While Theodore Lukits enjoyed striking out on longer painting trips to the High Sierras or out to the Mojave, he also painted extensively in the local foothills and mountains. He tended to favor working in the winter and spring when there were clouds to give his compositions an added sense of drama. Many of these works were painted in the San Gabriel Mountains - some on the floodplain at Santa Anita Canyon, others in the Pomona Valley or along the old "Ridge Route," north of Los Angeles.         TNL 038,   Pastel on Paper ,    13" x 9" "Dry Wash" (circa 1926, Lukits Art Trust)     TNL 520,   Pastel on Paper ,    9" x 13" "Glowing Autumn" (circa 1922, Lukits Art Trust)         TNL 223,   Pastel on Paper ,    9" x 13" "Violet Glow" (circa 1925, California Art Club)       TNL 030,   Pastel on Paper ,    9" x 13" "San Gabriel Morning" (1922, Private Collection, Mrs. Howard Morseburg III)         TNL 052,   Pastel on Paper ,    9" x 13" "Distant Peak" (circa 1923, Lukits Art Trust)     TNL 032,   Pastel on Paper ,    9" x 13" "Autumn Peaks" (circa 1922, California Art Club)   TNL 136,   Pastel on Paper ,    6 " x 10" "Tonal Study" (circa 1922, Lukits Art Trust) TNL 035,   Pastel on Paper,    9" x 13" "Autumn Afternoon" (circa 1922, Private Collection)