Category Archives: floral

Four Sunflowers

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Those of you who know me well know that when the gift-giving time of the year comes around, ie: the holidays, you can expect a painting. Like it or not. To me it’s better than a store bought gift, because I put myself into it. Sunflowers seems to be a recurring theme in my paintings. I’ve pondered why and come to the conclusion that they … Continue reading

Sunflower Wishes for the New Year

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Wishing you wonderful times with family and friends and joy and peace in the New Year! Thank you to all of my commission clients for the privilege of creating a one-of-a-kind painting for you. Thank you to all of my customers who have supported my artwork by purchasing one of my paintings. Thank you to all of my family, friends and co-workers who continue to … Continue reading

Sunflowers in a Blue Vase for the Twitter Art Exhibit

My artwork for the 2013 Twitter Art Exhibit

Through art we can change the world! I’m proud and honored to participate, once again, in a Twitter Art Exhibit designed to benefit a non-profit organization dedicated to making the world a better place. While the first two exhibits I joined were held in Moss, Norway, this one is right here in the United States, at The Exhale Unlimited Gallery in Los Angeles. The non-profit … Continue reading

Water Lily Inspirations

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Never knowing when and where inspiration will strike leaves me open to new ideas. Even though Mother Inspiration is a fickle muse, she is often generous, and appropriate thankfulness must be given. Which is why the waiting room of a local medical clinic with an unadorned expanse of gray-brown wall space called to me. It conjured colorful visions in my mind of Monetish water lily … Continue reading

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Saturday Roses

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A perfect painting Saturday ensued today, enough so that I could actually finish what I started–these pink roses in a blue vase. The deer let them live another day just so I could paint them. The sunflowers I recently freed from their weedy prison. Every once in a while I have to paint directly, whether inspired by artists like Bobbie Burgers and Jennifer Diehl, or … Continue reading

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Remembering Maui

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Have you ever wanted to go back to a time when you were younger, thinner, warmer, or maybe in a prettier place? That’s what being in Maui is like, especially the part about being younger. Warmth and light are things that make me feel younger, maybe because the weight of clothing subtracted, takes away the years. Our trip to Maui last November was a reward … Continue reading

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Tulip Magnolia for the Twitter Art Exhibit

Tulip Magnolia, 4.5 x 6, watecolor

I’ve entered another Twitter fundraising art exhibit! In November 2010 I entered my first Twitter Art Exhibit, a collaborative fund-raising effort to help a library in Moss, Norway. All I had to do was submit a postcard sized painting and share it on Twitter. Sales of paintings contributed by artists all over the world raised enough money to purchase 220 new children’s books for the … Continue reading

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A Holiday Sunflower Wish

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Happy Holidays To You and Yours! Wishing you a joyous holiday season, wonderful times with family and friends, good food, nice wine, joy and peace in the New Year, and abundant painting inspirations! Thank you to all of my commission clients for the privilege of creating a one-of-a-kind painting for you. Thank you to all of my customers who have supported my artwork by purchasing one … Continue reading

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Long road trip? Try a little lap painting!

My lap painting set-up

Long road trips make me crazy. I can’t get anything accomplished. I’d much rather be painting! So for our 4-hour trip to Ellensberg (for the Renewable Energy Roundup Art Show) I rigged up a little watercolor lap painting set-up. Allan drove, so I could concentrate on making sure my water cups didn’t jiggle over as we crossed Snoqualmie Pass with its patches of potholed roadway that … Continue reading

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Daffodils: Hallmark of Spring!

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 Daffodils in a Blue Vase 2011 | 11 x 14 | oil on canvas | private collection Daffodils wave their cheery little faces at us everywhere here in Southwest Washington, even if the rain keeps coming down. Allan loves daffodils, so I cut some and put them into a cobalt blue vase on our dining room table. After contemplating them for a week or so, I … Continue reading

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Sunflowers in Winter

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Holiday Sunflower 2011 – 9 x 12 – oil on panel – top Allan’s Sunflower, after Van Gogh – middle Allan’s Sunflower, after Van Gogh – installed – bottom March showers, April flowers, is that how it goes? We’ve had the 3rd wettest March in history. My sunflowers bring a little sunshine into my life, drip, drip. On top is what was intended to be … Continue reading

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