Blue Butterfly Morning

This intuitive painting is a combination of movement and feeling. While no real butterfly is in the painting, the movement of the butterfly and the colors of the sky, the flowers, and the greenery of a garden are there to give the viewer the happiness of being in nature in the early morning hours.

Sparrow Head-on

The original of this painting has sold, but there are prints available.

Drawn to the Sea

An intuitive painting is a painting that is created as as artist responds to each color and mark while the painting is in process. In Drawn to the Sea I chose my palette of blues and greens and as I painted I began to feel the movement of water within the image. If you look closely to the darker area in the top left quadrant you'll see I introduced a bit of magenta in a splash, to counter-balance the large motion of a wave on the right side. As I paint I reflect on the design that is emerging and I add and subtract color to the painting to emphasize the feeling the painting produces and to create a pleasing display. I hope the viewer feels both the rise and fall in this painting.

Sparrow From Back

The original of this painting has sold, but there are prints available.

Painting Pots: Yellowstone

When I saw this image from a family trip to Yellowstone I knew I wanted to paint it. I wanted to contrast the sapphire color of the water in the geyser pool with the whites and browns in the land around the water. Out of the depths comes this captivating color of blue. Capturing a piece of nature so that it can be enjoyed for years to come is a privilege of an artist.

Beetle: Love Bug

Who paints a bug? Nature can surprise us if we look carefully. Symmetrical. Irridescent. Amazing.

Eurasian Blue-tit

One of a collection of my series of birds. This Eurasian blue-tit is common in Europe. it is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is easily recognizable by its blue and yellow plumage and small size.

Azure and Gold

This intuitive painting is a play between openness and depth. The yellows and greens create the light within the painting and if you look closely you'll see several bits of metallic gold that reflect light and make the play of colors sparkle and dance on the paper. The dark blues pull back and create distance. Because there is no recognizable image, as you view this painting you are allowed the freedom to enjoy the interaction of the colors as they play with each other in the layers of the painting.

Swinhoe's White-eye

The original of this painting has sold, but there are prints available.

Spring Tulips in Giverny

Monet's gardens in Giverny are a mecca for artists. While there, I captured this scene with the mass of tulips in the foreground and came home to paint it with watercolors. In a field of greens, the pink of the flowers are convey freshness and are a delightful nod to the colors of spring.

Sparrow: On Top of the World

The original of this painting has sold, but there are prints available.

My Violet

My Violet is an intuitive painting that I created as I responded to the colors and images as they appeared on the paper while I painted. This type of painting requires an openness in me and a willingness to be in the moment and greet each mark as it emerges with a gut response to design and color. This type of painting is where years of painting experience comes to the front in an automatic reaction. It's an exciting way to approach creating!

Consider the Lilies

I painted Consider the Lilies as a contemplation of the curves, both within the flowers and within the leaves. The curves undulate as the viewer's eye is lead around the painting. Lilies are ephemeral...as are we. We sometimes find ourselves consumed with the burdens and hurts of daily life, yet if we consider the lilies, we realize a power much greater than ourselves can be trusted. This painting is matted and framed in a champagne gold wood frame.

Curious Young One

The original of this painting has sold, but there are prints available.

Blue butterfly Day

I created two paintings in this series. One expressed the morning and the other expressed day time. Both used the same colors, but in responding to my inner feelings of the different times of day, I found I was able to create images to express them. This day time painting depicts a heavy color tone with slow steady movement, like a gentle breeze in a shaded and lush garden, with an interplay of flowers, greenery and sky.

Zion Trail

Atmosphere and space was breathtaking in so many views during our trip to the southwest in the USA. I painted this scene to capture the space in between the trail and the rock formations in the distance. Those rock formations felt so close as I walked on the trail. I saw a message in the scene: the future is shaped by our beliefs and actions. When we reach our goal it is usually through hard work and a lot of persistent focus. They seem close, but many hours of diligent work are required to touch our dreams.

The Way Through the Woods

The woods are a metaphor for life. We all find our own way through life. I painted this image represent that. The light that shines through the leaves makes the unknown distance a welcome adventure. As an artist I find joy in using symbolism to represent abstract ideas and emotions, but viewers get to interpret their own deeper meaning beyond the literal.