Campfire Days Indigo and Flame Day 7 of the 30 day challenge

6" x 6"    watercolor and colored pencil    $35.00

Light swarms the face and shadows hide in the crevices.    I well remember the campfire nights huddled in a blanket next to my best friend, listening to stories of faith, honor, and duty that others carved out from past experience.  I pray that all young people have an opportunity to encounter the divine and take it into their hearts, through the goodness of those who are willing to share.

Seagull's Silver Spoon

11" x 14"    watercolor    $145.00

Mr. Seagull found a silver spoon left on the beach by picnickers and boy is he protecting it.  I wonder if he will be having a bowl of cereal in the morning?  Or maybe he will be digging a cavern with it like I used to try to do so I could hide from everyone and store my precious marbles?  He could even be making fish soup for dinner and now he can eat it in style!

Soft Smoke and Persimmon

10.5 x 14.5  watercolor   SOLD

The energy emitted from this lovely Spanish dancer and her flouncy skirts makes for a passionate painting.  

I love the smokey indigo and indian red together.  The painting is earthy and uscious.

Breakthrough

10.5" x 14"  watercolor   SOLD

There is so much blue in the sky and so much light in the sunlit clouds that I can never decide where to stop and start.  I love our world and sort of imagine the mysteriousness. 

This was a late evening shot from my back deck. Now it looks like an early evening shot from somewhere else.

I really enjoyed making the clouds and mountains float and disappear against the sky horizon.

Puzzled

22" x 28"  watercolor   framed   $1250.00.  Finished frame is 35" x 31"  Free Shipping

Hi my cute elves, 

Since it it is almost Christmas, I thought I would write to all of you who are puzzled about what gift to get your loved ones. 

 Did you know that this painting would be perfect for a den or dining room in a log cabin or in a modern green white and turquoise bedroom like mine?    This color scheme is already developed for you.

Just say the word and you can pay by pay pal and I will happily get it beautifully wrapped up in a sturdy box, complete with  padding and sen it to you. I had so much fun putting in all the little surprise puzzle doodles just for you and I know you will love them too.  This painting will be hanging at Cottonwood Gallery in Colorado Springs through January.

What are you waiting for?  

I can also have prints made for you. 

 email me about size  reveille_artiste@yahoo.com  

Springtime Cache

21" x 29"  watercolor matted and framed  $1050.00

How do you know when spring arrives?  Is it the small soft green buds forming on the branches,  or is it the small baby animals that suddenly begin to appear on the landscape?  I have to admit that Spring is my favorite time of the year because of hope...anticipation...delicate colors...play of light...and newness.  I painted these trees, nest and eggs with that thought in my mind.  How do birds do it?  They just get so excited making the nest for their lovers!  How sweet to know that love is in the air everywhere.

"Ocean Song"

8" x 8"  acrylic on canvas board  SOLD

Remember?  Could you hear it?  A big conch shell makes a big roar in a little child's mind.  See the look of wonder and awe, and pleasure in this small beach goer.  Wish I was there again with my toes touching the sand and the sea at the same instant.

"Mr. Rabbit #4"

9" x 12"  watercolor SOLD

This little bunny is a great teaching tool to loosen people up.  With a ton of water and a brush loaded with bright colors, anyone can learn this technique.  In three layers you will have a handsome fluffy abstract bunny that looks like he is serenely sitting in the weeds in the sunshine.  A successful class today.

"Meilyn" finished

1/29/12    11"x15"   w/c      SOLD

This is the finished demo for the class I taught last Saturday.

Meilyn is my granddaughter.  She is 13 and her real name is Xia Xia which means pink cloud.

"Meilyn" unfiished

1/21/12    11"x15"   w/c      $350.00

Mei Lyn is my beautiful Chinese granddaughter and the daughter of Brent and Stacy.  She posed for me on my front deck.  I used this pose for a portrait class beginning on Sat. 1/21/12.  After putting color on lightly  in the first wash, making certain I left the highlights white, I let the painting completely dry.  Next, I painted the same 3 colors, (gambouge, cad red and cobalt blue), that are just for her skin tones.  I added the levi jacket in shades of ultramarine and indigo.

I plan on finishing this painting next Sat. to show my students how to layer in more of the same colors, let it dry again, then finesse the rest of the painting adding my darks on the eyes lips and hair, ad final touches to the jacket.  

Stay tuned!

"Echinacea Gone Wild"

30 x 40 acrylic on streched canvas, framed   $750.00

Painted last year in the late summer when echinacea is in bloom and thriving.   Also known as the cone flower.  I think they look like ballerinas in pink tutus.

"Green Grapes in Wine Canister"

5 x 7  oil on canvas  11/11   sold  prints available  SOLD

The grapes look lyrical in this silver wine canister from Thailand.