Orange Tulips at Giverny

Monet's garden, Giverny, is both an artist's and a gardener's hotbed for inspiration: the brightness of the orange tulips massing in front of the background greenery. This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week.

Pink Peonies

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. Pink Peonies captures the fluffy and full petals of this soft and fragrant flower.

Cosmos and Butterfly

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. A precious moment...a butterfly lights beside us. It's glory and beauty present for us, just for that moment.

Cheerful Coreopsis

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. The coreopsis is the flower of the year for 2025. In this painting I used yellow's complementary color, purple, to play against the soft shades of yellow in the Moonbeam coreopsis.

Corner Daffodils

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. Yellow daffodils are some of the first signs of spring; a symbol of the process of renewal in the cycle of life.

Red and Purple Daffodils

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. Red and Purple Daffodils splashes colors together and creates a fresh look on the familiar spring flower.

Happy Flowers

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Heron

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Pink and Red Tulips at Giverny

Monet's garden, Giverny, is both an artist's and a gardener's hotbed for inspiration: the mass sparkle of the red and pink tulips massing in front of the background greenery. This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week.

The Humming Bird

Most people finds birds delightful, especially hummingbirds. In this little painting I used the complementary colors of red and green to contrast highly with each other while the bird sits serenely on the branch. This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week.

Heron in Grass

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Cardinal 2

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Three Bud Vases

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. Three specimens just brought inside to admire. Flowers are precious because of their ephemeral quality.

Pelican 1

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Red Tulips at Giverny

This painting is part of a series of 11 paintings completed for the Virginia Garden Club's Historic Garden Week. This painting epitomizes the feeling of the cool shade of Monet's garden, Giverny. The red tulips are bold yet rest against the depths of the background colors.

Cormorant

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.

Pineapple

My historic slates come from churches around the Tidewater region of Virginia that have replaced their historic roofs and have allowed me to paint on them. It's a great way to repurpose history into something beautiful. All slates have been sealed with indoor/outdoor sealer and can be used outdoors gently.