Robert (Bob)
Frascella has been
exclusively working in soft pastel since 1997
focusing mainly on landscape and seascape scenes in
New England and railroad themes from glory years of
American Railroading. Represented here are a
wide variety of scenes from the coast of Maine to
the deserts of Arizona. The artist works
mostly from photographs and all of his compositions
are original.
Soft pastel is pure pigment compressed into solid
sticks, which can be applied directly to the media.
The artist works mostly on sanded paper (similar to
sand paper), which provides sufficient "tooth" to
secure the dry pigment to the paper. Pastels
can be blended and applied in both a transparent and
opaque manner.
Bob is self-taught and has not had any formal art
instruction. He is a signature member of the
Pastel Painters of Maine and his work has been
featured in three consecutive juried national pastel
exhibitions. His painting of "Old No. 8" was
featured on the July/August 2004 cover of The Narrow
Gauge and Short Line Gazette, a nationally circulated
railroad theme periodical.
Bob accepts commissions and offers his current works
for sale. All of his works are produced upon
professional and museum grade acid-free papers and
are considered archival.
July/August 2004 cover of The Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette
