New Paintings
Bloom Where You Are Planted
I love wildflowers – maybe because no one planted them and they are just there to be. I am thrilled to come across fields of them when hiking. I look for them on the forest floors. Some are so tiny, they are easy to miss. They are not usually in cultivated gardens. That would, after…
Read MoreSketching in Korea
South Korea is a beautiful, mountainous country. What a fun adventure to travel and meet up with our daughter, Reena, who had been living with host families and attending grade 11 in South Korea for 11 months. We experienced her fluency as she conversed with the people around us as we traveled, shopped and ordered…
Read MoreSaturation: Above the Falls
Finally finished! I started this one before Christmas. Some ideas just take longer. This painting is another one of Plitvice Lakes National Park. The theme is again of Saturation. There is so much water everywhere that the gnarly roots spread wide and far before dipping below the surface. The water was clear. The trees bowed, and…
Read MoreSteadfast Love Never Ceasing
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases,his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 One summer I was at the beach in Oregon, just watching those crashing waves come in and pour over the sand and rock. I had been…
Read MoreWatercolor painting process of Wonders of the Sea
The Process of a Painting I wanted to share with you the process of the painting. I have added some details below. I wrote in a previous blog the beginning thoughts on why I painted this. If you missed it, you can read those here in this article Wonders of the Sea. The Possibilites: On…
Read MorePainting of the North Saskatchewan River West of Downtown Edmonton
Update on the painting of the North saskatchewan River West of downtown Edmonton. I decided to post the progression of the painting process and I will add more as I complete the painting.
Read MoreHarbor on Croatia’s Coast
In 2013, my husband and I traveled to Croatia for a week. I have not painted as much of the harbors and Croatian coast as I have of the waterflal parks there. We took a day and drove the length of the coast all the way from where we were staying in the little village…
Read MoreFields of Happy Thoughts
As I am looking toward the Art Walk on June 10-12, 2015, I decided to work on some small pieces based on my sketchbook work from my travels. This is one of those although my travel was only an hour and some Plein Air Painting… I love the golden, yellow canola fields. It is such…
Read MoreWild Poppies, Croatia
Wild Poppies All along the roads in Croatia, red poppies danced. It was beautiful. I took a number of photos as we drove along to try and capture enough for a painting like this one.
Read MoreGhost River 2 Commission
A friend saw the reproduction of the painting (on the left) I had done of King’s Fold on the Ghost River. She and her husband had gone there while they were dating. Of all the paintings of the Taste of Europe show and my portfolio, this little one on the brochure caught her eye and…
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