While I often photograph butterflies and wildflowers in the wild, these were actually growing in a parking lot. When our town’s parking lots were rebuilt a few years ago standards for stormwater management were integrated into the plan, and a swale with plantings between the rows of cars was filled with native plants. Each year […]
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This sketch is a sweet memory, still one of my favorites, and one through which I still feel a deep bond with Kelly. The sketch is from April 17, 2012, and the light is coming around to that angle now as the daylight approaches the same position a few weeks before the autumnal equinox as […]
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I’m still working my way through a really big assignment and haven’t been able to choose my September featured artwork for nature or felines and put my monthly desktop calendars together. I know it’s going to be at least another day, so if you’d still like to register for an account and order a free […]
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I always feature something beachy for my July or August desktop calendar, and this painting was a natural for this year. I am immensely proud of how the wave turned out, and really I’m pretty pleased with all of it. The title is true, I just decided to be honest there. The seagull is standing […]
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For this painting I used self-prepared smooth deep charcoal matboard coated with my favorite transparent pastel ground, Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastels, so that I would start with a dark background. I painted it without any guidelines, just hitting the surface with my pastels and letting it work out. And I mean literally hitting the […]
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I took the reference photo for this painting at a local greenhouse in 2013. I’ve always liked colorful gerbera daisies and their bold smiling faces. I’ve used it for a few graphic designs and decided someday I’d paint it too. So that time was now. I chose oil pastel because I’ve come to enjoy working […]
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When I considered which image to feature for May I decided it had to be my newest painting, “Social Isolation”. Even through May the trees still haven’t fully leafed out, and at least at the moment we are still socially isolating. And because I can’t seem to get picture frames delivered to me I still […]
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No leaves on the trees yet, but strong spring sun fills the misty air as the creek rushes by with its spring volume. Rain and snowmelt rush over rocks and gravel and hurry around the bend, the sycamores reflecting white in the stark early morning sunlight, a little bit of mist wafting among the trees. […]
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I’ve always loved watching the mourning doves in the trees around my house. These two sat on an old rugged branch in my wild black cherry tree for as long as the sun shone, like a couple of old men I always saw on one of the benches on Main Street, just enjoying the day. […]
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I regularly walk around my little town for my errands, always taking my camera with me. This February day in 2005 was no exception, and the bright sun and clear blue sky brought out all the colors masked by winter overcast. These were film photos, not digital, and captured the reflection on the water so […]
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TNR project to remove stray and feral cats from an abandoned building to be demolished.
September Nature Desktop Calendar: Season of Plenty
September Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Kelly in Warm Colors
August Featured Artwork Still Available, Get a Free Matted Print
And the Winner Is…Cotton Muslin With a Light Fabric Transfer!
An Original Sold, and Sometimes Customers Have the Darnedest Ideas
TNR project to remove stray and feral cats from an abandoned building to be demolished.
September Nature Desktop Calendar: Season of PlentySeptember Featured Artwork and Desktop Calendar: Kelly in Warm ColorsAugust Featured Artwork Still Available, Get a Free Matted PrintAnd the Winner Is…Cotton Muslin With a Light Fabric Transfer!An Original Sold, and Sometimes Customers Have the Darnedest Ideas
