Bathed In Light

6" x 6"   watercolor      $50.00

I asked Nancy Wylie for permission to paint her precious granddaughter.  She graciously said "yes".  This is my first renditions of this little one, however I don't feel I captured the innocence.  But I did capture the light, which was important to me.  It seemed that no matter how many times I layered color on the face it wasn't dark enough  Now it may be too dark.  Oh well.  It was worth the try and loved the exciting process.  Maybe I will take one more stab at it.

September's Song...rose and Ebony

6" x 6"  oil on canvas board   $60.00

The garden is her melody.  It is her solace, her peace, her joy.  The fragrance and the soft petals of the roses embrace her heart and the prickly thorns remind her that life is not always easy, but always worth the effort. 

Furniture Climber

11" x 14"   watercolor and colored pencil     SOLD

Furniture Climber Day 3 of the 30 day challenge
Remind me to never paint this small again as I cannot see properly to do it. Took longer than necessary for sure!
 I photographed this with indoor lighting. It is not as yellow as this. I could not resist the climbers liveliness. Everything about her said sweetness. She was back lit, so the shadows on her face were pretty dark.

Two Heads Are Better in Color

11" x 14"  watercolor  $45.00  portraits

Are you serious?

The first definition of "play" in the dictionary says "play" is to engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than serious or practical purpose.  However sometimes play teaches us something very practical, and that is that everything is not always as it seems.  For instance this class demo proves that a face does not have to be painted in skin tones to look like a face.  Is value then, more important than color?  

During our class we also played,  blowing paint with straws to add a little abstract movement.   

Golden Opportunity

5" x 5" oil on deep canvas  floral   still life   $50.00

Every day is a golden opportunity to seek God's beauty.  Sometimes the smallest blossom, maybe a leftover from the taller stems, should not be discarded.  Their fullness, contained in a small apothecary jar, spills life and joy in a dark corner. 

Big Gulper and Little Yellow Fish

16" x 20"  fabric collage on canvas   $250.00 framed

This fishy creation can be seen at Dale St. Cafe in Colorado Spring, CO. After making several banners for donations with cloth and fabric paint, these fabrics just tugged at my heart.  It is not a fine art painting, but rather a curious underwater scene crafted with various prints and colors. shapes and sizes glued onto the canvas side by side.  After the glue dried, I added gold fabric paint with a fine pointed tube attached.  That covered all the edges and further secured the fabric.  It is covered with glass to keep it clean, then and framed and hung.  I was so intent cutting and pasting while making it, and found later it had only taken 2 hours to create sans paint or frame.

Paper Hat

11" x 15"   watercolor    $135.00

Paper hats were the hit of the day at the Pioneers Museum last summer.  Children and adults designed, crumpled, banded and wore their new fabulous creations.  

Last Light

30" x 30"    oil   $800.00
In the last light of day, the American eagle, a symbol of freedom, ceremoniously surveys his kingdom, a desert sanctuary.  Generous golden light passionately kisses every edge, transforming the harsh landscape before putting it to bed.  Gooddnight eagle.  Goodnight desert.  Thank you God, for the symphony of color.

“Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Flowers of London Town

10" x 8"  oil on canvas  $55.00

HI everyone!  It's Holy Thursday.  This is the night Jesus fed his 12 apostles, washed their feet and was betrayed by Judas.  William Blake's poem of "Holy Thursday" from the mid 1700's  indicates that throngs of people, especially fresh faced children, and white haired ladies, raised their voices in honor of Christ.  They were the flowers of london town. Please stop for a moment today to remember loved ones who have died and all others who we don't know, but have given their lives for us.

"Angel and Winter Roses"

11" x 10.5"  watercolor   $55.00

Angels spend some of their precious time bringing color to the winter landscape, by strewing roses on the crisp white snow.  Then they waft away and wait for the collectors to come and exclaim in surprise over the treasure they have found.    

"The Sharecropper's Wife"

12" x 21"  watercolor matted and framed   $450.00

Her back is aching. She has bent over the crops in the hot sun all day long and still has to catch the chicken for dinner.  She is young and hardy and beautiful underneath her headscarf.  Her children help when they can, but she wants to make certain they get an education first.  Her vegetable garden is filled with lots of greens, beans, root veggies, potatoes and herbs.   

"Juicy Tomatoes"

4" x 6"  watercolor  $20.00

Light plays from my kitchen window providing tangerine and rose colored reflections on the tiles from the not yet eaten tomatoes.

"Sharecropper's Wife"

12" x 24"  watercolor framed and matted  $525.00

My favorite woman. She is a good woman who works hard everyday to help her husband and family.

She is a mother, age 27. 

She is tired and could use a good back rub, and it is only  noon.  She must return to the fields after a refreshing cup of cold water from the cistern. 

"Rise and Shine Roses"

8" x 10"  oil  $60.00

Hi Everyone,

These dreamy roses had a spectacular perfumy fragrance and lasted long enough for me to take several photos inside and outside, so I hope to paint a few more rosey oils and maybe some watercolors as well.  Wish you could have had a cup of tea with me and lingered awhile so you could have seen them.  My darling husband sure spoiled me on Mother's Day!  I love being spoiled!  I love bright flowers!  I love my life!