Media: Oil Painting
Size: 14 x18
Sold to Private Collection
Media: Mixed Media
Size: 14 x 18
When I was working on this collage I remembered my younger daughter, who is now an artist and a dreamer, dancing and singing to herself as I worked in my tulip bed. She has red hair and so I tried to capture the red of her hair and the red and orange of the tulips too.
Donated to the Mount Vernon Arts Commission
Media: Oil/Acrylic Painting
Size: 14 x 18
I find it so sad that Dragonflies have such a short life. Because of that, it is important to me to capture their beauty while I can. Here in the Pacific North West the dragonflies are big and the garden is full of them swooping and souring out of the woods and across the lawns in bright flashes of color all summer long. They are attracted by the water in the nearby lake. There is a poem by Ashton Mill and a verse from it describes what I try to paint:
“The sun and wind combine to make
A million diamonds on my lake,
Ripple-flash echoes on my mill
My dragonflies are brighter still.”
Media: Collage
Size: l6 x 20
How do you capture an image of the wind? Here I have used the pale, cool colors, the easy spring of the uncomplicated figure, and the blowing of the light textured cloths to show the teasing power of the wind passing through the picture. I was attempting to portray the carefree, light feeling I remembered as a young girl whenever the wind blew.
Size: l6 x 20