Rolling hills, rocky cli!s, windswept dunes, wide expanses of grasses and groves of trees inspire the geography I paint.
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Recreating colors used in a painting by a master artist is a fulfilling way to learn to mix original color palettes. I used a work by Alexej Jawlensky to explore this process.
I recently spent some time in a garden where I sketched flowers with ink.
During the last six months, I’ve painted sea cliffs near my home as abstract landscapes.
Undulating 200-foot dunes hover above. Patterns in the windswept and salt-sprayed stacked sand attract my attention.
I created this painting as an interpretation of the song The Sky Seen From the Moon by Ezio Bosso.
The abstract landscape painting Rising Ground is inspired by my admiration of abstract painting, nature and Chinese blue and white pottery.
While walking in Golden Gate Park, I came across this arboreal wonder. Grand and gracious, I imagined I was looking up at a willowy angel reaching for a cloud in the sky. She smelled minty with a bit of honey.
Temporary guests that give more than they receive, flower bouquets radiate a vitality, a life force. A bunch of blooms express nature’s bounty and fleeting beauty.
The 10 illustrations in the Sun-Kissed Petals and Green Stem series pay homage to gifts of flowers. Each little garden in a vase captures a celebration of good times shared.
DESIGN IN NATURE: I was very happy to discover this heart that carved itself out of the spiraling seeds of a neighboring sunflower