Dolores Puterbaugh Art

I don’t remember this, but before I was two years old, I had already gotten in trouble for coloring all over the walls of my parents’ apartment with a purple crayon. I wish I could say that was the only time my artistic urges went astray (there was that German Shepherd in pencil on the spare bedroom wall when I was four …).

In the 1990s I focused on colored pencil but since the mid-2010’s have primarily worked in pastel. This page is under construction, so, for now, here are a few works available:

Enchanted Forest 2: this 12×12 pastel is based on my photo reference from our hike on the southern tip of the Appalachian Trail. It is Nimblewood Gap, where steps mysteriously vanish into the forest.
Alafia Sunrise: this approx. 11 x 15 pastel painting was the morning view from our campsite in Alafia River State Park, Florida. Some of those silvery ripples out there are gators!
Hot Afternoon Walk, 9 x 12 pastel, really was a hot afternoon – well into the nineties in west Central Florida as I painted outdoors. This piece won an award at Tarpon Art Guild, 2024.
Not a painting … this midsize gator was my plein air art critic in May!

To inquire about paintings, including commissions, please email me at puterbaughdolores@gmail.com