When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

Autumn

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Monday, November 20th, 2017


 

Autumn Forest Scene 13, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 13, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 10, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 10, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 11, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 11, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 12, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 12, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

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Sunday, November 19th, 2017


 
Autumn Forest Scene 07, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 07, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 08, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 08, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 09, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 09, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

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Saturday, November 18th, 2017


 

Autumn Forest Scene 06, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 06, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 05, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 05, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed. This one is my favorite.

Autumn Forest Scene 04, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 04, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

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Friday, November 17th, 2017


 

Autumn Forest Scene 03, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 03, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 02, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 02, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 01, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed

Autumn Forest Scene 01, about 6H x 2W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed. There are 8 more in progress.

First Snow 02

Saturday, June 3rd, 2017


 

First Snow 02, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas

First Snow 02, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas

Entry for The Square Foot Show in Bismark, ND on August 1st – 25th, 2017

 Sold, but a similar one can be created upon request. Please allow 7 days to paint before shipping.

Japanese Maple

Saturday, February 11th, 2017


 

Japanese Maple, 20W x 15H inches WC on 140 lb cold pressed
Japanese Maple, 20W x 15H inches watercolors on 140 lb. cold pressed premium work in progress.

Fairy Lake Sumac

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012


 

Fairy Lake Sumac, 16 x 20 inches oil pastels on paper

Fairy Lake Sumac – Sumac bushes during Fall, Fairy Lake BC Canada, 16H x 20W inches with mat, oil pastels on 140 lb W/C paper.
This piece has a base of watercolor crayons, which I hadn’t heard of before and was excited to try. The crayon colors were weak though, and they do not paint well either, so oil pastels were layered on top with areas scratched away using fingernails and pottery tools.

Bigleaf Maple watercolors

Sunday, November 4th, 2012


 

Big Leaf Maple 12H x 16W inches watercolors on 140 lb 100% cotton paper

 Big Leaf Maple near Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, BC Canada, 12H x 16W inches watercolors on 140 lb 100% cotton paper. Framed size 22H x 26W inches.

Sumac Bushes Chair finished

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009


 

Sumac Bushes, front and back details, acrylics on canvas; functionalSumac Bushes, refurbished directors chair, acrylics on canvas; functional

Sumac Bushes, 47H x 22W x 16D inches refurbished Director’s Chair, acrylics on canvas.

Four cropped pieces of the 1999 painting that inspired this chair hang above it, updated and framed with red narrow plastic w/glass frames. The chair and small paintings are a set.


 

One of four 4 x 3 inch cropped pieces of the original 1999 painting that inspired the directors chair One of four 4 x 3 inch cropped pieces of the original 1999 painting that inspired the directors chair One of four 4 x 3 inch cropped pieces of the original 1999 painting that inspired the directors chair One of four 4 x 3 inch cropped pieces of the original 1999 painting that inspired the directors chair


Branching Out

Friday, March 20th, 2009


 

  Branching Out, 6H x 6W x 2D inches, Encaustic  Conifer, 6H x 6W x 2D inches, Encaustic

Branching Out and Conifer, each 6H x 6W x 2D inches Encaustic, side surfaces also done.

Encaustic is designing/painting with beeswax. I’m not usually intimidated by trying any new medium, but wax is so unique and there are so many possibilities for it, I was a little overwhelmed when I took an introductory course with Deanna Wood. She offers her students workshop days where they can use her supplies to continue experimenting with the medium. Although I’d love to have my own supplies to work at home, the encaustic process is so messy, not to mention expensive to get started, so that is a generous offer.  Today’s studio work produced 4 small encaustic paintings, and 2 are successful. Compared to other media, wax is so versatile it can be scraped off to whatever degree, reworked, layered, carved and manipulated as much or as long as you wish. It’s a lot of fun!

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