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MM Anderson - Artist
@mmandersonart.com
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Artist & Designer
Seeking Grace in the Moment
Soft Pastels & Graphics
Prints - Products - Greeting Cards
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#BlueSkyArtShow My latest soft pastel work is titled 'Spring Gosling with Clover' and it portrays a #warm and charming springtime scene. I intend to create St. Patrick's Day greetings with this art. Prints & cards will soon be available at the links in my profile. #BirdArt #Springtime #PastelArt
Soft pastel artwork depicting a small yellow gosling laying in the green grass facing to the right with a green three leaf clover hanging from its pink beak.
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving in the US! Here's a turkey portrait that I did several years ago. He looks like a critter that I wouldn't want to annoy today. #Thanksgiving #BirdArt
Soft pastel artwork of a turkey's head in three quarter view looking to the viewer's right on a beige background. The turnkey has pale blue around the brown eye and vivid red wattles.
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This sweet, #small cygnet portrait was created in soft pastel. I did this piece featuring fluffy baby swans for use in Easter card designs. Prints & cards with my art may be found at the links in my profile. #art #birds
Soft pastel artwork picturing two baby swans with cream colored down and dark gray beaks. The birds are facing each other with one higher on a background of purple and rust.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This #bright and vibrant macaw was done in soft pastels. This colorful parrot is a favorite of my recent works. Prints & cards featuring my artwork may be found at links in my profile. #birds #PastelArt #art
Soft pastel art depicting a parrot with red feathers on its head fading to yellow and green below. The bird is in profile facing right on a blue and green mottled backdrop. The light colored eye is surrounded by very pale pink feathers.
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow 'Moonflower Opening After Dark' created in soft pastels depicts a lovely, delicate white flower that blooms in the #Evening - Find my work at the links in my profile available on prints & cards. #PastelArt #flowers #art
Soft pastel artwork showing a white flower, similar to a morning glory, pointing upward with as it unfurls against a single dark green leaf on a dark background.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This soft pastel artwork depicts an #Autumn dogwood branch with red leaves and a bud waiting for spring. Prints & cards are available at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #art
Soft pastel artwork picturing a small branch from a dogwood tree with three dark red leaves and a small gray bud at the end. The background is green and pale gold with some light blue highlights.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Currently working on art for spring already. I just finished 'Lily of the Valley on Blue' in soft pastels. I find the blue & green combo particularly soothing. Prints of this art are available at the links in my profile and soon I'll have greeting cards designed as well. #Flowers #PastelArt #artist
Soft pastel vertical artwork depicting a stem with four white, bell-shaped flowers from top to bottom, a green leaf in the background on a light blue and green backdrop.
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow The bald eagle in this #vertical composition is perfect for me to post for No Kings Protest Day here in the USA. I love to draw eagles with their intense eyes. This #BirdArt in soft pastels is available as prints & cards at the links in my profile. #WildlifeArt #art
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This smiling jack o' lantern has a certain #glow about it. Titled 'Pumpkin Heads will Roll,' my soft pastel Halloween themed artwork is available on card designs & as prints at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #Halloween #art
October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Relax My 'Sleeping Tabby Cat and Kitten' is about the most relaxing thing I could find to post today. Check the links in my profile for prints or cards featuring this soft pastel artwork. #Cats #Caturday #PastelArt
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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My soft pastel artwork 'Orange Pumpkin on a Bed of Autumn Leaves' earned an honorable mention in the Fall into Winter show at the Robeson Art Guild in Lumberton, NC last evening. Prints & cards featuring this art may be found at the links in my profile. #Autumn #PastelArt #art
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This soft pastel #BirdArt has #angles visible in the tilt of the head and sharpness of beak as well as the colorful feathers. 'Kingfisher and Orange Rose' is available as prints & cards at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #art #birds
A colorful kingfisher bird in profile facing to the right on a yellow and green backdrop with an orange rose in the foreground left corner. The bird has feathers of turquoise blue, orange and creamy white.
September 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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These are my new Christmas card designs for 2025 utilizing my soft pastel, nature inspired artwork. I'm very happy with this year's collection. These cards and more are available at the link shown. Prints may be found at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #GreetingCards #artist
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This pastel titled 'Autumn Milkweed' reminds me of #home - the plant was abundant where I grew up and we used to play with and make ornaments from the pods. It was a joy from my childhood. Prints & cards featuring this art available at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #Autumn
Soft pastel artwork depicting a dried milkweed pod at the top of a long stem. The pod faces right on a gold, green and lavender background. There are rusty brown seeds with white filaments just emerging from the pod.
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #summer "Petunia Flowers and Leaves Pink and Green" in soft pastels. Pretty annuals in the summer garden, these delicate blossoms are delightful. Prints & cards are available at the links in my profile. #flowers #PastelArt #art
Soft pastel art picturing a white petunia with purple veins with another petunia in the top right in side view. There are also green leaves and a backdrop of vibrant pink and soft green hues.
September 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #shiny The edges of this vulture's feathers and face are shining in the light of a full moon. I created this spooky piece last year for Halloween greeting cards. It's a favorite of mine. Prints and cards may be found at the links in my profile. #BirdArt #art #PastelArt #vultures
Soft pastel artwork depicting a vulture in profile facing right with a cloud enshrouded full moon in the upper right on a dark blue background. The light of the moon illuminates the edges of the feathers as well as the red face, brown eye and yellow beak of the bird.
August 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow I don't have much for #skyline but here is a shot I took in Asheville, NC 9 years ago that I've always been fond of. I'd like to visit again someday. #photography #AshevilleNC
A color photo of the Asheville, NC skyline at dawn in the early spring as seen from the Grove Park Inn. There are mountains in the distance with the light of dawn and a mix of bare and evergreen trees around the buildings of the city nearby.
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow Presumably there were once #pieces of candy in this Halloween pumpkin until the cute little rat showed up. This #PastelArt was done a few years ago for greeting card designs. Prints & cards are available at the links listed in my profile. #art #Halloween
Soft pastel artwork depicting a rat with light brown fluffy fur and long tail popping out of an orange plastic Halloween pumpkin with black eyes, nose and grinning mouth.
August 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #jagged 'Cream Legbar Chicken Portrait' in soft pastel. The comb is a bit jagged on this fierce looking bird. Prints are available at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #BirdArt #art
Soft pastel art depicting a chicken in three quarter view facing right. The bird has gray and gold feathers and a pink comb and wattles with pink around the yellow and orange eye. The beak is pale yellow. Background in brown and gray.
August 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow I used this recent soft pastel artwork of #autumn acorns and oak leaves to design Thanksgiving cards, the holiday when we express our #gratitude for everything we have. Prints & cards may be found at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #art #nature
Soft pastel artwork picturing a twig with three oak leaves and two acorns in the middle. The foliage is green just changing to gold at the edges on a background of gold and green with blue shadows.
August 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow I had to go back to 2018 for something #Alternating like this soft pastel work depicting ornamental corn. It's a nice one for the upcoming #Autumn season anyway. I should do something new with colorful corn. My work has improved since then. #PastelArt #art
Soft pastel art picturing a pair of ornamental corn cobs. On the left is one with kernels in a rust color and on the right the kernels are alternating yellow, cream and blue. There is a dried husk at the top of each ear and background in a lavender hue.
July 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I am pleased that both of my pastels entered in the Summer Living Show at Robeson Art Guild in Lumberton, NC have earned an honorable mention. The exhibit runs through Sept. 11. See my profile for links to purchase prints. #PastelArt #art
A composite of two pastel artworks my MM Anderson. On the left is a purple lilac floral with green foliage and a yellow and green background. On the right is a portrait of an eagle owl facing right over its shoulder on a blue sky background. The owl has intense orange eyes.
July 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This handsome mallard duck is gliding along on #smooth water in artwork created with soft pastels. Prints of this piece are available at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #BirdArt
Soft pastel artwork picturing a mallard duck in profile gliding on the water. The duck has a vivid green head and brown body with yellow beak.
July 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow This soft pastel artwork titled 'Blue Heron in the Reeds' is a #sideways view. This bird portrait earned a Best in Show for me last summer. I enjoy doing profile views. You only have to do one eye. 😄 Prints & cards are available at the links in my profile. #PastelArt #BirdArt #art
Artwork in soft pastel picturing a heron facing to the right in profile on a backdrop of gold-colored grasses. The bird has a blue crest that curls both up and down, a golden-yellow eye, and a prominent orange and yellow beak, with body feathers of gray.
July 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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I managed to get one more small soft pastel piece done for June. 'Dandelion Wishes Floating Away' will soon be available as prints and cards at the sites listed in my profile. I have a nice idea for a birthday card design with this art that I'm currently working on. #PastelArt #art #flowers
Botanical artwork in soft pastel picturing a dandelion seed head on a green backdrop. Most of the seeds have blown away. Two at the top right are in the process of blowing away. The top of the flower is white and seeds are dark brown with white filaments.
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM