPA Gallery

• Evening Lakeside Pines

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Based on one of my vintage film photographs.

• Autumn Walk

  Pastel, Paper, 14 x 18. This view is one I pass every day. It is on a local farm. These trees have their vibrant color for only a few weeks each fall. Professionally framed to 20x24".

• Nature's Skyline

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 18. Framed in a burl wood frame. Spacers keep the pastel from touching the museum glass.

• Glade Creek Grist Mill

  Pastel, Paper, 18 x 18. Framed to 24x24." A hazy day at Glade Creek Mill in Babcock State Park in West Virginia.

• Birdhouse

  Pastel, Panel, 12 x 9

• Piper in the Flowers

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Our granddaughter enjoying my Black-eyed Susans.