6″ x 8″ (private collection)
There are lots of beautiful scenes to paint near Pigeon Point Lighthouse and have almost painted this large rock outcrop several times. I did some rambling around to find it’s “good side” and had this go at it.
7/2022 – 10/2022
My painting “Reflected Sycamore” was part of this year’s show hosted by Los Gatos artist Hershel Ableman. Following the initial July show, the paintings on view through the fall at the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company.
9″ x 12″ oil on linen panel
Usually I think of a plein air painting as finished as I’m packing up my gear to leave. This time, I added the riders later to give the piece more of a sense of a story and to provide additional balance to the composition.
10″ x 12″ (private collection)
The carousel in Parc Monceau in Paris is an all time favorite. Maybe because it references my childhood literary favorites. The Nautilus Submarine is from Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The plane from Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Regardless it brings a bit of joy to the heart to see children play and at Parc Monceau some of the little girls do so in charming summer dresses.
Exhibited …
2022 – Coastal Arts League “Kindred Spirits”
6/2022 – 7/2022
I am thrilled to have receive an award for my painting “Heading Home” as part of this All Medium Show hosted by the Coastal Art League at their gallery on Main Street in Half Moon Bay.
My painting “Monceau Carousel” purchased while it was hanging as part of the show.
A third painting “Mother’s Day” was also included in the show.
8″ x 10″ (private collection)
Spring is such an amazing time of year in the area foothills. In this Plein air painting, I’m appreciating the cool shade of a nearby oak surrounded by late spring greens punctuated a sense of the summer yellows to come.
16″ x 20″ Oil on linen panel
This painting captures a personal memory. My husband (Mark) and our much loved Dalmatian (Beau) walk gingerly on a rickety footbridge near the Genesee River in Rochester New York. Beau is terrified of heights and Mark has a thing for sound construction.
Exhibited …
2022 – Coastal Arts League “Kindred Spirits” (Honorable Mention)
4/2022 – 5/2022
My painting Coastal Shimmer received an Honorable Mention as part of the Annual Painting Show hosted by the Coastal Art League at their gallery on Main Street in Half Moon Bay. My painting “Above the Beach” was also juried into the show.
6″ x 6″ oil on linen panel
This view is from above Luffenholtz Beach in Humboldt County with views north toward Trinidad. It’s a beautiful spot and a lot to capture on this small panel.
11″ x 14″ (private collection)
I was attracted to this scene by the sandstone pillar’s angular puzzle shapes. Then, as the morning sun illuminated the distant bluff at just right angle, I was taken by the the warm green reflections in the water. That moment of morning shimmer persists in my memory even as the bluffs themselves erode and change.
Exhibited …
2022 – Coastal Arts League “Annual Juried Painting Show” (Honorable Mention)
