Paintings by Year & Genre
- 2012
- Commission: Cat Portraits
- Commission: Cool Gray Wind
- Figure: Decollete
- Figure: Je Suis Toute
- Figure: Merlot
- Figure: Mon Couer
- Figure: Papillon
- Floral: Four Sunflowers
- Floral: Holiday Sunflower
- Floral: Pink Roses
- Floral: Sunflowers for Twitter
- Floral: Tulip Magnolia
- Floral: Yellow Hibiscus
- Landscape: Dreamy River
- Landscape: Mount Hood
- Landscape: Sunset
- Plein Air
- Plein Air: Paris
- 2011
- Commission: Five Wind Studies
- Commission: Primary Wind
- Figure: Girl Sleeping
- Figure: Luncheon of the…
- Figure: Pale Forest
- Figure: Royal Dreams
- Figure: Sunset’s Repose
- Figure: Torso Study
- Floral: Daffodils
- Floral: Holiday Sunflower
- Landscape: Osprey
- Plein Air
- Plein Air: Maui
- Still Life: Apples
- Still Life: Teacup
- 2010
- Commission: Hibiscus
- Commission: Pet Portraits
- Figure: Blood Red Angel
- Figure: Blue Angel
- Figure: Daydream Believer
- Figure: Eve Dipping Toe
- Figure: Gilded Angel
- Figure: Girl of the Sea
- Figure: Reclining Angel
- Floral: Holiday Sunflower
- Floral: Peony
- Floral: Rhododendrons
- Floral: Tiburon Lily
- Floral: Trillium
- Floral: Wedding Dress
- Landscape: Washington
- Plein Air: Entiat Park
- Plein Air: Gnarly Root
- Plein Air: Lucia Falls
- Plein Air: Sedona
- Still Life: Pike Place Market
- Still Life: Pitcher
- Wind: October Wind 4 & 5
- 2009
- Commission: Willow Moon
- Figure: Meringue Angel
- Floral: Holiday Sunflower
- Floral: Mary’s Poppies
- Floral: Poppies
- Floral: Rhododendrons
- Floral: Sunflowers
- Floral: Sweet Peas
- Plein Air: Lake Sacajawea
- Portrait: Klimt Scarf
- Portrait: Poseidon
- Portrait: Red Scarf
- Portrait: Simple Child
- Still Life: Camellias & Shell
- Wind: October Wind 1, 2, 3
- 2008
- Figure: Dancer
- Figure: Interlude
- Floral: Holiday Sunflower
- Floral: Orchid
- Floral: Poppyscape
- Landscape: Oregon Beach
- Landscape: Water Lilies
- Plein Air: Kalama
- Plein Air: Lake Sacajawea
- Plein Air: Santa Fe
- Still Life: Primary
- Wind: Bats, Butterflies
- Wind: Coal Isn’t the Answer
- Wind: Dandelion Wind
- Wind: Green Wind
- Wind: Harvest Wind
- Wind: Morning Wind
- Wind: Night Wind
- Wind: Noon Clouds
- Wind: Primary Wind
- Wind: Road to the Wind
- Wind: Sunset Wind
- Wind: Thunderhead
- Wind: Turbine & Clouds
- Wind: White Creek Wind
- 2007
- Figure: Ephemeral
- Figure: Eve Series
- Figure: Klimt Studies
- Figure: Necks
- Figure: Reflective
- Figure: She Blooms
- Figure: Thoughtful
- Figure: Untitled
- Floral: Blue Iris
- Floral: Calla Lily Series
- Floral: Garden Series
- Floral: Poppies
- Floral: Sunflower
- Landscape: Horsethief
- Landscape: The Harvest
- Landscape: Water Lilies
- Plein Air: Kalama
- Plein Air: Lake Sacajawea
- Plein Air: Rhodies
- Wind: Leaning Juniper
- Wind: Nine Canyon
- Wind: Spirit
- Wind: Sunflowers
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2012
Tag Archives: oil
Sunflowers for the Salal Festival
What’s in a Sunflower? The bright, blooming sunflower heads are symbolic of the sun itself which represents warmth, happiness and all things positive. The offspring of my garden are changeable creatures, much like my paintings, morphing from still life to landscape to portrait. But sunflowers have taken hold of my heart since we moved into our Kalama hilltop house. The first year they bloomed like … Continue reading
Decollete
French for a woman’s neck, shoulders, back and chest. The word’s origin is French decolleter: to cut out the neck (of a dress), from collet collar. Or to cut out the part of a dress covering a woman’s neck, shoulders, back and chest. Googling the term ‘decollete‘ brings up pages of Christian Louboutin decollete pumps, as in shoes. How did the term decollete come to … Continue reading
An Afternoon with Jennifer Diehl
We met Jennifer Diehl for the first time at the Lawrence Gallery in downtown Portland sometime in 2009, well before the economy forced the gallery into an unfortunate closure. We loved Lawrence for it’s selection of realist art, and Jennifer works in particular were compelling. My recollection of our conversation is that Jennifer comes from an artistic family who nurtured and supported her talent, allowing … Continue reading
Sunflower Wishes for the New Year
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
Commissioned Portrait of Lucy
As I get older I cherish my friends more and more. Especially those who have traversed the years with me. They are irreplaceable parts of my life, so very dear and precious to me. So when the husband of my long-time high school friend Diane asked if I could paint her favorite cat for a Christmas present, I unequivocally said ‘yes’, even though I’m not … Continue reading
Sunflowers in a Blue Vase for the 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
Cool Gray Wind
Cool Gray Wind 24 x 36, oil on canvas, commissioned It’s hard to believe, but what started out one year ago as a series of color explorations of a wind turbine in a stormy, wind-filled sky, has finally been completed in a commissioned painting. Last October, a customer found my work on the Internet, and inquired about commissioning a painting of a wind turbine. He … Continue reading
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Water Lily Inspirations
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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A Saturday for Painting
Saturdays in August deserve a painting–at least here in the Pacific Northwest. Although I call myself a city girl–never having felt truly at home living out in the country–I do think nature is something everyone should get to experience–often. This is the second Allan/Marie painting, in that we both worked on it. Plein air painting is really hard, in spite of what artists might tell … Continue reading
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Saturday Roses
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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Je suis Toute (I am Whole), and French, at Last
The French language is a beautiful thing to learn, speak and hear. I spoke it fluently as a child (I’m told) and struggled through two years of French classes in high school. My teacher, Miss Golden, was a flamboyant, scarf-wearing, perfumed and bleached-blonde dynamo who scribbled verb conjugations on the blackboard at lightening speed. Alors, the fact my Dad couldn’t afford my share of a summer … Continue reading
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Remembering Maui
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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Je Suis Toute (I Am Whole)
She is calm and whole in a green and peaceful place. Our lives are an assimilation of family, culture, beliefs and experiences, leading us to believe in what we are. Discovering one’s self can be easier for some, than for others. For me, the process seems more like eliminating what I am not, in order to understand what I am. What a person is, is … Continue reading
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Green (Paint)
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, March 17, 2012 In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I dug out my green color charts and contemplated the many shades and tones of green. Actually, greens are made with many more colors than green, mostly blues and yellows, and the variety is astonishing. Green is a challenging color. Getting the right natural tone for a leaf or plant seems to … Continue reading
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