Grand Teton National Park

"High Country Sunset"  18" x 24"  $850 Framed 

Somehow, I managed to miss posting this recent painting from our summer vacation to Grand Teton National Park. What a magnificently beautiful place! Every sunset behind the peaks was an artistic performance. I tried to capture that special light at dusk. In this scene, the yellow wildflowers are almost in silhouette against the setting sun.

Autumn Tapestry

Autumn Study in Red & Green   8" x 8"  Framed $225

I am having so much fun with these colors! The reddish-purples connect with the reds and greens and together they create such a beautiful tapestry! Do you see the spiral in this watercolor? The spiral composition keeps your eye moving around the painting. This little piece is available through Daily Paintworks. Click here to take a look.

Trilliums in the Snow

"Trillium Nivale - The Snow Trillium"  14" x 18"  SOLD 

I just finished this watercolor for Cottage Lake Gardens​. It features Trillium nivale, the Snow Trillium. It's a tiny little trillium, native to the Great Lakes States. It blooms so early in the spring, that sometimes there's still snow on the ground. If you're not familiar with Cottage Lake Gardens in Woodinville, Washington, it's a remarkable place - one of the only places in the world where you can see all 48 of the world's trillium species growing in one location! If you'd like to see some of the other trillium watercolors I've painted for Cottage Lake Gardens over the past several years, Click Here.

Autumn's Red Carpet

"Red Carpet"  8" x 8"  SOLD

The nights are getting colder and the tips of the trees are beginning to change. Soon Autumn will be here in all her glory, rolling out her carpet of red and gold.

This watercolor is one of some smaller paintings I've started creating for DailyPaintworks.com. I just joined a week ago. I'm very honored to be including my watercolors among the work of so many artists I admire so greatly!

I hope to post a couple new paintings each week on Daily Paintworks. (My paintings are just too detailed and time-consuming for me to be able to complete a new painting every day.) I think this will be a great opportunity for friends to acquire my smaller original paintings more reasonably because they're unframed. You can find "Red Carpet" here on Daily Paintworks.

Bridges

"Under the Bridge" 11" x 15" Framed $425

These days are filled with transitions for me - bridges. In a few short weeks, my daughter is off to college. With an ache, I'm watching all the families my children grew up with say goodbye as their kids leave the nest, too. Life just isn't very good at staying the same. When you cross some bridges, you just never know how the transition will go. Who knows what the bridges in our lives might have hiding under them? In this Japanese garden, beautiful and mysterious koi are hiding in the shadows under the bridge. I'm watching the reflections and waiting for a few beautiful things to come swimming out from under my bridges, too.

Tulip Tapestry

"Tulip Tapestry"  24" x 18"  Framed $950

Spring passes so quickly and the tulips come and go in the blink of an eye! I know it's a little late in the season for tulips, but I just finished this large and rather detailed painting and wanted to share it with you.

The interwoven layers of color in this field of tulips reminded me of a tapestry. All those vertical stems are like the warp threads in a garden of woven fabric. I tried to capture how the spring light was filtering through the flowers. The dark bushes in the background set off the colors so beautifully. Can you see the happy little hidden frog, too?

The Art of the Front Porch

"Ruth's Front Porch"  8"x 8"  SOLD

I have a few friends who are "artists of the home". Every little corner of their house looks like a painting. I admire their attention to detail and housekeeping artistry so much! My home, by contrast, is a random collection of mostly uninteresting but functional things, usually buried under camping gear, creative project materials, or piles of things to be taken care of later.

Ruth is one of those friends who fills her house with charming, thoughtful details. Walking to the front door of her blue house with the blue delphiniums, the white railing matches the white rocking chairs perfectly and there is a painting just waiting to happen.