https://www.karenblairartist.com/paintings daily 1.0 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1775069233171-5W8CV49KW1IBDSIJYGGD/Margaret%27s+Garden+48+x+60.jpg Paintings - Margaret's Garden, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Margaret’s Garden shows the colors of early spring. My friend Margaret has a photographer’s eye for color and composition and loves chartreuse green. On a recent outing she shared her love of the varied greens contrasting with the reds and purples filling the woods with color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1769783112872-08V9DBZQAQSW6OOQYFJH/A+New+Day+43+x+43.jpg Paintings - A New Day, 43x43, $6,500. 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas A New Day exudes optimism and joy. It is an affirmation that life is full of promise and beauty if we take time to look around and savor the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1774366839279-9GVPFLB0MUACBPDX2PUV/Garden+Song+48+x+60.jpg Paintings - Garden Song, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Garden Song comes from the title of an Arlo Guthrie tune that includes the words “inch by inch, row by row. The plants are bursting from the rows, spilling onto the path in a tangled riot of growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1773934177542-9FIM7RT85R6XJFX78SNK/Flyway+of+Dreams%2C+48x60.jpg Paintings - Flyway of Dreams, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Flyway of Dreams refers to a line in a poem by Ted Kooser in which he describes where he lives near the Platte River in Nebraska. The poem shares his dream of being a painter on the coast of Maine. There is beauty in all places and artists, like poets, have the joy of recording these moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1774366928885-LK0H0SKK2FN9UPJG6LXP/Morning+Reveries+48+x+60.jpg Paintings - Morning Reveries, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Morning Reveries shows a garden in hazy first-morning light. I often take my cup of coffee and walk through the garden at dawn. Hello frog poised on the rock by the pond ready to splash in as I get close, hello fish looking for a handout, hello spider finished with your night-time masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1773934466733-SIZX28EYCTDI7B4JZ1H7/Celebration%2C+48x72.jpeg Paintings - Celebration, 48x72, $11,000. 48 × 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Celebration is a joyous explosion of a garden in full bloom. Perhaps we have startled a bird that has just flown off and a gentle breeze stirs the flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1773934535460-QA1GK4TD59MDFV49BHRG/Joyous%2C+48x60.jpeg Paintings - Joyous, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Joyous is a tangled mass of grasses and greenery with a few flowers poking their heads toward the light. A grassy path invites us to wander through the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1773934243566-OX5EOIUF9U45XWPV0HS0/Flower+Song%2C+43x43.jpeg Paintings - Flower Song, 43x43, $6,500. 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Flower Song shows flowers emerging from lush greenery as they reach toward the sun. Some of the blooms are translucent in the light and they wave boldly in the breeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1760892527514-U8IRJKZDFHLE1UGCGRIX/Seed+Scatter+48+x+60+.jpg Paintings - Seed Scatter, 48x60, $8,000. 48 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Seed Scatter shows the last blooms of summer waving in a crisp breeze. The seeds are being scattered about and I know it is time to go cut some seed heads to dry and save over the winter for planting in the spring. It is a poignant time as the bees are feasting on the last of the pollen and the wind reminds both the bees and me that cold weather is on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1728328556615-J6OELIZJ1SLUY39DLHTA/February+I%2C+44x40.jpg Paintings - February I, 44x40, $6,000 44 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas February I and II are love poems. The icy hues of winter are being broken open by signs of growth and the heart shapes suggest both leaves and symbols of love we associate with Valentine’s Day. The spirals of green can be ferns or tendrils or even gates thrown open to both our hearts and our gardens. Red pulses through the paintings adding the staccato of a heartbeat and the pink of a cupid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1728328591804-DUOA57A3OE6IOS7OXJBB/February+II%2C+44x40.jpg Paintings - February II, 44x40, $6,000 44 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas February I and II are love poems. The icy hues of winter are being broken open by signs of growth and the heart shapes suggest both leaves and symbols of love we associate with Valentine’s Day. The spirals of green can be ferns or tendrils or even gates thrown open to both our hearts and our gardens. Red pulses through the paintings adding the staccato of a heartbeat and the pink of a cupid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765909638382-OFOZ5RCYK3GAW1NN6Z2H/Flowers+and+Fruit+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - Flowers and Fruit, 48x36, $6,000. 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Flowers and Fruit is an exuberant rendering of subjects most common in still life paintings. Here though the flowers and fruit are bursting forth in a garden entwined in lush foliage. Everything blooms and ripens in this abundant landscape and we are invited to wander among the plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1759415040445-ET9V4O0YZLMH6KTSPHAN/Last+Light+in+The+Garden+48+x+36+.jpg Paintings - Last Light in the Garden, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Last Light in The Garden depicts fall evenings when the air is warm but darkness comes earlier and earlier. The flowers take on a phosphorescent gleam as they retain the last of the evening light. It is a poignant time of year as we bid summer goodby and prepare for the coming delights of autumn. Perhaps loved ones we have lost have the same effect of glowing in the darkness to remind us that their light is still shining in our hearts and minds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1716403169322-JR984ZNXLKCXTNTV6BWQ/Planetary+Alignment%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings - Planetary Alignment, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Planetary Alignment imagines the spiraling paths of the planets as they line up to give astrologers and astronomers information. We are both observers and participants as our own planet charts its course through the universe. There is a hazy, dreamlike feel with shapes shifting and dissolving as we float through the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764007279937-8628WNP0JQKATRGEH85X/Albert%27s+Garden%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings - Albert's Garden, 36x30, $4,000. 36 × 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Albert’s Garden is inspired by a friend who was not a gardener of plants but of people and ideas. If we are lucky, we have a friend who brings out the best in us and Albert is that person in my life. The vibrant colors and burst of energy in the painting are my reminder to give it my all in life and in my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1588105442642-3SDYIBIGNWWOTZROQWUO/Love+Songs+from+The+Balcony+44+x+46.jpg Paintings - Love Songs from the Balcony, 44x46, $7,000 44 x 46 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas During the Pandemic I was captivated by the beauty of a singer in Italy who came to his balcony each evening to serenade the neighbors who gathered on their balconies to hear the nightly song. In Love Songs from the Balcony, spiral shapes suggest musical notes on a page along with the travel of sound winding its way through the narrow street. They can also be the iron railings of the balconies where families gathered to share this gift of connection in a time of isolation. It can be any of us who are looking to build and solidify friendships through our gifts of talent, time and most of all, love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1775069348435-CZNK0EWBBZAUHF27WWQR/The+Voyage+of+Ulysses+48+x+72.jpg Paintings - The Voyage of Ulysses, 48x72, $11,000. 48 × 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas The Voyage of Ulysses was painted after a trip to Greece. The rocky landscape, mountain peaks and crystal blue waters brought to life the story from Ancient Greece of Ulysses and his 10 year journey back to reunite with his faithful wife Penelope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1758561900967-99CB5UB8S0QSVHW51GHK/My+Mother%27s+Garden%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings - My Mother's Garden, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas My own mother had several gardens throughout her life. When she died, the row of blouses hanging in her closet, perfectly ironed, in bright florals and plaids reminded me of her gardens. The tidy rows, the exuberant blooms, the views toward the horizon and sky all remind me of the gentle way she celebrated being out in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1767977638634-DHHI51UC6I0CQI4IGBWD/Overlook+84+x+60+.jpg Paintings - Overlook, 84x60, $15,000. 84 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Overlook shows a grand vista from a great height with flora, small buildings and distant mountains. The ideas of stepping back to look, the skewed perspective and the small details visible upon closer look can also be applied to our lives. We are reminded not to get lost in the minutiae but to stand back and admire the whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740761721-SRR0I0E8GGGJ9CI71NGK/View%2BII%2C%2B72%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - View II, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas View II is a study in reflected light. The landscape shimmers in watery silver and gold stretching far into the distance. Staccato marks denote plant forms punctuating the cools washes of the fields. This is a grand vista inviting us to take our time as we move through the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1770755193216-XVKIMDF9NOVADJTFVI8W/Bird+Song+43+x+43.jpg Paintings - Bird Song, 43x43, $6,500. 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Bird Song is a reminder that paintings are about more than what we see. It is a record of being in a particular place paying attention to wind, sounds of insects and birds and the changing light. The viewer is invited to recall experiences they have had being out in nature and pausing to remember those moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1749489701007-G18SCTPROH2EA074IWVM/Peach+Orchard+in+Bloom%2C+60x48.jpg Paintings - Woodland Walk, 60x48, $8,000 60 × 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Woodland Walk invites us to find shade on a hot day of summer. Wildflowers spread across the path and brush against our legs as we pass into the cool darkness beneath large trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726163408497-4KTHYO9KRCE6TSKIGRQW/September+Garden%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings - September Garden, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas September Garden has light shining through the trees as the sun begins to dip lower in the sky. The dark areas of shadow form a pattern that shifts and vibrates against the lighter greens. Late blooming flowers are lit as if from within. The lush greens of summer are still with us but we know to savor this moment before fall comes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726756070448-4IE8W5XL8JRE0JP4O27D/Cocktail+Hour+72+x+48.jpg Paintings - Cocktail Hour, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cocktail Hour is a large painting of the drama in a garden as the sun begins drop in the late afternoon. It is the hour when we pause our labors of the day to sit and watch the shift of light moving across the lawn like a spotlight highlighting this plant and that as each takes a star turn in the landscape. We are reminded to savor these moments and the friends with whom we share a convivial beverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1664909159585-FFA21ZFYTAMT687OQGD6/Summer+84x60.jpg Paintings - Summer, 84x60, $15,000 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer is a large painting about being enveloped by the warmth of long sunshine-filled days. The dark rocks stand out against fields shimmering in the heat and a cool, dark pond beckons. The light is bright, even blinding, and trees and flowers stand still soaking up the rays of the sun. In the sky wisps of clouds float upward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1672343591469-5MDLEORR36PHT2GFFWE1/Walking+with+John+50+x+50+inches.jpg Paintings - Walking with John, 50x50, $7,500 50 x 50 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Walking with John is a record of time spent with my son. The landscape contains hints of his gregarious nature but also his serious side. It tells of experiences with a loved one in different seasons and in various places. Pathways, like life, meander gently in places and in other places take a sharp turn. John loves to travel and the painting shows great expanses of terrain that have been traversed and suggests that his journey is not over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1601306707410-JPE3W8EUK2Y8SA0HIM0E/September+Afternoon+44+x+48+.jpg Paintings - September Afternoon, 44x48, $7,000 44 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas September Afternoon retains the pulsing heat of midsummer but the grasses are beginning to dry and the colors of fall are upon us. The sky has the dazzle of light with some of the deep blue of Autumn days. I this a time to soak in the last rays of summer and prepare for the harvest season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1583434680274-QN3OQYPLLT3TIOMUQOPY/Planting+Season+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - Planting Season, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas There is the promise of abundance in both Planting Season and Orchard. The forms jostle for space and spill from the grid-like structure of the painting. This suggests an overhead view of divided fields with lines from a plow and verdant woodlands alongside. There are hints of seeds splitting open and the start of new life with tendrils of vines reaching for the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1583434681259-5E3CZZ4BVGVKA1TTTUFG/Orchard%2C+48+x+44.jpg Paintings - Orchard, 48x44, $7,000 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas There is the promise of abundance in both Planting Season and Orchard. The forms jostle for space and spill from the grid-like structure of the painting. This suggests an overhead view of divided fields with lines from a plow and verdant woodlands alongside. There are hints of seeds splitting open and the start of new life with tendrils of vines reaching for the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1639065549656-IWXV2EN48IRLM7BZSP6L/Early+Spring+Hillside+43+x+43.jpg Paintings - Early Spring Hillside, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Early Spring Hillside is awash in the tender mint and lime greens of new growth. The sun sparkles on fields that are being plowed and muddy paths speak of recent rain. This is an optimistic depiction of fertility, new life and the stir of activity celebrating winter’s end. This painting represents memories of children being born and nurtured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1692637169800-FKM7ABDKYLWHE10Q1L5P/Reflections%2C+84x60%2C+2023.jpg Paintings - Reflections, 84x60, $15,000 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Reflections can be both the scene in front of us or musings on life. Reflections of the sun dance through water with its ripples and currents. It could be early morning or late evening inviting us to contemplate where we have been and what is to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1694019344189-7P86V02KHV3ETKMM0YTG/Sunset+in+The+Mountains+72+x+48.jpg Paintings - Sunset in the Mountains, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Sunset in the Mountains bursts with life. In the lower center right a fish may be diving deeper into water which ripples around it. The sun is reflected in the water and the deep purples of shadows let us know dusk is at hand. One can’t look away because in a moment, everything will change as the sun sets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1694019345362-62M7I514GAK5LG3CYPKO/Blue+Moon+36+x+30.jpg Paintings - Blue Moon, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas The circular shapes become the moon and moon-lit flowers or reflections in water in Blue Moon. The aura of the moon leaks into the surrounding sky and shimmers on the edges of petals of the plants. The air is languid, moist and everything seems to be reaching toward the moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1751304861679-EE9H8BMG05Z9XQLYB8X0/Summer+Pond+I%2C+48+x+36+mixed+media.jpg Paintings - Summer Pond I, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Pond I and II are depictions of my own small fish ponds holding fish I have had for several years along with aquatic plants and a resident frog or two. The light from the sky is reflected in the water and a shimmering effect is created by the ripples caused by small fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1751304873209-1Q4WIGVM15OW6U7AI9PC/Summer+Pond+II%2C+48+x+36+mixed+media+.jpg Paintings - Summer Pond II, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Pond I and II are depictions of my own small fish ponds holding fish I have had for several years along with aquatic plants and a resident frog or two. The light from the sky is reflected in the water and a shimmering effect is created by the ripples caused by small fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1773932351476-8JW8AH59HJTN667VQO4B/Moon+Flower%2C+40x30.jpg Paintings - Moon Flower, 40x30, $5,000. 40 × 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Moon Flower is a romantic vision of a garden in moonlight. The warm ochre of the largest blooms echo the moon and vibrate against the soft blue light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1651602211002-Z7WRMUK9D126OVOWW5F1/Spring+Equinox+84+x+60.jpg Paintings - Spring Equinox, 84x60, $15,000 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Spring Equinox shows us spring in full bloom with turbulent clouds, freshly plowed fields and trees leafing out. The varied greens of new leaves in shades of olive, celery and mint contact to the deep more even greens of midsummer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1717004744032-QOIA8XQ6K7N5N6Q0D29K/Canyon+Sunrise+60+x+48.jpg Paintings - Canyon Sunrise, 60x48, $8,000 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Canyon Sunrise we see cool, dark shadows on the left, echoed by the deep blue of the sky. The rock face presents a formidable wall before us but we can begin to pick out paths upward from the grassy plateau at the bottom of the painting. Another patch of green near the horizon promises a resting place after our exertions. We sense that the dark shadows will shift throwing different areas into shadow as the day progresses. Like life, our climb will feature gentle walks broken by patches of extreme challenge and exertion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1692038083087-NDI56U9V3OR8JONY571C/Blue+Sky+30x30%2C+2023.jpg Paintings - Blue Sky, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Some days have such beautiful skies, lush fields and colorful blossoms that I call them “good to be alive” days. Blue Sky shows late summer as fields are beginning to turn gold and the Zinnias and Sunflowers and other late showy blooms are in their glory. There is the promise of a good harvest, fair weather and abundance. The flowers seem animated as they reach out to greet one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1684783240538-1CRUBILNKGHWBWKVMC18/Evening+Flowers%2C+30x30.jpg Paintings - Evening Flowers, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Evening Flowers depicts the luminescent glow that blossoms take on in early evening. They seem to retain the warmth and light of the sun and bob in the twilight like the nearby fireflies. If we are lucky, our own memories light us from within like a strand of lights or rosary beads where we can count none but the happy hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736437980504-QAY67ZRP7V0DJDDI0LD3/My+Own+Garden+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - My Own Garden, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas My joy in having a garden is palpable. I have a couple of fish ponds, one in an old bath tub, at least two resident frogs and a host of birds who visit to drink water. The winding paths suggest a journey through the landscape and the exuberant colors reflect my own happiness with life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1683041955424-0RETPT9B3AEKXZLAUIK4/May%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings - May, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas May is a celebratory painting. The flowers strain upward, crowding and shoving as they compete to reach the sunlight. The sky is bright and fields sparkle with reflected light. May is the month of Mother’s Day and Memorial Day Weekend, times of celebration and remembrance, long days and the anticipation of summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362190890-5ZQ0RPOZ7W5NP1Z9A8VM/Rock+Slide%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Rock Slide, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Rock Slide shows a favorite memory of sliding down smooth rocks in a rushing stream. The Appalachian Mountains feature these places where a slide off of rock lands one in a chilly pool of deep water for a refreshing dip on hot summer days. A climb along the warm bank is preparation for another cold plunge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362191719-KCXO691XH8R2QD7U76KZ/Canyon%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Canyon, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas A trip to Yellowstone and closer to home, the mountains of North Carolina, inspire Canyon. The geological forces of geysers, waterfalls and roaring rivers leave an impression of awe. From dark canyons and river beds one can hike to dizzying heights with the sound of water ever present. The rock faces of mountains come in astonishing arrays of color and shapes and I am constantly reaching down to pick up a small rock to hold in my hand for a time as part of my memory of a place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705599973561-SLNDXXLL6HC39MD3R704/Ocean+Spray+36+x+24.jpg Paintings - Ocean Spray, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Ocean Spray it is the impact of water against rock and wind against water that inform the marks on the canvas. The whip of a wave in heavy wind creates its own little band of weather made of mist and spray. Our eyes are drawn to these fleeting but compelling events. The drama of a wave being broken by the jagged edge of land is something we can watch over and over again. How high will the spray go above the top of the cliff, how much further will the surf push its way amongst the rocks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883646085-QSDQ8PHOS6NLE7OJTO10/Calfpasture+River+I%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Calfpasture River I, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Calf Pasture River I and II show a tributary of The Maury River in Virginia. This is a wonderful river for swimming, wading and tubing. Stretches of the river are rated I - III for whitewater kayaking. The slashing marks of these paintings show the churn and whirl of fast moving water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362148102-XYJNR3YFZN3YV8OL9E3H/Mist+Rising%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Mist Rising, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas A trip to Yellowstone and closer to home, the mountains of North Carolina, inspire Mist Rising. The geological forces of geysers, waterfalls and roaring rivers leave an impression of awe. From dark canyons and river beds one can hike to dizzying heights with the sound of water ever present. The rock faces of mountains come in astonishing arrays of color and shapes and I am constantly reaching down to pick up a small rock to hold in my hand for a time as part of my memory of a place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883498430-1QY6XC740G8ZO48Y0A44/Cowpasture+River%2C+48x40.jpg Paintings - Cowpasture River, 48x40, $6,500. 48 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cowpasture River takes its name from a pristine river that flows through western Virginia. One of the cleanest rivers in America it runs through pristine forests and along a few remaining small farms. Floating along the river in an inner tube is the best way to experience this beautiful part of The Blue Ridge Mountains. Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Muskies and Redbreast Sunfish are all present in the river. The painting suggests the water swirling across rocks as we float along gazing at the bottom of the clear river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736880517474-POI757UEGLN81URRGB5H/Blue+Note%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings - Blue Note, 48x72, $11,000 48 × 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Blue Note celebrates my love of the color blue. It is the color of the sky and the ocean, of phlox and bluebirds. It reminds me of our beautiful, fragile but resilient planet. On a more personal note it has hints of figures frolicking in waves at the beach, one of my happiest memories of growing up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701361938579-H1YQRKOJYZ8WI4RB5GX2/Wave%2C+60x84.jpg Paintings - Wave, 60x84, $15,000 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Wave is a perfect crescendo of motion as the marks rise and fall across this large canvas. We are swept from left to right buoyed by water and bathed in light. The forms roll back on one another and emerge energized. The cool blues moving from bottom left and up into the center top are held back by another strong counterforce of blue in the lower right. The gray and ochre areas provide quiet passages where the eye can rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705599969773-HM1U4G7QVLWCTFIE79F4/Surf+36+x+24.jpg Paintings - Surf, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Surf it is the impact of water against rock and wind against water that inform the marks on the canvas. The whip of a wave in heavy wind creates its own little band of weather made of mist and spray. Our eyes are drawn to these fleeting but compelling events. The drama of a wave being broken by the jagged edge of land is something we can watch over and over again. How high will the spray go above the top of the cliff, how much further will the surf push its way amongst the rocks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740575265-504HSVJ3MQZLXW5OH1HJ/Nightfall%2Bat%2Bthe%2BResevoir%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B30%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Nightfall at the Reservoir, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Nightfall at the Reservoir came after a kayaking evening in late summer when darkness fell quickly and stars appeared overhead as we pulled the kayaks out of the water. The last light of day was held by the water along with reflected points of light from the stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658254290873-QDMEO6HGSCR8E3F7HJRB/Tide+Pools+I%2C+72+x+48.jpg Paintings - Tide Pools I, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tide Pools I and II are a joyous celebration of time spent along the coast of Maine. On warm days at low tide the pools of water left stranded amongst rocks leave a warm place for swimming. These paintings show the return of the tide with water slapping against the rocks, filling the cove with water. On fine days the sea is dark and the surf glistens with light as it meets the coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1753725454113-G1JO0FBL8YJ9ZTQASMVD/Harbor+in+Fog+43+x+43.jpg Paintings - Harbor in Fog, 43x43, $6,500 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Harbor in Fog shows a cove with various fishing boats. This is a familiar scene in Maine when the fog begins to lift revealing numerous boats where only a moment before everything was hidden in the mist. The abstract shapes of black and white push against one another reinforcing the tension of boats displacing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1632843610200-T62I6VZECQBIDIMWJL3C/Gull+I%2C+48x44.jpg Paintings - Gull I, 48x44, $7,000 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Gull I and Gull II came as a result of an autumn trip to The Outer Banks. Fall is hurricane season and while we enjoyed fair weather an approaching storm brought dark, angry seas with strong currents and crashing waves. The water was mystical with its colors of black, teal and green and the gulls were stymied in their search for fish hidden in murky waves. The air was charged and the entire scene was one of drama and excitement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1632843644010-YGTG0E6OZFDQGQL7UTQS/Gull+II%2C+48x44.jpg Paintings - Gull II, 48x44, $7,000 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Gull I and Gull II came as a result of an autumn trip to The Outer Banks. Fall is hurricane season and while we enjoyed fair weather an approaching storm brought dark, angry seas with strong currents and crashing waves. The water was mystical with its colors of black, teal and green and the gulls were stymied in their search for fish hidden in murky waves. The air was charged and the entire scene was one of drama and excitement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705600821605-STZW2EJM3KKGY7E5HVAU/Heavy+Seas+I%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Heavy Seas I, 36x24, $4,000 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Heavy Seas I and II the subtle mix of neutral colors acts as a counterpoint to the drama of the subject. At first glance perhaps things look balanced and serene; the even march of black areas, the organic patches of ochre at the top and the careful divisions of grays through the center. But look again and the suggestion of a boat may become apparent. Suddenly the black shapes can become rocks threatening the boat. The yellow ochre is a menacing cloud mass and the gray-blues become the color of the sea on a stormy day. Patches of light in the top and lower portions of the paintings offer an idea that the weather will change, the sea will calm and the boat will slip away from danger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658254558326-XEA98FXLCA9NE74UIZC4/Cliff+Walk+48+x+44.jpg Paintings - Cliff Walk, 48x44, $7,000 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cliff Walk has both a vertiginous view down toward the water beneath jagged points of a cliff and a view out toward the horizon. The sky is active and meets the sea in a miasma of mist and water. The sun peeping out hints at clear skies to come. This painting is perhaps about facing our fears and knowing that good things are ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658257800777-PRHDKD5Y04GEMNTJ8OEE/Tide+Coming+In%2C+Maine+48+x+44.jpg Paintings - Tide Coming In, Maine, 48x44, $7,000 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tide Coming In depicts the dramatic swell of water forced against a cliff and spilling onto a sandy and rocky beach. The water swirls and churns beneath a sky that threatens rain. In my own life periods of relative calm can be interrupted by just such disruptive tides but troubles will recede just like the tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658257814376-PW0F1XOKJQZEW0HRU2YI/Storm+Coming%2C+Maine+36+x+36.jpg Paintings - Storm Coming, Maine, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Storm Coming is a favorite painting of the Maine coastline. The distant horizontal marks of the sea meet the verticals of rain lashing against the water and distant islands. Nearer to shore the sea is dark as it fills the tidal pools and butts against the rocks falling back on itself to gather strength for the next strike. This is nature in full power and beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1727204362077-D8FCNER0EX5D3HO3UC4D/Morning+Light+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - Morning Light, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Morning Light reminds us to greet each day as an adventure. We begin anew with fresh energy, lots of ideas and a clean slate. Savored over a cup of coffee, sunrise is one of my favorite times of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726163409008-PHKVZO542R8M1B6KFGK0/After+the+Rain%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings - After the Rain, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas After the Rain is a depiction of the dense blues and greens that follow a week of August rain. The summer drought colors of gold and brown are vanquished and summer reasserts itself. We can imagine the last drops of water still hanging on the tips of vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1646159568294-26G95UO3ZO5DNATWUVCT/Iris+in+the+Breeze%2C+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - Iris in the Breeze, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Iris in the Breeze is a color story with marks of dark blue dissolving into a field of lighter blues, all lit by golden yellow-greens. Blue flags as these are sometimes called are an early spring bloom and were traditionally planted around mailboxes on rural roads. They don’t need much watering, the deer don’t bother them and they can grow in poor soil. They make excellent ‘pass-along’ plants when divided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747678591061-JZ3TM5R2LUKZRHF6HR1Y/Hillside+Garden%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Hillside Garden, 36x24, $4,000 36 × 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Hillside Garden is a gestural painting with our eye being led up a hill covered in wildflowers. It is summer and we can glimpse rabbits and if we are lucky, the elusive fox who will stare at us for a moment before disappearing. Ample rain has turned everything green and the mountains carry mist blurring the line between and land and sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747678591179-2IBZMZEBCC4WU4OU50ZD/Pond+Garden%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings - Pond Garden, 36x24, $4,000 36 × 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Pond Garden has trees and flowers waving in a breeze as we walk toward a small pond shimmering with light. We can hear the one note gong of a frog and see fish flitting to the surface to feed. The sky is hazy and the horizon is indistinct in the glare of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1687799241679-5WLBDRJN5FPG5HMD1AC4/Summer+Solstice+60x48.jpg Paintings - Summer Solstice, 60x48, $8,000 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Solstice shows us the longest day of the year and the earth quivers with heat and light and energy. The sun is slow to set and the mountains are dark against the still-light sky. Trees wave and dance and flowers pick up the colors of the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1753194297095-A5LUR4L1M55253AJV6ZW/Driving+into+Town+48x44.jpg Paintings - Driving into Town, 48x44, $7,000 48 × 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Driving into Town is my love affair with beautiful villages. We have all experienced these towns that welcome us with pleasing streetscapes and tiny parks, local restaurants and shops and churches of all denominations. Shapes suggest buildings, playing fields, walkways and paths and a sense of connectedness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1586876963287-40T0Y9LDTIUXF303T8KU/Walk+Through+The+Medina+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - Walk Through the Medina, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Walk Through the Medina comes from a trip to Morocco and the sum of sensations in the crowded markets of every town. There is the green of the ever-present mosque, the deep blues of the pottery and tiles, the red of extravagant carpets and shawls and the golds of the spices arrayed in sacks. The deep colors vibrate against one another recreating the jostle and cries of vendors and patrons, donkeys and motorbikes. The white-washed walls hold everything in place protecting everyone from the hot sun and potential invaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736437980474-Q1F75RC16AE00NK0AIP3/Shadow+of+The+Mountain+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - Shadow of the Mountain, 48x36, $6,000 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Shadow of The Mountain uses triangles, rectangles and circles to depict a dramatic sunrise or perhaps sunset with deep shadows cast by the mountains. The farm buildings in the distance catch the light and the fields have orchards, varied crops and flowers. The vivid colors bring a sense of joy and celebration to the scene and reference the Nabi, French painters whose bold simplified style acted as a bridge from Impressionism to to Modernism. They included Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard who believed that art was a synthesis of symbols and metaphors created by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740089345-2W2GIIX1ORN2NYFH9LHK/Botany%2BLesson%2BII%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Botany Lesson II, 48x43, $7,000 48 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Botany Lesson I and II are packed with references to both science and gardening. A double helix harks back to the studies of Carl Linnaeus and his system for the naming of plants and Gregor Mendel’s principles of inherited traits gained from studying pea plants. There is a suggestion of a blackboard with the oil stick marks taking on the characteristics of chalk. Plants crowd the bottom of the painting like so many pupils sitting in a lecture hall. The divisions of black and white areas provide structure and stability to these complex works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740170404-1BN7GBJ6MORR9HNBB962/Botany%2BLesson%2BI%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Botany Lesson I, 48x43, $7,000 48 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Botany Lesson I and II are packed with references to both science and gardening. A double helix harks back to the studies of Carl Linnaeus and his system for the naming of plants and Gregor Mendel’s principles of inherited traits gained from studying pea plants. There is a suggestion of a blackboard with the oil stick marks taking on the characteristics of chalk. Plants crowd the bottom of the painting like so many pupils sitting in a lecture hall. The divisions of black and white areas provide structure and stability to these complex works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556739390938-KDKU856EKCWY3KJN1RHJ/Asiatic%2BLilies%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Asiatic Lilies, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Asiatic Lilies is an attempt to capture these stately, spear-like blooms that rise up to six feet tall in my garden. They have a beautiful fragrance and long stamens and demand attention once they bloom. Here we see them swaying in the breeze, reaching toward the sun and brushing one another with tender, soft fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1744650736049-LIR91KKI3TE05WHTHOYH/Garden+Plan%2C+43+x+43+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas.JPG Paintings - Garden Plan, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Garden Plan references my love of drawings of gardens with carefully laid out paths, color coded indications of plant selections and existing trees. In this plan, neatly divided beds give way to more natural chaotic areas of the landscape. Plans can also refer to my ideas during cold winter days as I peruse seed and plant catalogues and make big plans for next year. My ideas always meet hard reality when the preparation of planting beds begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1563301356679-FAQN045T7E0L3B5V6W3D/Zinnias+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - Zinnias, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Zinnias presents us with a colorful bed of these late blooming flowers as seen from above. The riotous blooms form a dense carpet of crowded blooms and the jittery marks echo the petals vibrating in the hot breeze. This very abstracted composition becomes a story of color and marks carefully balanced in larger shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1771340731552-JAQIZN8MC1OB7QZ7P4FQ/Walking+in+The+Field+36+x+30+.jpeg Paintings - Walking in The Field, 36x30, $4,000. 36 × 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Walking in The Field has us moving through wildflowers that bob and wave in the breeze. We can hear the hum of insects and the sounds of birds as they call to attract a mate. We are asked to stand still for a moment and pay attention to all that is going on around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1544112959237-UAP7UVL35TSJZ836B8NI/Measure+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - Measure, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Measure is on first glance a very abstract painting but I invite you to “take measure” and look more closely. One could be looking down into water with a school of fish, rocks and seaweed but could it also be skeletons of leaves and outlines of rocks revealed in snow? Or, are we looking at the jetsam of shells, and a mermaid’s purse revealed at low tide? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708374465571-KHFE47XCP44KAMCAQ19L/Early+June+Garden+48x72.JPG Paintings - Early June Garden, 48x72, $12,000 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Early June Garden has a frieze-like composition with the poppy blooms lined up across the large canvas. A spiral iron fence provides structure and seems to be holding the poppies in their place in the garden but look again and in the lower right one bloom has burst through the fence to invite us to touch, smell and perhaps pick. In the upper band new unopened blooms let us know that the season for these flowers is long. The soft color palette further serves to flatten and abstract the circular and spiral forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1689098224533-ECQ76ENBUA7CMSU4S8J9/Hiking+in+Yellowstone+48+x+72.jpg Paintings - Hiking in Yellowstone, 48x72, $11,000 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Hiking in Yellowstone is a record of a trip in early summer to Yellowstone park. There was still abundant snow on the ground on north facing slopes but the wildflower bloom was having a record year. Fallen logs create an abstract pattern as they are revealed as the snow melts. The land is alive with animals; wolves with their scampering cubs, Bison moving calves toward grass and bears herding cubs as they gorge on vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1597946823912-5K4PCTL1Q3EY1X62F82I/Mid+Morning++44+x+46.jpg Paintings - Mid Morning, 44x46, $7,000 44 x 46 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mid morning is a time of activity for most of us. The abstract shapes jostle against one another suggesting movement and high energy. We can read marks as water, mountains, gardens, sailboats, stairs and a variety of other possibilities. The larger calm areas of blue and cream perhaps suggest calm sailing in the afternoon after an intense morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740617608-UHL25O7R8JDNTBC3A0SE/Perennial%2BGarden%2BII%2C%2B78x48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Perennial Garden II, 78x48, $12,000 78 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas As I have gardened over many years I increasingly appreciate perennials. All winter these plants hide away from us, gathering strength before pushing upward as the earth warms. Perennial Garden II shows these plants in full bloom - some stretch to 6 feet tall or more. We see a distant storm on the horizon promising rain to come and scattered throughout are the rocks that are the only markers of the location of these plants when winter returns. I too gather strength during the winter months where I have interrupted time to paint, read and peruse seed catalogues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1559156107828-I7THST2WHFNGJ9D8UY82/Water+and+Wind+48+x+72++.JPG Paintings - Water and Wind, 48x72, $11,000 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Water and Wind is an ambitious effort to capture the majesty and awe of wind whipping water. It is a spectacle I have studied at beaches in the south, along the shoreline of Maine and on reservoirs closer to home. The flat divisions of sky, land or water hold the composition together as the swirl of marks spiral and shimmy across the canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1627411714002-C0OLJBRT4XHC1EFMZCZ7/Spring%2BField%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings - Spring Field, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Spring Field has an underlying structure of a grid with 9 subtle divisions of space. The three center boxes lead our eye back toward the horizon while the side panels suggest the crowd of lush vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1630600226113-0I5GIGGERCX5X8S3TXDV/Trees%2BIn%2BBloom%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings - Trees In Bloom, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Trees In Bloom shows a hillside with suggestions of farm outbuildings, a silo and houses. The trees, many with white blossoms are dense on the land suggesting an orchard of apple trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230150399-J8EGX3MGYD56UWJGT0ND/Looking%2BAcross%2Bthe%2BBlue%2BRidge%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Looking Across the Blue Ridge, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Looking Across the Blue Ridge on first glance reads as an abstract series of vibrant marks dancing across the canvas. The horizontal bands give stability to the vigorous depiction of what at second glance can be read as foliage. As we move our eye up from the bottom the marks decrease in size to give an illusion of perspective with things receding toward the sky. Air, light and motion are all depicted in as loose a way as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1689098686022-PR3MUQ4OKQ0CLGBYHZO0/Change%2Bof%2BSeason%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Change of Season, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Change of Season has a sharp contrast between the heavy, dark rocks and jagged tree and the soft fields around them. The sky hints at clouds bringing a storm and cooler air is moving in beneath them. One can imagine the same scene with snow outlining the fence, the trees and the rocks and the rest covered in white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1677178133228-Z0986LVJZH4VWDZYYR8Q/Dark+River%2C+36+x+36.jpg Paintings - Water View, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Water View gives us a birds eye view of a harbor with docks and boardwalks, fish shacks and tidal pools. There is tension between abstraction and realism that lets each viewer bring their own memories of time spent on the water into play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710180845964-BDX9EF3JLK8NPSNU3X42/March+Sunrise%2C+40x48.jpg Paintings - March Sunrise, 40x48, $6,500 40 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas March comes in like a lion with wind sweeping across barren fields and clouds promising rain scuttle across the sky creating patches of sunlight and shadow. Trees are beginning to green up but cold nights are still with us. There is a hint of things to come in the warm rust and pink passages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1669057184283-H9SEGW3U474UDOV4O7WL/Evening+Walk+I+36+x+30.jpg Paintings - Evening Walk I, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Evening Walk I shows two figures out for a companionable stroll in the landscape. They blend in with the trees and other plants while the moon rises overhead. It is a peaceful, happy scene full of light and promise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1634569601040-5T6BKZH2ICYYPH5LGD80/Out+For+A+Walk+48+x+36.jpg Paintings - Out for a Walk, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Out for a Walk contains many personal but universal references. There is a daughter with a new baby in the upper right and to her left a classical facade so common in Virginia but also in most major cities in Europe and the east coast of the US. I was a great one for taking my children to see architecture on vacation trips; they used to call it the ABC tour; Another Big Church. We see the influence of Matisse in the iron fencing in the center from the “another tour of a museum” part of our travels. A door near the bottom is open and a figure walks past toward a path while another in dark clothing looks on. The mother figure in white fades into the background as she watches her children confidently move away and into their own lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1651602211004-4LSDCGFPYQSM7K77TM0E/Mountains+at+Dawn+44+x+48.jpg Paintings - Mountains at Dawn, 44x48, $7,000 44 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mountains at Dawn is a familiar theme, one I return to over and over. The light leaking into the sky also spills across the fields while mountains remain in shadow. Everyday is different depending on time of year and weather conditions but here we see early spring with trees beginning to leaf out and flowers pushing up around us. A lone pine casts a shadow on the field and red clay furrowed rows of crops have been planted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1551727895204-H3A92IU12ZKJSDFIYWYA/Paris+Walk++36+x+30.JPG Paintings - Paris Walk, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Paris Walk: Paris is a city of parks, small and large and trees line streets and parts of the river. Courtyards are private gardens where cars share space with ancient trees and pots of flowers. All of this is referenced in this painting that imagines us strolling in the gray-blue twilight in search of a tiny restaurant offering oysters and crisp white wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555430370114-OPHA7UE2WGATQ1TWK7YE/Behind+the+Chateau.JPG Paintings - Behind the Chateau, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Behind the Chateau: France abounds with beautifully restored Chateaux from Paris to the Dordogne. The hues of rock and plaster walls vary but there is always a garden carefully laid out with great precision. Vegetation is kept in careful check through pruning, raking and lining the paths with stones or low hedges. Trees overhang benches inviting us to sit with our friends for a moment before we move through the grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1711479730331-74FLISZDHZ3N10XHUWHV/Through+the+Orchard+I%2C+48x36.jpeg Paintings - Through the Orchard I, 48x40, $6,500 48 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Through the Orchard: I live in a part of Virginia with hillsides of apple and peach orchards. When the peach orchards explode with every shade of pink in the spring many artists in the area can be found painting or photographing the hillsides. The large spiral shapes can be paths or the tops of ladders pressed against the trunks of trees later in the season. The hillside is always busy with farm equipment, trailers of bees brought in to help pollinate the trees and workers pruning trees and harvesting fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883140421-H60FGUHJPIWEHMX4OUI0/September+I%2C+72+x+48+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas.jpg Paintings - September I, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In September I & II a vast landscape is opening up as vegetation begins to turn and the maples are in their glory. The light is blinding as it glints off of rocks and fields. The distant horizon shows movement and the promise of cooler days to come. This large painting with its timeless view of the shifting seasons reminds me that my own time on this earth is part of a larger continuum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740000888-25C0ENQF6UNPYET01BN7/September%2BII%2C%2B72%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - September II, 72x48, $11,000 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In September I & II a vast landscape is opening up as vegetation begins to turn and the maples are in their glory. The light is blinding as it glints off of rocks and fields. The distant horizon shows movement and the promise of cooler days to come. This large painting with its timeless view of the shifting seasons reminds me that my own time on this earth is part of a larger continuum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1645466156419-Q98CQNJTM3EARMT8V502/Paris+Balcony+II.jpg Paintings - Paris Balcony II, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Paris Balcony I and II are variations of the same theme. The spirals of balcony railings, a riff on Matisse paintings from the south of France, overhang suggested gardens with gravel paths and flower beds. Trees in bloom and scattered leaves add more gentle color to the landscape. This is la vie en rose with its promise of finding true love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708375227497-7SAYHUJW2HMHDSEGEI24/Moonlight+62+x+49+mixed+media+on+canvas.jpg Paintings - Moonlight, 62x49, $9,500 62 x 49 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Moonlight captures all of the awe and mystery of a landscape lit by a moon as clouds pass in front of it and things are concealed and revealed in turn. I associate being outside at night with the hoots of owls calling and responding, with coyotes and foxes announcing themselves and bears quietly lumbering through our property. The sweeping compositional marks dissolve into quiet passages then reemerge to gather speed. Lightning bugs, shooting stars and a strong breeze are all present as we make our way along our moonlit path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1641329299463-EK7686C5FS5ATTPP6IH2/Lake+48+x+72.jpg Paintings - Lake, 48x72, $11,000 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Lake, sailboats race their way across the water. The wind tosses the clouds, the tops of trees and the flowers. Everything is in motion in the brisk air. Light glints off of the water and breaks through the trees and the sunlight in the sky promises clear sailing. Discovery, possibility and joy are themes of this work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556038395489-APVULCS042N5JFHMA64F/Flower%2BFields%2BII%2C%2B78x48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Flower Fields II, 78x48, $12,000 78 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Flower Fields draws our eye from warm fields with scattered tulips across a vast vista of mountains and upward into a busy sky with fast moving clouds. The staccato rhythm of marks at the bottom gives way to gentle shapes and colors through the center of the painting. The action picks up again in the sky with its crackling energetic strokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1661195780987-5KBK46Z67TWZIM96UV62/Big+Woods+I%2C+30+x+30+.jpg Paintings - Big Woods I, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Big woods I and II, which can act as a diptych, have orderly rows of marks at the bottom and top, a vocabulary of sorts. We understand the shapes to represent flowers and other plants and at the top, rays of the sun. In the center the marks overlap and crowd one another to form a dense mass of trees. The three bands of color flatten the picture surface while at the same time invite us to wonder what is behind those woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1661195780227-IA1OJ4KBCMJRBNXPCW8K/Big+Woods+II%2C+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - Big Woods II, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Big woods I and II, which can act as a diptych, have orderly rows of marks at the bottom and top, a vocabulary of sorts. We understand the shapes to represent flowers and other plants and at the top, rays of the sun. In the center the marks overlap and crowd one another to form a dense mass of trees. The three bands of color flatten the picture surface while at the same time invite us to wonder what is behind those woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1636035570142-S3EIGG9SKI7VKVI7BWIY/City+at+Night+60+x+48.jpg Paintings - City at Night, 60x48, $8,000 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas City at Night is a bit of a departure from my usual verdant landscapes. I love my life surrounded by nature but relish visits to a vibrant city. New York, Paris, Rome, Istanbul and London all inspire me with their museums, galleries, lit up shops but especially the waterways that course through all of these places. The bridges spanning the dark sheen of water provide the best viewpoints of these special places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230535553-GTPYG68GCDAVN6PO8UHN/Trees%2Bat%2BNight%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Trees at Night, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Trees at Night contains some of my fondest memories of warm summer evenings spent at rustic camps. The calls of owls and insects, sounds of water tumbling over rock and distant indistinct conversations fill the air. Fireflies and stars fill the night sky. The trees themselves have a moonlit look and spread their embracing arms about our camp. The painting has elements of the motion of creatures large and small in the busy sequences of marks but retains an air of security and calm by the use of a muted color palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230861128-HQ2N5Z2EWSP3DKZZO0J8/Long%2BView%2C%2B74%2Bx%2B73%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Long View, 74x73, $15,000 74 x 73 inches, Mixed Media On Canvas Long View is a large painting that gives us a vista of full, lush summer. There is lightness and tranquility in the lower fields but the sky is alive with what may be a suggestion of heat lightning or the last rays of the sun. We sense the careful neat fields of farms and perhaps the first lights on in a distant hamlet already in shadow from the mountains beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432269207-JHR3UFKMY4CWDH5O1BYE/Falling%2BLeaves%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B84%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Falling Leaves, 60x84, $15,000 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Falling Leaves is a large painting and can be either leaves wafting through the air or perhaps floating in water. There is a sense of calm with the cool greens and blues but the rhythm of shapes suggests a staccato beat. This is an enveloping work, one that invites contemplation on the ephemeral nature of all life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747073832195-N188NVXXBJJ58RUBM6CI/Magnolia+30+x+32.jpg Paintings - Magnolia, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Magnolia is a fever dream of heady fragrance and gaudy blooms. There is nothing subtle about this plant except for the translucent creamy color of the petals. Magnolias are pollinated by beetles as these prehistoric trees pre-date the arrival of butterflies and bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742229795905-XVXGI6F3EZSCW6M7LLXP/June%2BMorning%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - June Morning, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas June Morning is thick with paint suggesting morning mist rising from fields being warmed by the sun. The horizon draws your eye toward the sky with streaks of pink light that echo the blooms of the plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556037652302-ZOZOQPOIV0ATJIZSTMBP/Northern%2BLight%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2BOn%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings - Northern Light, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media On Canvas Northern Light is part of a large series of Bird Migration paintings. The motion throughout is suggestive of the lift and spin of flocks of birds. The colors of the work suggest that the birds are our winter visitors, the ones that perch our feeders and rustle amongst fallen leaves and bent grass. The air is astringent and invigorating and exhorts us to take a walk outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230683055-DAI8CK9LAGEFH4DJ6OZF/Leaves+In+The+Stream+36x36.JPG Paintings - Leaves in the Stream, 36x36, $4,500 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Leaves in the Stream presents a shallow creek in autumn with leaves that have settled to the bottom and others still floating on the surface. Shafts of light find the rocks lining the stream bed and the leaves feel lit from within. The warm colors offer little hint as to how cold the water would be at this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1571154944495-N1O0EE10F5NS8KOP9Q07/October+Maples+30+x+30.jpg Paintings - October Maples, 30x30, $3,500 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas October Maples envelopes us like a warm blanket. The trees are crisp with fall foliage and the land is taking on the quiet hues of winter. It is a cozy time of gathering around fire pits, turning on lamps in the evening and snuggling up for the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1580330033449-P7HFNIT3KBGXPDD4ER7Y/Windy+Day+60+x+48.JPG Paintings - Windy Day, 60x48, $8,000 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Windy Day forms a grid of 9 blocks giving a firm structure to this riot of color and marks. The thrilling colors of the changing leaves is giving way to the cool palette of winter and the wind is bringing brisk cool air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432800752-M1M6E10CDSZJ4LI2MT4Y/Heat%2BLightning%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvasJPG.JPG Paintings - Heat Lightning, 43x43, $6,500 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1589049479229-ASN5PLREJMBYMYYJIHP7/Daybreak+48+x+36+.jpg Paintings - Daybreak, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Daybreak shows great contrast in the use of both marks and color. The vivid sky with sharp rays of sunlight breaking across the horizon is echoed in the rocks that move across the painting. In between, fields and trees are in subtle variations of closely toned colors and gentle strokes of the brush and oil sticks. We sense fog or mist rising in the center of the painting obscuring and revealing as it wafts skyward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431728545-NC73FAIOPOF6X91RERHO/Iris%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B60%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Iris, 60x60, $9,000 60 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Iris is almost a botanical study in its careful attention to detail. The deep rich purples are in contrast to the warm yellow and soft greens of the background. Dark purple spears of buds rise amidst white iris just beginning to open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1553614438351-S20DCMMDS99EEEDOMX9V/An+Apartment+in+Paris++36+x+30.JPG Paintings - An Apartment in Paris, 36x30, $4,000 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Chic Paris apartments have beautiful chandeliers and wall sconces, balconies, iron elevators and floors of tile, inlaid wood and stone. The colors include the blue evening light of the city, the stone exteriors of the buildings and, of course, champagne. Is that a glass of bubbly we are peering into at the top of the painting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1732216688637-MJ9VBUGO2FLLC40SV290/Two+Black+Chairs%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings - Two Black Chairs, 36x30, $4,000 36 × 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Two Black Chairs shows my own table and chairs with a painting on a wall between two narrow windows. The dark pattern of the table and of the chairs stands in contrast to the soft light of the exterior and the luminous glow of an interior lit by bright daylight. The plants on the table also feature in the collage Amaryllis and Cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739218251210-KAKLRB8YGHZLJH8G9MEZ/Mothers+Daughters+Sisters%2C+84x60%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas%2C+2025.jpg Paintings - Mothers Daughters Sisters, 84x60, $15,000 84 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mothers Daughters Sisters is a family portrait. It shows a group of women in various gestures of reaching out both to one another and toward perhaps a task of some kind. A heavy or awkward thing that needs to be moved can be done using the old adage that many hands make light work. It shows connection, tenderness and resiliency, all traits of the women in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432889026-NLFA0FOPOTKH1A7FIXLP/Jimmy%2BPlants%2Bthe%2BGarden%2BI%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Jimmy Plants the Garden I, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Jimmy Plants the Garden I has carefully divided bands of color. The plants march across the canvas, vines wind upward and blooms of plants provide a vivid staccato against the cool greens. In the top distant mountains and sky look over the scene of abundance. My husband is a keen gardener and provides much of our food. He is a tall, serene man and the painting is a depiction of his personality as much as his beautiful garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1735586656804-08DNZUC1XP0O6H2Q8B1P/Studio%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings - Studio, 72x48, $11,000 72 × 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Studio is a very personal exploration of my own studio. Light raking across a large canvas leaves shadows. My own arms also cast shadows as I work across the composition and these are also recorded. It is open to interpretation and could be a self-portrait or an interior of a studio or even be read as an abstract painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431312030-YAS709Q2OLFN03MBALIF/LA%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - LA, 48x48, $7,000 48 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas LA was painted following a visit to Los Angeles. My friend and I went to a rooftop bar in Santa Monica to enjoy the sunset and a view of the coastline can be seen in the upper left as it bends toward Malibu. The air is suffused with golden light and deep shadows are cast by the royal palms. The ubiquitous cars line the street in the lower part of the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710790643700-JI2LIKKSOHAQNPTSCA8O/Leslie%27s+Garden%2C+40x48.jpg Paintings - Leslie's Garden, 40x48, $6,500 40 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Leslie’s Garden is a love song to my most talented gardening friend. I have passed many happy hours wandering the paths and enjoying the benches in this beautiful hillside eden. Statuary, a rippling brook, urns, a knot garden and a chippendale bridge enliven the journey through the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1532354522859-B3YS8HNLSSGGX9JL47YF/Poppies+with+Garden+Hose+48x36.JPG Paintings - Poppies with Garden Hose, 48x36, $6,000 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Poppies with Garden Hose is a bit of a tease with the garden hose resembling a snake given away only by its bright teal color. Opium Poppies, coleus, echinacea and California Poppies weave together to form a dense garden bed. It is a riotous mix of plants with a peep of distant lawn in the top right corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431349992-XMTPVB8UPLKCASWHOJ5S/Cows%2Bin%2Bthe%2BSnow%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B84%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings - Cows in the Snow, 60x84, $15,000 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cows in The Snow was inspired by both a winter spent in high mountains amidst a herd of cows and by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Hunters in the Snow painted in 1565. The chilly blues and greens of the sky and mountains contain hints of warm golden light from the sunrise that promises to warm the huddled animals at the bottom of the painting. The animals have turned to gaze at the viewer perhaps in expectation of some hay. One animal searches a depression for melted water as the pond in the distance is frozen. It is the practice in cold winter to drop bales of hay far away from where the herd has gathered to get them up and moving to get warm. https://www.karenblairartist.com/worksonpaper daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764615456167-8XAMR5ZU6WVR2VT4BBC7/Blue+Ridge+I+30+x+23+oil+on+paper.jpg Works on Paper - Blue Ridge I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 × 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Blue Ridge I and II suggest the cold, crisp air of a late fall day. The sky is active with moving clouds and the trees vibrate in the breeze. Grasses crunch beneath our feet and we feel nature performing a grand dance as birds lift off before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764615456585-900IJFW24COGBUSIP0GA/Blue+Ridge+II+30+x+23+oil+on+paper.jpg Works on Paper - Blue Ridge II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 × 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Blue Ridge I and II suggest the cold, crisp air of a late fall day. The sky is active with moving clouds and the trees vibrate in the breeze. Grasses crunch beneath our feet and we feel nature performing a grand dance as birds lift off before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764615313764-VAH2FIV3FXOB6SQFE9ZV/Tree+Song+I+30+x+23+oil+on+paper.jpg Works on Paper - Tree Song I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 × 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Tree Song I and II invite us to walk through a stand of trees. The grasses are dormant and we hear the rustling of small animals and birds searching for fallen seed heads. The distant blue mountains are still in sunlight while dusk lowers above our heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764615091223-QSUQ1ZL0C4RQOI4O2CO0/Twilight+Walk+I.jpg Works on Paper - Twilight Walk I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 × 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Twilight Walk I and II show the magical time when the first stars and maybe a planet reveal themselves in the evening sky. The wind has died and a stillness settles across the landscape as birds and small animals find cover for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1764615091997-20N7KZ2J8741WR1QPCY8/Twilight+Walk+II.jpg Works on Paper - Twilight Walk II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 × 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Twilight Walk I and II show the magical time when the first stars and maybe a planet reveal themselves in the evening sky. The wind has died and a stillness settles across the landscape as birds and small animals find cover for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1565878720152-TFY4OWV0KJITR02HCF6M/Morning+Walk+I%2C+16+x+11+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Paper%2C+including+mat.jpg Works on Paper - Morning Walk I, 16x11, $800. 16 x 11 inches, Mixed Media on Paper, Matted Morning Walk I and II are small paintings capturing the magical time of day when the sky is just beginning to lighten and things in the landscape remain indistinct. Dark shadowy areas give way to a luminous pink sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1717005292801-OVL2XN7YMJJVP9FNWW8P/Collage+One+Fish%2C+collage%2C+ink+and+acrylic+paint+on+Arches+oil+paper%2C+23+x+21+1%3A2+inches.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, One Fish, 23 x 21.50, $900. 23 x 21.50 inches, Collage, Ink and Acrylic Paint on Arches Oil Paper Three Fish and One Fish combine painting with collage. Arches Oil Paper was layered with ink wash, acrylic paint and oil crayon and then other painted papers were cut and applied. These explorations of seascapes include fish, the moon reflected on the water, flotsam and gulls in the sky. The eye is asked to combine the elements into a cohesive narrative but at the same time to enjoy the various elements as purely abstract moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1717005294364-WDXPWEVW9G90SZ75SPJ9/Collage%2C+Three+Fish%2C+Collage%2C+Ink%2C+Acrylic+Paint%2C+21+1%3A4+x+17+1%3A2+inches+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpeg Works on Paper - Collage, Three Fish, 21.25 x 17.50, $900. 21.25 x 17.50 inches, Collage, Ink, Acrylic Paint on Arches Oil Paper Three Fish and One Fish combine painting with collage. Arches Oil Paper was layered with ink wash, acrylic paint and oil crayon and then other painted papers were cut and applied. These explorations of seascapes include fish, the moon reflected on the water, flotsam and gulls in the sky. The eye is asked to combine the elements into a cohesive narrative but at the same time to enjoy the various elements as purely abstract moments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1565878725784-UVJHSJTXRIL6NBNCKQMM/Morning+Walk+II%2C+16+x+11+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Paper%2C+including+mat.jpg Works on Paper - Morning Walk II, 16x11, $800. 16 x 11 inches, Mixed Media on Paper, Matted Morning Walk I and II are small paintings capturing the magical time of day when the sky is just beginning to lighten and things in the landscape remain indistinct. Dark shadowy areas give way to a luminous pink sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722885092126-OMC6OZTLRQRBLJN70V72/Pelargonium+I%2C+18x11.75.jpg Works on Paper - Pelargonium I, 18x11.75, $800. 18 x 11.75 inches, Mixed Media on Bienfang Paper Pelargonium I and II illustrate branches of this fragrant geranium which emit distinct fragrances from the oil in the plants. They are used in teas, herbal remedies and to ward off mosquitos. These small paintings reference botanical drawings with their close observation of the leaves and stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722885092178-G1W42VXT2SX929MR9KSF/Pelargonium+II%2C+18x11.75.jpg Works on Paper - Pelargonium II, 18x11.75, $800. 18 x 11.75 inches, Mixed Media on Bienfang Paper Pelargonium I and II illustrate branches of this fragrant geranium which emit distinct fragrances from the oil in the plants. They are used in teas, herbal remedies and to ward off mosquitos. These small paintings reference botanical drawings with their close observation of the leaves and stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1603305221650-0IVZABDRRKQGK3KLS9AG/Fall+Afternoon+24+x+18+oil+and+oil+stick+on+bienfang+paper.jpg Works on Paper - Fall Afternoon, 24x18, $900. 24 x 18 inches, Oil and Oil Stick on Bienfang Paper Fall Afternoon is an abstract landscape showing the fields, plants, fences and mountains of rural Virginia. The sun is setting burnishing the sky gold and turning the mountains into a vibrant green gold. The repetition of circular shapes reminds of the the circle of life with the seasons following on after another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741878620323-MKFL0YQ69NPKD9GNP0JK/Collage%2C+Oranges%2C+10+x+7+1%3A2+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+and+Oil+Pencil+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Oranges, 10x7.50, $200. 10 x 7 1/2 inches, Mixed Media and Oil Pencil on Arches Oil Paper, in Acrylic Frame Collages Oranges, Lemons and Apples are cut from abstractly painted papers. They are on a reflective surface indicated by the colored shadows beneath each piece of fruit. Each piece glows with energy and tensions is created by the careful decisions to place each piece of fruit just near, touching or overlapping one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741878808896-VRRKEXJ47TTF1O4XN2TM/Collage%2C+Lemons%2C+10+x+7+1%3A2+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+and+Oil+Pencil+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Lemons, 10 x 7.50, $200. 10 x 7 1/2 inches, Mixed Media and Oil Pencil on Arches Oil Paper, in Acrylic Frame Collages Oranges, Lemons and Apples are cut from abstractly painted papers. They are on a reflective surface indicated by the colored shadows beneath each piece of fruit. Each piece glows with energy and tensions is created by the careful decisions to place each piece of fruit just near, touching or overlapping one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741878937804-T909V2BDM5IQPFH4VO53/Collage%2C+Apples%2C+10+x+7+1%3A2+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+and+Oil+Pencil+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Apples, 10x7.50, $200. 10 x 7 1/2 inches, Mixed Media and Oil Pencil on Arches Oil Paper, in Acrylic Frame Collages Oranges, Lemons and Apples are cut from abstractly painted papers. They are on a reflective surface indicated by the colored shadows beneath each piece of fruit. Each piece glows with energy and tensions is created by the careful decisions to place each piece of fruit just near, touching or overlapping one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741275390808-QD5BW81E1EQCU7S8VU1V/Collage%2C+Coneflowers+I%2C+in+frame+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Collage, Coneflowers I, 35x27.50, $2,300. 35 x 27.50 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collage, Coneflowers I and II celebrate one of my favorite flowers, Echinacea. These hardy colorful blooms last into fall and are quite animated with their long stems catching the breeze. The leaves and petals are cut from multihued pieced of painted paper to add depth to these happy flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741275390820-XY9JKK6JUJKPDYBMG0NE/Collage%2C+Coneflowers+II%2C+in+frame+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Collage, Coneflowers II, 35x27.5, $2,300. 35 x 27.5 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collage, Coneflowers I and II celebrate one of my favorite flowers, Echinacea. These hardy colorful blooms last into fall and are quite animated with their long stems catching the breeze. The leaves and petals are cut from multihued pieced of painted paper to add depth to these happy flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594739551271-XN1SHLOT7V85VKVATFJ6/End+of+Season%2C+30x23%2CCollage+on+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, End of Season, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage, End of Season is a landscape with distant hills behind a patch of late blooming colorful Cone Flowers. Pods of pants that have lost all blooms nod toward the Echinacea in greeting. Random colors of painted paper served as the cut shapes in this composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741276038642-U2BNXSMMDD8BPEFU3AT5/Collage%2C+Planting+Bulbs+I%2C+in+frame+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Collage, Planting Bulbs I, 35x27.50, $2,300. 35 × 27.50 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collages Planting Bulbs I & II is a joyous celebration of swaths of tulips. Tulip bulbs have to be planted in late fall and protected from animals looking for a tasty treat. Bone meal, chicken wire just below the ground and red pepper are some remedies for this. Despite some trouble, the rewards are great. The tulips are cut from previously painted paper allowing the random color of the paper to determine where cuts are made. An illusion of the receding field comes from the careful diminishing size of the flowers. Renaissance artists first perfected this technique of providing three dimensional perspective on a two dimensional surface. The collages of Matisse also provide inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741276038775-5AZ6BZFU8PCXBQU7G4CE/Collage%2C+Planting+Bulbs+II%2C+in+frame+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Collage, Planting Bulbs II, 35x27.50, $2,300. 35 × 27.50 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collages Planting Bulbs I & II is a joyous celebration of swaths of tulips. Tulip bulbs have to be planted in late fall and protected from animals looking for a tasty treat. Bone meal, chicken wire just below the ground and red pepper are some remedies for this. Despite some trouble, the rewards are great. The tulips are cut from previously painted paper allowing the random color of the paper to determine where cuts are made. An illusion of the receding field comes from the careful diminishing size of the flowers. Renaissance artists first perfected this technique of providing three dimensional perspective on a two dimensional surface. The collages of Matisse also provide inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594739518157-6KF07I13YRUBNHXYQLYD/Collage%2C%2BPotting%2BShed%2BI%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Potting Shed I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Potting Shed I shows a sunny window where a begonia is waiting to be divided and two recent divided sprigs of Christmas cactus are growing. The random colors of paint guided me as I cut the shapes for the clay pots and then darker shadows were added just under the rim of each pot. Randomness shows in the branches of cactus and well as the color of the begonia leaves. The spots on the begonias were added with paint once the collage was finished. Beloved Ranunculi are in a glass with the water line indicated by curves of cut paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1572374412956-2A6AEWKWK2ITE2T1Z7TY/Collage%2C+Mixed+Bouquet+I+30+x+23.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Mixed Bouquet I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Mixed Bouquet I and II are my renderings of a gift of flowers brought to the studio by a friend and fellow painter. Various colored papers along with painted card stock are cut to form the flowers and the water in the vase is indicated by subtle curves and an oval of delicate blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1572374412596-YCTSAKYU33BWVR4KU7SX/Collage%2C+Mixed+Bouquet+II+30+x+23.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Mixed Bouquet II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Mixed Bouquet I and II are my renderings of a gift of flowers brought to the studio by a friend and fellow painter. Various colored papers along with painted card stock are cut to form the flowers and the water in the vase is indicated by subtle curves and an oval of delicate blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555433765398-SWKAXY9WLAJI9E11JO4E/Collage%2C%2BKitchen%2BWindow%2BI%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Kitchen Window I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages, Kitchen Window I and II show plants in a window at night. Geraniums rest in vases on a glass shelf above pots of succulents and leggy begonias and vases of tropical leaves are on a table nearby. Leaves and petals are cut from hand painted paper and applied to Arches Oil Paper painted with swatches of black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594738934656-5LPJ8VZWKO55BR3JVPPY/Pachysandra+and+Sweet+William+I++collage.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Pachysandra and Sweet William I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Pachysandra and Sweet William I and II are a love poem to my father whose name was Bill. I always try to have Sweet William in my garden wherever I have lived. The greens are cut from two tones of a construction paper with good colorfast properties and the petals are heavy card stock I painted prior to cutting. The knobby stems and delicate leaves form a nice pattern on the page topped by the pink hats of the blooms. Pachysandra, which has fallen out of favor as it is suspected of being a carrier of boxwood blight, has fallen out of favor as a ground cover but it was a favorite for shade areas for a long time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594738973026-QH3WJRU3FVXZ0NRD8OQF/Pachysandra+and+Sweet+William+II+collage.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Pachysandra and Sweet William II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Pachysandra and Sweet William I and II are a love poem to my father whose name was Bill. I always try to have Sweet William in my garden wherever I have lived. The greens are cut from two tones of a construction paper with good colorfast properties and the petals are heavy card stock I painted prior to cutting. The knobby stems and delicate leaves form a nice pattern on the page topped by the pink hats of the blooms. Pachysandra, which has fallen out of favor as it is suspected of being a carrier of boxwood blight, has fallen out of favor as a ground cover but it was a favorite for shade areas for a long time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555433629381-3C9EQTLS89PFVUNNT319/Collage%2C%2BKitchen%2BWindow%2BII%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2BInches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Kitchen Window II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages, Kitchen Window I and II show plants in a window at night. Geraniums rest in vases on a glass shelf above pots of succulents and leggy begonias and vases of tropical leaves are on a table nearby. Leaves and petals are cut from hand painted paper and applied to Arches Oil Paper painted with swatches of black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1537887233555-HO6ZMER90MTXZ8RFDUX9/Green+Pasture+Collage+.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Green Pastures I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Green Pastures I and II lean heavily on the cutouts of Matisse. Organic forms cut from previously painted card stock dance and wave in a landscape suggested by the blue and yellow bits in the sky and hits of water spilling between the lush greens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594739352543-XVTJT3B3JAW3YSX7E8LE/Collage%2C+Green+Pasures+II.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Green Pastures II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Green Pastures I and II lean heavily on the cutouts of Matisse. Organic forms cut from previously painted card stock dance and wave in a landscape suggested by the blue and yellow bits in the sky and hits of water spilling between the lush greens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594739107487-MBJKPKL8ILYX1MEE0DF8/Collage%2C+Two+Trees.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Two Trees, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Two Trees was made from negative shapes - the scraps from cutting other shapes. It involved moving bits of paper around the page to form recognizable elements of the landscape. Random shapes become mountains, birds in the sky, rolling hills and the trees gently leaning away from one another in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1546627539252-JMYXFSX1UAS26YMV00KS/Collage%2C+Fruit%2C+30+x+23+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+OIl+Paper+.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Fruit, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on OIl Paper Collage Fruit and Vegetables are joyous celebrations of life in the kitchen. Pre-painted papers in random colors were carefully considered as I cut the shapes using the subtle changes in color to enliven each object. Everything is carefully lined up in rows referencing old charts with illustrations of types of fruits or vegetables. The knives and cuts and parings indicate that cooking work is going on echoing the cutting of the paper to make art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1546627539823-KHYD24CVCTZ9VS0IC882/Collage%2C+Vegetables%2C+30+x+23+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+OIl+Paper.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Vegetables, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on OIl Paper Collage Fruit and Vegetables are joyous celebrations of life in the kitchen. Pre-painted papers in random colors were carefully considered as I cut the shapes using the subtle changes in color to enliven each object. Everything is carefully lined up in rows referencing old charts with illustrations of types of fruits or vegetables. The knives and cuts and parings indicate that cooking work is going on echoing the cutting of the paper to make art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1600093889968-QJOEDJZT9DK2XXGGZ8QJ/Blackbirds+51+x+36+Collage+on+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Blackbirds, 51x36, $3,000. 51 x 36 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Blackbirds takes a classic motif in art of a pair of birds, exotic and with extravagantly long tails. One bird presents an offering to the other of a choice berry as they perch on a twisted branch studded with blossoms. Their sweeping tail feathers bend toward one another in another tender gesture of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594738887564-WQD69GG1DZF3QGO9PM3C/Pink+Dogwood+30+x+23+collage.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Pink Dogwood, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Pink Dogwood and White Dogwood have branches spilling down the length of the paper with the native dogwood trees shown in full bloom. The pink blooms tend to be smaller than the showy white but each have the dark mounded centers and four petals. Negative spaces become as important as the subject matter. The long branches are extremely difficult to place on the paper once the glue has been applied and I needed a second set of hands to hold one end up while I let the shapes gently settle on the paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1594738771788-PN8XE9QV02WI0C3678YR/White+Dogwood%2C+30+x+23+collage.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, White Dogwood, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Pink Dogwood and White Dogwood have branches spilling down the length of the paper with the native dogwood trees shown in full bloom. The pink blooms tend to be smaller than the showy white but each have the dark mounded centers and four petals. Negative spaces become as important as the subject matter. The long branches are extremely difficult to place on the paper once the glue has been applied and I needed a second set of hands to hold one end up while I let the shapes gently settle on the paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1743445164613-2OHV2T7VH9E3KXS74AH2/image-asset.jpeg Works on Paper - Field of Poppies, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Oil and Oil Stick on Oil Paper Field of Poppies is oil stick on Arches Oil Paper and retains the immediacy of being in the presence of these ephemeral garden visitors. The papery petals are well suited to being depicted on paper allowing the white to come through capturing the translucent nature of the petals. The leaves dance and wave, not sitting still long enough to be caught in any one position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555434384004-O13NVEGPSCI3T12BGUBF/Pink%2BDawn%2BI%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Pink Dawn I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Pink Dawn I celebrates a variety of climbing rose known for its masses of blooms. They are a favorite snack of horses if grown along a fence where the horses can reach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1548788877830-3OM77I7G6PHMLD2C3YL9/Two+Figures+in+The+Landscape++30+x+23+Oil+Paper.JPG Works on Paper - Two Figures in the Landscape, 27x22, $900. 27 x 22 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper, Matted Two Figures in the Landscape show two circular heads with the taller one leaning tenderly toward the other. They meld with the landscape and the red circles on the right could be buttons on a shirt or flowers on a field. The figures dissolve and reappear representing for me loved ones lost in death but present all around me in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1537887233931-VFE8JXH00OSJS16J3A4V/Harbor+Sunset+Collage.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Harbor Sunset, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage, Harbor Sunset is arranged from scraps and negative shapes left from other collages. As I pushed the shapes about the many blues gave me the idea that this should be a seascape with the suggestion of sailboats on the right and in the center bobbing in the waves. The sun is setting casting reflections of red and yellow on the water and on the sail of the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1698941065182-XTWAC5FSFX6M8HS90B0J/Collage%2C+The+Blue+Room+I%2C+30x23+inches%2C+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, The Blue Room I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Arches Oil Paper Collages, The Blue Room I and II were sparked by a visit to Charlottesville by the talented interior designer Mark Sikes, renowned for his love of the color blue. The ‘wallpaper’ in these rooms is tissue from a beautifully wrapped gift of Matouk Linens. The decorative pots are from card stock with the same pattern as well as some from and invitation to a debutante ball. The flowers in the large pots are cut from fabric scraps and the scenes outside the windows are from an advertisement. The barstool in Room I and the window frame in Room II are cut from a sheet of papyrus from The Metropolitan Museum gift shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1698941067398-9SG2NZM9O2LWBZ5XIV57/Collage%2C+The+Blue+Room+II%2C+30x23+inches%2C+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, The Blue Room II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Arches Oil Paper Collages, The Blue Room I and II were sparked by a visit to Charlottesville by the talented interior designer Mark Sikes, renowned for his love of the color blue. The ‘wallpaper’ in these rooms is tissue from a beautifully wrapped gift of Matouk Linens. The decorative pots are from card stock with the same pattern as well as some from and invitation to a debutante ball. The flowers in the large pots are cut from fabric scraps and the scenes outside the windows are from an advertisement. The barstool in Room I and the window frame in Room II are cut from a sheet of papyrus from The Metropolitan Museum gift shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740427163490-9OC4M8FZMB9CMKZD3H7K/Collage%2C+Amarylis+and+Cactus%2C+23x30.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Amarylis and Cactus, 23x30, $1,500. 23 × 30 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage, Amaryllis and Cactus shows two blooming indoor plants that also feature in a painting “Two Black Chairs”. These interior scenes reference a long line of interiors by artists such as Fairfield Porter, Nell Blaine and Matisse. Collages emphasize the negative shapes and force the distillation of complicated forms to simple elements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740425067168-LR9F1TXFYA5V0MIR5PQ8/Greens%2Band%2BPinks%2C%2B10%2Bx%2B7%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BPaper.jpeg Works on Paper - Greens and Pinks, 21x17, $800. 21 x 17 inches, Mixed Media on Paper, Matted and Framed Greens and Pinks suggests a landscape seen from above with trees above a watery landscape or it could be a still life of organic matter on a colorful cloth. The energy of the piece emanates from the center in a exuberant celebration of nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740426334918-MVI9G8881RA56610WZGM/Mised%2BMedia%2Bon%2BPaper%2B7%2Bx%2B10%2B%2BRed%2Band%2BGreen.jpeg Works on Paper - Red and Green, 17x21, $800. 17 x 21 inches, Mixed Media on Paper, Matted and Framed Red and Green is an abstract of shapes and colors nudging one another that may suggest fruit nestled in a bowl or a landscape lush with plantings. The painting doesn’t quite resolve itself leaving it open to interpretation from the viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740426137871-174PRNXQNSAGKEX9PZ5G/Fruit+on+The+Table+13+x+14+inches+%24800.+oil+on+Bienfang+Paper%2C+matted.jpg Works on Paper - Fruit on the Table, 13x14, $800. 13 × 14 inches, Oil on Bienfang Paper, Matted Fruit on the Table is a dynamic rendering of three pieces of fruit that seem to be in motion. Have they spilled from a bowl, been carelessly dropped or are they being rolled away from or toward someone? The composition suggests a much larger surface than the one we see here with cropped objects and adds more mystery to this work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1578509425905-ZHUIBOK2S09US3T8IFW6/The+Blue+Window+30+x+23.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, The Blue Window, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages The Blue window and The Gold Mirror are inspired by Matisse’s depiction of a model in an embroidered blouse. The tousled hair women are each show in a simple domestic scene of cutting fruit, perhaps a lemon to add to tea or an orange to share with a friend. The window and morrow invite us into a second realm adding depth to the composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1578509369692-42MS3YJLSKJ2W5JJQTSE/The+Gold+Mirror+30+x+23+collage.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, The Gold Mirror, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages The Blue window and The Gold Mirror are inspired by Matisse’s depiction of a model in an embroidered blouse. The tousled hair women are each show in a simple domestic scene of cutting fruit, perhaps a lemon to add to tea or an orange to share with a friend. The window and morrow invite us into a second realm adding depth to the composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1770217204662-K9U5INKJ8T7KOKJ2N7ED/Dreams+of+Spring%2C+30x23%2C+Oil+and+Oil+Stick+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpg Works on Paper - Dreams of Spring, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Oil and Oil Stick on Arches Oil Paper Dreams of Spring has an imagined garden blooming in warm soft light. Painted in winter with snow on the ground it is a reminder that spring is coming and the garden will be a riot of blooms by May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1547668059583-MHR3UE74NMAZD6EVIBS4/Orange+Hibiscus+I++collage+30+x+23.JPG Works on Paper - Collage, Orange Hibiscus I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages, Tropical I and II, Hibiscus, Indigo I and II, Orange Hibiscus and Pink Hibiscus show us beautiful women adorned with earrings and flowers peering from behind leaves. Their languid poses and direct gazes meet our own gaze with a regal and confident air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555433461303-08GIU1ZO8QN4I1UQHZAD/Collage%2C%2BPink%2BHibiscus%2BII%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Pink Hibiscus II, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages, Tropical I and II, Hibiscus, Indigo I and II, Orange Hibiscus and Pink Hibiscus show us beautiful women adorned with earrings and flowers peering from behind leaves. Their languid poses and direct gazes meet our own gaze with a regal and confident air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1763413954775-T1CQM5GSBWK1JEM2MZ2T/Collage%2C+Tropical+I%2C+30+x+23+inches.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Tropical I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collages, Tropical I and II, Hibiscus, Indigo I and II, Orange Hibiscus and Pink Hibiscus show us beautiful women adorned with earrings and flowers peering from behind leaves. Their languid poses and direct gazes meet our own gaze with a regal and confident air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1718722898355-2L7Z8RG8P96JCPDF9OY7/Collage%2C%2BIndigo%2BI%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Indigo I, 35x27.50, $2,300. 35 x 27.50 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collages, Tropical I and II, Hibiscus, Indigo I and II, Orange Hibiscus and Pink Hibiscus show us beautiful women adorned with earrings and flowers peering from behind leaves. Their languid poses and direct gazes meet our own gaze with a regal and confident air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1718722849503-1H3EZ4LDXREL3ZRIZ84D/Collage%2C+Indigo+II.jpg Works on Paper - Collage, Indigo II, 35x27.50, $2,300. 35 x 27.50 inches, Collage on Oil Paper, Framed Collages, Tropical I and II, Hibiscus, Indigo I and II, Orange Hibiscus and Pink Hibiscus show us beautiful women adorned with earrings and flowers peering from behind leaves. Their languid poses and direct gazes meet our own gaze with a regal and confident air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1628618370316-U07O2RKNIMNXYD5PCLMQ/Golden+Flowers+24+x+18+on+Bienfang+paper.jpg Works on Paper - Golden Flowers, 24x18, $900. 24 x 18 inches, Mixed Media on Bienfang Paper Golden Flowers is on one hand an abstract representation of luminescent flowers perhaps in moonlight. Look again and read them as people, three in the center with tender arms reaching to hold one another, a pair of lovers kissing on the right and a lone spectator on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740433301383-4EGGD3O5I9FC3H5G79EO/Collage%2C+Notre+Dame+Paris%2C+23x30%2C+Collage+on+Arches+Oil+Paper.jpeg Works on Paper - Collage, Notre Dame Paris, 23x30, $1,500. 23 × 30 inches, Collage on Arches Oil Paper Notre Dame Paris shows the front elevation of this iconic Cathedral. It was built between 1163 and 1250 and further embellished between 1250 and 1363. Following the 2019 fire, the church has been completely restored. Its position on an island in the middle of the River Seine has made it a magnet for artists including Childe Hassam, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper and Pablo Picasso. Using cut paper distills the easily identifiable facade to simple shapes. Painted paper enlivens the facade with light and movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1665503833602-LSHGXQCA6K83QJ8U2BKL/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+1.00.09+PM.png Works on Paper - Collage, Spike, 23x30, $1,500. 23 x 30 inches, Collage on Oil Paper Collage Spike was in reaction to some dire life events making me want to create a very fierce dog to ward off all evil. No matter how hard I tried this dog refused to be fierce but rather looks like an imposter trying to look tough by raising his hackles and attempting to frown. I named him Spike to inspire him to try harder not to look like the funny, gentle soul pictured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555433305382-877OM5XM4K3TOBYZOCBQ/Daffodils%2Bin%2Ba%2BBowl%2BI%2C%2B30%2Bx%2B23%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BOil%2BPaper.jpg Works on Paper - Daffodils in a Bowl I, 30x23, $1,500. 30 x 23 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Daffodils in a Bowl I and II follow the progression of making a picture from the suggestion of a chalk drawing at the top, actually oil stick on a painted black rectangle and moving to more opaquely painted sections including the bowls. It is night and the daffodils act as little suns emanating light from within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740427839715-JTXT71CNV3L9I07YEEUF/Cows+in+Winter%2C+23+x+30+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Oil+Paper.jpeg Works on Paper - Cows in Winter, 23x30, $1,500. 23 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Cows in Winter is the landscape of high North Carolina mountains where I spent a winter next to a cattle farm. The cows become one more dark element against the snow along with the fence posts, trees and rocks. A wan pink winter sky provides light but no warmth. The cattle were fed every couple of days with the bales being dropped at opposite ends of the field from the cattle to get them up and moving to create warmth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740429811737-DRU53TX6PA736BZIV2CA/Lunch+in+the+Park.JPG Works on Paper - Lunch in the Park, 23x30, $1,500. 23 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Lunch in the Park abstracts the sidewalks, trees and plantings of a city park, seen from above. One imagines meeting a friend away from the busy city streets to share a sandwich on a shady bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741880755310-SMG36M4NCYYI0RR8DSZH/Collage%2C+Memory+Postcard+I%2C+3.5x5.5+Framed+with+reflection.png Works on Paper - Collage, Memory Postcard I, 3.5x5.5, $125. 3.5 × 5.5 inches, Collage on Standard Issue Postcard, in Acrylic Standing Frame These small postcards contain messages suggestive of larger ideas. One reads, “…a once in a lifetime…” and another, “…like so many ‘historic’ years… These snippets invite the reader to supply a story of his or her own to create a narrative. The cards are tied with twine like a small gift. They can stand on a bookcase or table or lie flat on a book or tray to add interest to a collection of objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741880797630-KP91U6LIVFFQNBYWI5DR/Collage%2C+Memory+Postcard+II%2C+3.5x5.5%2C+Framed+with+reflection.png Works on Paper - Collage, Memory Postcard II, 3.5x5.5, $125. 3.5 × 5.5 inches, Collage on Standard Issue Postcard, in Acrylic Standing Frame These small postcards contain messages suggestive of larger ideas. One reads, “…a once in a lifetime…” and another, “…like so many ‘historic’ years… These snippets invite the reader to supply a story of his or her own to create a narrative. The cards are tied with twine like a small gift. They can stand on a bookcase or table or lie flat on a book or tray to add interest to a collection of objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1740429003075-8J22QULWDSOZ9JAVD44M/Three+Trees%2C+23+x+30+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Oil+Paper.JPG Works on Paper - Three Trees, 23x30, $1,500. 23 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Oil Paper Three Trees has exuberant staccato marks of oil paint. It is painted on Arches Oil Paper, a heavy stock infused with gesso as it is made freeing artists to paint directly onto it with oil. The trees were painted first and the subtle background of pink hills was carefully added around the tree shapes giving a light-infused feeling to the leaves and branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765315930671-B85AAKCWHLSDTF9CUNJ9/Monotype%2C+Trash+Cans%2C+15x11%2C+Framed+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Monotype, Trash Cans, 15x11, $400. 15 × 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotype Trash Cans shows shiny plastic wheeled trash cans beside a garage in an alley in Richmond’s Fan District. These cobbled-stoned alley ways were a visual feast for an artist with tiny garden plots, collections of cast off objects and various gates and doorways into backyards of townhouses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765314177878-P4O98YXVQZGISE86R374/Monotype%2C+Book%2C+Coffee+and+Chocolate%2C+15x11+%28Second+Pull%29%2C+in+Acrylic+Frame+with+shadow.jpg Works on Paper - Monotype, Book, Coffee and Chocolate, (Second Pull), 15x11, $400. 15 x 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotypes Footed Coffee Mug and Book, Coffee and Chocolate are small intimate glimpses into life in the studio with the press pot for coffee, the coffee vessels and sterling spoons. A chocolate wafer with its lines is repeated int he lines of the pages of the book behind the coffee cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765314968203-O92H3QXP5T2T13CIODWW/Monotype%2C+Footed+Coffee+Mug%2C+15x11%2C+in+Acrylic+Frame+with+shadow.jpg Works on Paper - Monotype, Footed Coffee Mug, 15x11, $400. 15 × 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotypes Footed Coffee Mug and Book, Coffee and Chocolate are small intimate glimpses into life in the studio with the press pot for coffee, the coffee vessels and sterling spoons. A chocolate wafer with its lines is repeated int he lines of the pages of the book behind the coffee cup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765314667959-1SRZWPX4IZXLP14LZULG/Monotype%2C+Rocking+Chair%2C+15x11%2C+in+Acrylic+Frame+with+shadow.jpg Works on Paper - Monotype, Rocking Chair, 15x11, $400. 15 × 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotype Rocking chair depicts the front room of my house that became my studio because of the abundant sunlight. The shutters are open allowing the chair and easel to be lit by the beam of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765314557677-EPGPRZWFMNYYBF4OQCZW/Monotype%2C+Studio+Window+%28Proof%29%2C+15x11%2C+in+Acrylic+Frame%2C+with+shadow.jpg Works on Paper - Monotype, Studio Window (Proof), 15x11, $400. 15 × 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotype, Studio Window is a nod to Vermeer’s Letter using my own first studio as the setting. We see again a single source of light picking up the edge of a pot on a filing cabinet, a sink and faucet and the edge of a table with unwrapped pastries in a box. Our eye is drawn by the light across the room from upper left to lower right while being held in place by the deep shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765315234040-5TVKTSZD105HTMHPDWXD/Montoype%2C+Studio+Window+%28Third+Pull%29%2C+15x11%2C+in+Wood+Frame+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Montoype, Studio Window (Third Pull), 15x11, $450. 15 × 11 inches, in Wood Frame Monotype, Studio Window is a nod to Vermeer’s Letter using my own first studio as the setting. We see again a single source of light picking up the edge of a pot on a filing cabinet, a sink and faucet and the edge of a table with unwrapped pastries in a box. Our eye is drawn by the light across the room from upper left to lower right while being held in place by the deep shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765316173236-XBZP1HGOL1PRA2OXTYIZ/Monotype%2C+After+Bellows+%28Boxing+Ring%29%2C+13x20%2C+Framed+with+shadow.png Works on Paper - Monotype, After Bellows (Boxing Ring), 13x20, $400. 13 × 20 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotype, After Bellows reduces this dynamic painting into black and white heightening the tension as two boxers compete in the ring. The ropes of the ring hold everything into place above the silhouetted heads of spectators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765314765172-9D3MUTS3BAPWS5DQZ5EZ/Monotype%2C+The+Letter%2C+15x11+%28First+Pull%29%2C+in+Acrylic+Frame+with+shadow.jpg Works on Paper - Monotype, The Letter, (First Pull), 15x11, $400. 15 × 11 inches, in Acrylic Frame Monotype, The Letter is a study of Vermeer’s use of passages of negative space, the wall behind the girl, punctuated by areas of profound activity with the girl’s hands, dress, the letter and the pole of the tapestry coming together in one tiny space. This excercise taught me a lot about allowing air into a painting. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736881889114-0VXSOY36L2ATG1EVA8YZ/Sunflower+Fields%2C+20x16%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Sunflower Fields, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed Sunflower Fields comes from my own experience of growing these remarkable stalks in my own garden. By late summer they tower above me and at times are filled with the dance of goldfinches who seek out the seeds in the massive heads. The linear progression of fields suggests distance but the whole scene is also flattened by the bands of color and absence of a visible horizon line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1737491948134-D4PLF5EP5DWTE28DL1D2/Green+Garden+16+x+20+inches.jpg Smalls <22" - Green Garden, 20x16, $1,400. 20 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Green Garden shows my own garden at dusk with “pink sky at night” promising “sailor’s delight” or fair weather. The olive and gold colors suggest that it is late summer as the first tints of autumn seep into the landscape. The sky is animated above the distant fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736882144703-1IXG2SAW0BI34MPPWHLR/The+Red+House%2C+20x16%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - The Red House, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed The Red House is an abstracted landscape with strong shadows and light with a house just visible behind some trees. It may remind us of being a child and coming home to a welcoming and familiar place. The deep periwinkle sky hints at a perfect, cloudless day full of promise. While the painting shows depth with the house pushed back in the distance, the flattened shapes of color remind us that this can also be read as a series of abstract shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736445501553-BRJ9BR1LE1Q7UBFKIBEZ/Golden+Sunset+I%2C+20x16%2C+on+canvas.jpg Smalls <22" - Golden Sunset I, 20x16, $1,400. 20 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas, Framed Golden Sunset I and II show the last rays of the sun burnished against a darkening sky. A few tall blades of grass catch the light while the mountains are mostly in shadow. It is evening when the temperature suddenly drops and a slight breeze ripples around us. If we look away we will miss this fleeting moment so we stand still and celebrate the end of another fine day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736445643863-AAGHQRVBUWC9SCUPWDZ6/Golden+Sunset+II%2C+20x16%2C+on+canvas.jpg Smalls <22" - Golden Sunset II, 20x16, $1,400. 20 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas, Framed Golden Sunset I and II show the last rays of the sun burnished against a darkening sky. A few tall blades of grass catch the light while the mountains are mostly in shadow. It is evening when the temperature suddenly drops and a slight breeze ripples around us. If we look away we will miss this fleeting moment so we stand still and celebrate the end of another fine day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736444607552-PYLT3YVZHPUFTRH233UV/Farm+Below+the+Mountain%2C+20x16+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Farm Below the Mountain, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Oil on Panel, Framed Farm Below the Mountain is an abstracted view of mountains, farm buildings and fields dotted with crops and hay bales. The vivid colors bring a sense of joy and celebration to the scene and reference the Nabis, French painters whose bold simplified style acted as a bridge from Impressionism to to Modernism. They included Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard who believed that art was a synthesis of symbols and metaphors created by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736445053682-SCAKOKLV4EJQEHKF8KQ7/October+Trees+I%2C+20x16%2C+on+panel.jpg Smalls <22" - October Trees I, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 14 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed October Trees I was painted on site at a friend’s farm. It celebrates the colors of autumn in an abstracted spare composition. The light infusing the painting records the time outside as migrating flocks of birds rose from the forest and the air gathered warmth throughout the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736445329200-9HTGUMYHNYGBKCWIEX0Q/October+Trees+II%2C+20x16%2C+on+panel.jpg Smalls <22" - October Trees II, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed October Trees II is a faithful rendering of a scene at a friend’s farm. It was painted entirely on site and captures both the shapes of the trees as well as the negative spaces between the branches. The painting was done on two consecutive mornings so as to record the sunlight coming through the trees at the same time of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1730227412389-5N3IUXIBHZ8075GBLZA7/Golden+Fields%2C+in+frame+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Golden Fields, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Golden Fields was painted mostly onsite and features a prominent pine tree which fell in a storm not long after. It captures the golden light that permeates everything as the leaves and grasses take on their fall color. This painting reminds me that nature, like life, is ever-changing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710186508633-M8V1PNKAFU6ZP7XMUA3S/Picking+Tulips+I%2C+16x12%2C+on+Panel%2C+Framed.jpg Smalls <22" - Picking Tulips I, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Picking Tulips I and II show a farm scene with typical low buildings in the distance. It is early spring with the trees just beginning to leaf out while tulips bloom in dark beds beneath them. The clouds swirl overhead meeting the mountains and obscuring the horizon. The colors of the tulips and buildings create a rhythm uniting the distinct bands of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710186701436-0T9ZYIO91YWQ6ROFGEV2/Picking+Tulips+II%2C+16x12%2C+on+Panel%2C+Framed.jpg Smalls <22" - Picking Tulips II, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Picking Tulips I an II shows a farm scene with typical low buildings in the distance. It is early spring with the trees just beginning to leaf out while tulips bloom in dark beds beneath them.The clouds swirl overhead meeting the mountains and obscuring the horizon. The colors of the tulips and buildings create a rhythm uniting the distinct bands of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1775071840948-S3K48PB5BA8S0QRVVP0E/Last+Blooms%2C+14x11+on+panel%2C+framed+%28with+shadow%29.png Smalls <22" - Last Blooms, 14x11, $900. 14 × 11 inches, Oil on Panel, Framed Last Blooms are the late flowers that hold their seed heads well into fall. They wave above green vegetation but the blooms are beginning to show the signs of cold winter nights as they darken and begin to scatter seeds in the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741282074402-J2GJKSIG3O1X2VGXSXIA/Out+Buildings%2C+20x16%2C+Framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Outbuildings, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed Outbuildings plays on the use of opposite colors on the color wheel, in this case, red and green. The simple structures lead our eye back with the receding sizes of the simple sheds suggesting distance. The vague shapes at the horizon could be foliage and another building. The shapes are simplified and remind us that this painting can also be read an abstract painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1765308647134-CWCJ5R24APYA6V29DBTA/New+Pathways+I%2C+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - New Pathways I, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed New Pathways I is the first finished painting of the year and it celebrate lifted spirits and optimism about what comes next. The joyous colors and flower-like forms anticipate the coming of spring and the return of longer days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1746466199763-UOIBE8KPDYVQS64L6H4V/August%2C+12x12.jpg Smalls <22" - August, 12x12, $700. 12 × 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel August is a rich color study of botanical elements. It is reminiscent of the background of Millefleur (a thousand flowers) Tapestries done in France during the late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance. Flowers could hold significant meaning in these woven artworks. The jaunty leaf forms appear as elements in many of my larger paintings but here they become the main subject matter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736881316272-VAG7AJBS2WHD8O5IDP0O/Navy+Leaping+Hare+I%2C+16x12%2C+Bordered%2C+Shadow.png Smalls <22" - Navy Leaping Hare I, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736881450864-OW6ILHSZYCJ0HZAJ4UTU/Navy+Leaping+Hare+II%2C+16x12%2C+Bordered%2C+Shadow.png Smalls <22" - Navy Leaping Hare II, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736880908264-4DCLTN1EIJF2HJM2LZUW/Small+Coneflowers%2C+16x12+on+panel.jpg Smalls <22" - Small Coneflowers, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Small Coneflowers has a background that suggest a garden plan with divided beds and meandering paths. The flowers burst from these careful divisions, spreading out to catch the light, happily coloring outside the lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1711478358029-Y7DCVBY388GXDEOFE1X2/Wild+Hare+I%2C+16x12+on+panel+framed+with+shadow+and+border.png Smalls <22" - Wild Hare I, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1711478674799-9U2KFOOPC2M1NXANJKWC/Wild+Hare+II%2C+16x12+on+panel+framed+with+shadow+and+border.png Smalls <22" - Wild Hare II, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710186186951-KU6KEQOIX1HHDSJUY13X/Small+Garden+with+Tulips%2C+16x12+on+panel.jpg Smalls <22" - Small Garden with Tulips, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Small Garden with Tulips has a background that suggests a garden plan with divided beds and meandering paths. The flowers burst from these careful divisions, spreading out to catch the light, happily coloring outside the lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739817613296-TDEXK3SHAY6OXXDJN003/Blues+Brothers+I%2C+14x11%2C+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Blues Brothers I, 14x11, $900. 14 × 11 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739817819191-V8CM8IDQDHBAOW6FXW65/Blues+Brothers+II%2C+14x11%2C+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Blues Brothers II, 14x11, $900. 14 × 11 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1735587060481-MSMH03HYGPKHX22SPB4E/Goldfish+on+Table%2C+20x16%2C+acrylic+on+panel%2C+framed%2C+with+shadow.jpg Smalls <22" - Goldfish on Table, 20x16, $1,400. 20 × 16 inches, Acrylic on Panel, Framed Goldfish and Beta Fish are riffs on Matisse and contain the jewel like colors from his paintings. I have goldfish in ponds outside my studio and had a Beta fish at one time. These fascinating fish have such vibrant color which changes constantly as they flash through the water. The subject of an interior with a view to an exterior space is one seen throughout art history as an exploration of light and shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739818441046-NZ8EZ3N75APTWJBJTQ32/Outfoxed+I%2C+14x11%2C+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Outfoxed I, 14x11, $900. 14 × 11 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739818466831-GWE2YQ0M4FMT52WQAHQG/Outfoxed+II%2C+14x11%2C+on+panel%2C+framed+with+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Outfoxed II, 14x11, $900. 14 × 11 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Hares and Foxes - Each panel of three images represents one animal in a sequence of poses suggesting motion. The idea comes from flip books, an early form of animation utilizing the ability of the eye to retain an image for a brief moment after it is seen. Both Hares and Foxes are frequent visitors to the field behind my studio and I get many opportunities to observe these elusive and elegant creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1704743889570-0L96JY7OX8D1BHXY9AID/Monday+Blues%2C+16+x+16+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Panel.jpg Smalls <22" - Monday Blues, 16x16, $1,200. 16 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Monday Blues is a copy of a Matisse painting which is a study in how to paint a nude in a perfect square shape. The white lines are incised into the paint with the tip of the brush handle. Matisse returned to the theme of the nude with crossed legs in paint and cutouts throughout the later years of his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1715713102403-U6XZQHRXTVFZRAHPYSX2/Cathedral+Walk+II%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Panel%2C+12x12+framed.jpg Smalls <22" - Cathedral Walk II, 12x12, $800. 12 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Cathedral Walk II has elements of the vertiginous climbs in churches that lead to high viewpoints and also to the tiny gardens that line the outer walls and buttresses. Is the large dark shape a shadow or the river? The scrolls suggest decorative ironwork found both inside and outside of cathedrals. All of these elements are carefully laid out in the neat grid-like way that defines city centers in France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736445821318-6SNBZX0ACVT1U0QY6QLC/Evensong%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas%2C+20x16%2C+with+frame+and+shadow.png Smalls <22" - Evensong, 20x16, $1,400. 20 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas, Framed Evensong refers to a service featuring hymns and prayers offered as night is falling. The lavender blue of the sky and mountains suggest stained glass windows and the warm glow of the last light of day references candles lit in prayer and commemoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1717004561474-V4IZJ2GQEEL03SL9Q6FE/Flooded+Creek%2C+16+x+16+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Panel%2C+%241%2C200+Framed.jpg Smalls <22" - Flooded Creek, 16x16, $1,200. 16 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed In Flooded Creek water hurtles across the lower portion of the painting echoed by the churning clouds above. Two trees stand close to the water threatened with flooding, their branches melding with the active sky. It is a common scene during spring when snowmelt combines with heavy rain to produce high water. The large boulders with their rhythm of weighty shapes anchor the swirling and active marks in the of the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710183057127-ZU2UBREYBQKXMXDZHZTC/Geraniums%2C%2B16%2Bx%2B12%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2Bon%2BPanel.jpg Smalls <22" - Geraniums, 16x12, $900. 16 x 12 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Geraniums is a study of light. The geraniums are lit by intense sunlight picking out some of the petals and leaves while other parts are left in shadow. The large copper pot is lit by both sunlight and the reflections of petals. This painting is a nod to both Dutch still life paintings and Rembrandt Peale’s painting of his brother Rubens with a geranium. The American painter Charles Willson Peale named many of his children after famous artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736446319026-N19MJAAEEVPNMAQU3WG9/Leaves+and+Vines+20+x+16+on+panel.jpg Smalls <22" - Leaves and Vines I, 20x16, $1,400. 20 x 16 inches, Mixed Media on Panel, Framed Leaves and Vines began with a series of wet paint lines being allowed to drip as I manipulated the panels to force the drips to curl in different directions. This was a way to mimic the tendrils of vines as they grow toward the light while at the same time being weighted down by the weight of the leaves. Some marks were edited out as leaves and suggestions of seed pods were added. 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A few summer flowers are still with us; marigolds and zinnias. Leaves have blown from trees revealing the landscape of fields and rocks along with distant mountains. It is a time of abundance, of harvest, of enjoying the dazzling light of autumn. Winter winds lurk in the sky whipping the clouds and blowing across the land. The days and nights are of equal length but the scales will begin to tip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740761721-SRR0I0E8GGGJ9CI71NGK/View%2BII%2C%2B72%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - View II, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas View II is a study in reflected light. The landscape shimmers in watery silver and gold stretching far into the distance. Staccato marks denote plant forms punctuating the cools washes of the fields. This is a grand vista inviting us to take our time as we move through the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1664909159585-FFA21ZFYTAMT687OQGD6/Summer+84x60.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Summer, 84x60, $15,000 (Copy) 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer is a large painting about being enveloped by the warmth of long sunshine-filled days. The dark rocks stand out against fields shimmering in the heat and a cool, dark pond beckons. The light is bright, even blinding, and trees and flowers stand still soaking up the rays of the sun. In the sky wisps of clouds float upward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1692637169800-FKM7ABDKYLWHE10Q1L5P/Reflections%2C+84x60%2C+2023.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Reflections, 84x60, $15,000 (Copy) 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Reflections can be both the scene in front of us or musings on life. Reflections of the sun dance through water with its ripples and currents. It could be early morning or late evening inviting us to contemplate where we have been and what is to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1694019344189-7P86V02KHV3ETKMM0YTG/Sunset+in+The+Mountains+72+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Sunset in the Mountains, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Sunset in the Mountains bursts with life. In the lower center right a fish may be diving deeper into water which ripples around it. The sun is reflected in the water and the deep purples of shadows let us know dusk is at hand. One can’t look away because in a moment, everything will change as the sun sets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1694019345362-62M7I514GAK5LG3CYPKO/Blue+Moon+36+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Blue Moon, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas The circular shapes become the moon and moon-lit flowers or reflections in water in Blue Moon. The aura of the moon leaks into the surrounding sky and shimmers on the edges of petals of the plants. The air is languid, moist and everything seems to be reaching toward the moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1583434680274-QN3OQYPLLT3TIOMUQOPY/Planting+Season+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Planting Season, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas There is the promise of abundance in both Planting Season and Orchard. The forms jostle for space and spill from the grid-like structure of the painting. This suggests an overhead view of divided fields with lines from a plow and verdant woodlands alongside. There are hints of seeds splitting open and the start of new life with tendrils of vines reaching for the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1583434681259-5E3CZZ4BVGVKA1TTTUFG/Orchard%2C+48+x+44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Orchard, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas There is the promise of abundance in both Planting Season and Orchard. The forms jostle for space and spill from the grid-like structure of the painting. This suggests an overhead view of divided fields with lines from a plow and verdant woodlands alongside. There are hints of seeds splitting open and the start of new life with tendrils of vines reaching for the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1563301356679-FAQN045T7E0L3B5V6W3D/Zinnias+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Zinnias, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Zinnias presents us with a colorful bed of these late blooming flowers as seen from above. The riotous blooms form a dense carpet of crowded blooms and the jittery marks echo the petals vibrating in the hot breeze. This very abstracted composition becomes a story of color and marks carefully balanced in larger shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362148102-XYJNR3YFZN3YV8OL9E3H/Mist+Rising%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Mist Rising, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas A trip to Yellowstone and closer to home, the mountains of North Carolina, inspire Mist Rising. The geological forces of geysers, waterfalls and roaring rivers leave an impression of awe. From dark canyons and river beds one can hike to dizzying heights with the sound of water ever present. The rock faces of mountains come in astonishing arrays of color and shapes and I am constantly reaching down to pick up a small rock to hold in my hand for a time as part of my memory of a place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362190890-5ZQ0RPOZ7W5NP1Z9A8VM/Rock+Slide%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Rock Slide, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Rock Slide shows a favorite memory of sliding down smooth rocks in a rushing stream. The Appalachian Mountains feature these places where a slide off of rock lands one in a chilly pool of deep water for a refreshing dip on hot summer days. A climb along the warm bank is preparation for another cold plunge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701362191719-KCXO691XH8R2QD7U76KZ/Canyon%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Canyon, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas A trip to Yellowstone and closer to home, the mountains of North Carolina, inspire Canyon. The geological forces of geysers, waterfalls and roaring rivers leave an impression of awe. From dark canyons and river beds one can hike to dizzying heights with the sound of water ever present. The rock faces of mountains come in astonishing arrays of color and shapes and I am constantly reaching down to pick up a small rock to hold in my hand for a time as part of my memory of a place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883498430-1QY6XC740G8ZO48Y0A44/Cowpasture+River%2C+48x40.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Cowpasture River, 48x40, $6,500. (Copy) (Copy) Cowpasture River, 48x40, $6,500. 48 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cowpasture River takes its name from a pristine river that flows through western Virginia. One of the cleanest rivers in America it runs through pristine forests and along a few remaining small farms. Floating along the river in an inner tube is the best way to experience this beautiful part of The Blue Ridge Mountains. Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Muskies and Redbreast Sunfish are all present in the river. The painting suggests the water swirling across rocks as we float along gazing at the bottom of the clear river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883646085-QSDQ8PHOS6NLE7OJTO10/Calfpasture+River+I%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Calfpasture River I, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Calf Pasture River I and II show a tributary of The Maury River in Virginia. This is a wonderful river for swimming, wading and tubing. Stretches of the river are rated I - III for whitewater kayaking. The slashing marks of these paintings show the churn and whirl of fast moving water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705599973561-SLNDXXLL6HC39MD3R704/Ocean+Spray+36+x+24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Ocean Spray, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Ocean Spray it is the impact of water against rock and wind against water that inform the marks on the canvas. The whip of a wave in heavy wind creates its own little band of weather made of mist and spray. Our eyes are drawn to these fleeting but compelling events. The drama of a wave being broken by the jagged edge of land is something we can watch over and over again. How high will the spray go above the top of the cliff, how much further will the surf push its way amongst the rocks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1751304861679-EE9H8BMG05Z9XQLYB8X0/Summer+Pond+I%2C+48+x+36+mixed+media.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Summer Pond I, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Pond I and II are depictions of my own small fish ponds holding fish I have had for several years along with aquatic plants and a resident frog or two. The light from the sky is reflected in the water and a shimmering effect is created by the ripples caused by small fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1751304873209-1Q4WIGVM15OW6U7AI9PC/Summer+Pond+II%2C+48+x+36+mixed+media+.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Summer Pond II, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Pond I and II are depictions of my own small fish ponds holding fish I have had for several years along with aquatic plants and a resident frog or two. The light from the sky is reflected in the water and a shimmering effect is created by the ripples caused by small fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1749489850995-U2ONDQVSQQ82HRQACLCE/Sail+Away+43+x+43.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Sail Away, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Sail Away depicts a day of brilliant sunshine with the horizon line meeting the water in a haze of light. Several small boats bob on the currents of both water and wind. We can hear the water slap against the hull of the boats and the cries of birds that circle, waiting for a free meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736880517474-POI757UEGLN81URRGB5H/Blue+Note%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Blue Note, 48x72, $11,000 (Copy) 48 × 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Blue Note celebrates my love of the color blue. It is the color of the sky and the ocean, of phlox and bluebirds. It reminds me of our beautiful, fragile but resilient planet. On a more personal note it has hints of figures frolicking in waves at the beach, one of my happiest memories of growing up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701361938579-H1YQRKOJYZ8WI4RB5GX2/Wave%2C+60x84.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Wave, 60x84, $15,000 (Copy) 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Wave is a perfect crescendo of motion as the marks rise and fall across this large canvas. We are swept from left to right buoyed by water and bathed in light. The forms roll back on one another and emerge energized. The cool blues moving from bottom left and up into the center top are held back by another strong counterforce of blue in the lower right. The gray and ochre areas provide quiet passages where the eye can rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1748365020460-JPV01Y0QLXUHSLH8F7BE/Distant+Clouds%2C+43x43.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Distant Clouds, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Distant Clouds race across the sky with bands of showers in the distance. Weather in the mountains can be localized with one valley having rain and another bright sun. Farmers and gardeners when gathering at a farm market or plant nursery always inquire of one another, “How much rain did you get in the last storm.” Everyone has a rain gauge and keeps careful track of this information and is happy to converse about the subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658254290873-QDMEO6HGSCR8E3F7HJRB/Tide+Pools+I%2C+72+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Tide Pools I, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tide Pools I and II are a joyous celebration of time spent along the coast of Maine. On warm days at low tide the pools of water left stranded amongst rocks leave a warm place for swimming. These paintings show the return of the tide with water slapping against the rocks, filling the cove with water. On fine days the sea is dark and the surf glistens with light as it meets the coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658254290875-HQU6G1UJAIT2KA75DIJS/Tide+Pools+II%2C+72+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Tide Pools II, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tide Pools I and II are a joyous celebration of time spent along the coast of Maine. On warm days at low tide the pools of water left stranded amongst rocks leave a warm place for swimming. These paintings show the return of the tide with water slapping against the rocks, filling the cove with water. On fine days the sea is dark and the surf glistens with light as it meets the coastline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705599969773-HM1U4G7QVLWCTFIE79F4/Surf+36+x+24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Surf, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Surf it is the impact of water against rock and wind against water that inform the marks on the canvas. The whip of a wave in heavy wind creates its own little band of weather made of mist and spray. Our eyes are drawn to these fleeting but compelling events. The drama of a wave being broken by the jagged edge of land is something we can watch over and over again. How high will the spray go above the top of the cliff, how much further will the surf push its way amongst the rocks? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1632843610200-T62I6VZECQBIDIMWJL3C/Gull+I%2C+48x44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Gull I, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Gull I and Gull II came as a result of an autumn trip to The Outer Banks. Fall is hurricane season and while we enjoyed fair weather an approaching storm brought dark, angry seas with strong currents and crashing waves. The water was mystical with its colors of black, teal and green and the gulls were stymied in their search for fish hidden in murky waves. The air was charged and the entire scene was one of drama and excitement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1632843644010-YGTG0E6OZFDQGQL7UTQS/Gull+II%2C+48x44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Gull II, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Gull I and Gull II came as a result of an autumn trip to The Outer Banks. Fall is hurricane season and while we enjoyed fair weather an approaching storm brought dark, angry seas with strong currents and crashing waves. The water was mystical with its colors of black, teal and green and the gulls were stymied in their search for fish hidden in murky waves. The air was charged and the entire scene was one of drama and excitement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1753725454113-G1JO0FBL8YJ9ZTQASMVD/Harbor+in+Fog+43+x+43.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Harbor in Fog, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 × 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Harbor in Fog shows a cove with various fishing boats. This is a familiar scene in Maine when the fog begins to lift revealing numerous boats where only a moment before everything was hidden in the mist. The abstract shapes of black and white push against one another reinforcing the tension of boats displacing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658254558326-XEA98FXLCA9NE74UIZC4/Cliff+Walk+48+x+44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Cliff Walk, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cliff Walk has both a vertiginous view down toward the water beneath jagged points of a cliff and a view out toward the horizon. The sky is active and meets the sea in a miasma of mist and water. The sun peeping out hints at clear skies to come. This painting is perhaps about facing our fears and knowing that good things are ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658257800777-PRHDKD5Y04GEMNTJ8OEE/Tide+Coming+In%2C+Maine+48+x+44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Tide Coming In, Maine, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tide Coming In depicts the dramatic swell of water forced against a cliff and spilling onto a sandy and rocky beach. The water swirls and churns beneath a sky that threatens rain. In my own life periods of relative calm can be interrupted by just such disruptive tides but troubles will recede just like the tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1658257814376-PW0F1XOKJQZEW0HRU2YI/Storm+Coming%2C+Maine+36+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Storm Coming, Maine, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Storm Coming is a favorite painting of the Maine coastline. The distant horizontal marks of the sea meet the verticals of rain lashing against the water and distant islands. Nearer to shore the sea is dark as it fills the tidal pools and butts against the rocks falling back on itself to gather strength for the next strike. This is nature in full power and beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1727204362077-D8FCNER0EX5D3HO3UC4D/Morning+Light+48+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Morning Light, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Morning Light reminds us to greet each day as an adventure. We begin anew with fresh energy, lots of ideas and a clean slate. Savored over a cup of coffee, sunrise is one of my favorite times of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726163409008-PHKVZO542R8M1B6KFGK0/After+the+Rain%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - After the Rain, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas After the Rain is a depiction of the dense blues and greens that follow a week of August rain. The summer drought colors of gold and brown are vanquished and summer reasserts itself. We can imagine the last drops of water still hanging on the tips of vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1704394452130-YQ9CMK4V1O6CK3KQX63C/Passage%2C+48+x+36%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Passage, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Passage can represent a literal path through the landscape or an interior journey making a transition from one part of life to another. There are diagonal lines throughout the painting that suggest movement and even upheaval but the cool blues and greens give respite and hope to our journey. Shapes suggest shade with serene places to rest after our efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747678591061-JZ3TM5R2LUKZRHF6HR1Y/Hillside+Garden%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Hillside Garden, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 × 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Hillside Garden is a gestural painting with our eye being led up a hill covered in wildflowers. It is summer and we can glimpse rabbits and if we are lucky, the elusive fox who will stare at us for a moment before disappearing. Ample rain has turned everything green and the mountains carry mist blurring the line between and land and sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747678591179-2IBZMZEBCC4WU4OU50ZD/Pond+Garden%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Pond Garden, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 × 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Pond Garden has trees and flowers waving in a breeze as we walk toward a small pond shimmering with light. We can hear the one note gong of a frog and see fish flitting to the surface to feed. The sky is hazy and the horizon is indistinct in the glare of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741276826969-6X592FM1D155ZDXV84GK/Rolling+Hills%2C+36x24%2C+Oil+on+Canvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Rolling Hills, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 × 24 inches, Oil on Canvas Rolling Hills allows the viewer to look down at the wildflowers underfoot and also to scan upwards to where hills meet the distant horizon. Large areas of color are punctuated by slashes suggesting foliage or bands of fields. The scene is alive with motion as stalks wave in the breeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726756070448-4IE8W5XL8JRE0JP4O27D/Cocktail+Hour+72+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Cocktail Hour, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cocktail Hour is a large painting of the drama in a garden as the sun begins drop in the late afternoon. It is the hour when we pause our labors of the day to sit and watch the shift of light moving across the lawn like a spotlight highlighting this plant and that as each takes a star turn in the landscape. We are reminded to savor these moments and the friends with whom we share a convivial beverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1749489701007-G18SCTPROH2EA074IWVM/Peach+Orchard+in+Bloom%2C+60x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Woodland Walk, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 × 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Woodland Walk invites us to find shade on a hot day of summer. Wildflowers spread across the path and brush against our legs as we pass into the cool darkness beneath large trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1726163408497-4KTHYO9KRCE6TSKIGRQW/September+Garden%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - September Garden, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas September Garden has light shining through the trees as the sun begins to dip lower in the sky. The dark areas of shadow form a pattern that shifts and vibrates against the lighter greens. Late blooming flowers are lit as if from within. The lush greens of summer are still with us but we know to savor this moment before fall comes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1588105442642-3SDYIBIGNWWOTZROQWUO/Love+Songs+from+The+Balcony+44+x+46.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Love Songs from the Balcony, 44x46, $7,000 (Copy) 44 x 46 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas During the Pandemic I was captivated by the beauty of a singer in Italy who came to his balcony each evening to serenade the neighbors who gathered on their balconies to hear the nightly song. In Love Songs from the Balcony, spiral shapes suggest musical notes on a page along with the travel of sound winding its way through the narrow street. They can also be the iron railings of the balconies where families gathered to share this gift of connection in a time of isolation. It can be any of us who are looking to build and solidify friendships through our gifts of talent, time and most of all, love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1753194297095-A5LUR4L1M55253AJV6ZW/Driving+into+Town+48x44.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Driving into Town, 48x44, $7,000 (Copy) 48 × 44 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Driving into Town is my love affair with beautiful villages. We have all experienced these towns that welcome us with pleasing streetscapes and tiny parks, local restaurants and shops and churches of all denominations. Shapes suggest buildings, playing fields, walkways and paths and a sense of connectedness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1733166307786-MY887X13RUWM78LK7C42/Afternoon+Ramble+60+x+46.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Afternoon Ramble, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 × 48 inches, Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas Afternoon Ramble takes us along a wooded path to a ford across a large creek. The circle shapes can be read as trees, rocks and flowers, shorthand for the things that we encounter on the walk. The painting features areas of shade and sunlight and we feel enclosed and protected by this landscape. Alternately, the shapes can be read as musical notes giving us the sounds of birds, rustling leaves and rushing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1759415040445-ET9V4O0YZLMH6KTSPHAN/Last+Light+in+The+Garden+48+x+36+.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Last Light in the Garden, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Last Light in The Garden depicts fall evenings when the air is warm but darkness comes earlier and earlier. The flowers take on a phosphorescent gleam as they retain the last of the evening light. It is a poignant time of year as we bid summer goodby and prepare for the coming delights of autumn. Perhaps loved ones we have lost have the same effect of glowing in the darkness to remind us that their light is still shining in our hearts and minds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1692038083087-NDI56U9V3OR8JONY571C/Blue+Sky+30x30%2C+2023.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Blue Sky, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Some days have such beautiful skies, lush fields and colorful blossoms that I call them “good to be alive” days. Blue Sky shows late summer as fields are beginning to turn gold and the Zinnias and Sunflowers and other late showy blooms are in their glory. There is the promise of a good harvest, fair weather and abundance. The flowers seem animated as they reach out to greet one another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1717004744032-QOIA8XQ6K7N5N6Q0D29K/Canyon+Sunrise+60+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Canyon Sunrise, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Canyon Sunrise we see cool, dark shadows on the left, echoed by the deep blue of the sky. The rock face presents a formidable wall before us but we can begin to pick out paths upward from the grassy plateau at the bottom of the painting. Another patch of green near the horizon promises a resting place after our exertions. We sense that the dark shadows will shift throwing different areas into shadow as the day progresses. Like life, our climb will feature gentle walks broken by patches of extreme challenge and exertion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1728328556615-J6OELIZJ1SLUY39DLHTA/February+I%2C+44x40.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - February I, 44x40, $6,000 (Copy) 44 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas February I and II are love poems. The icy hues of winter are being broken open by signs of growth and the heart shapes suggest both leaves and symbols of love we associate with Valentine’s Day. The spirals of green can be ferns or tendrils or even gates thrown open to both our hearts and our gardens. Red pulses through the paintings adding the staccato of a heartbeat and the pink of a cupid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1728328591804-DUOA57A3OE6IOS7OXJBB/February+II%2C+44x40.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - February II, 44x40, $6,000 (Copy) 44 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas February I and II are love poems. The icy hues of winter are being broken open by signs of growth and the heart shapes suggest both leaves and symbols of love we associate with Valentine’s Day. The spirals of green can be ferns or tendrils or even gates thrown open to both our hearts and our gardens. Red pulses through the paintings adding the staccato of a heartbeat and the pink of a cupid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1683041955424-0RETPT9B3AEKXZLAUIK4/May%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - May, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas May is a celebratory painting. The flowers strain upward, crowding and shoving as they compete to reach the sunlight. The sky is bright and fields sparkle with reflected light. May is the month of Mother’s Day and Memorial Day Weekend, times of celebration and remembrance, long days and the anticipation of summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708973963125-V3K3FXZCNSM5GFZ6MTGT/Path+to+the+Garden+I%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Path to the Garden I, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Path to The Garden I and II can let us imagine standing on a path looking down at our feet. Our eyes can then scan upward in the center of the paintings to take in the flowers, large and abundant, shimmering and waving in the breeze. We can imagine bees humming and sense the swoop of birds. Continuing upward, we can make out the distant hills, barely visible above the lush vegetation and the sky with its rays of light peeking from behind clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708973963371-NWDD14KNO68UDG35TJI3/Path+to+the+Garden+II%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Path to the Garden II, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Path to The Garden I and II can let us imagine standing on a path looking down at our feet. Our eyes can then scan upward in the center of the paintings to take in the flowers, large and abundant, shimmering and waving in the breeze. We can imagine bees humming and sense the swoop of birds. Continuing upward, we can make out the distant hills, barely visible above the lush vegetation and the sky with its rays of light peeking from behind clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1669057184283-H9SEGW3U474UDOV4O7WL/Evening+Walk+I+36+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Evening Walk I, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Evening Walk I shows two figures out for a companionable stroll in the landscape. They blend in with the trees and other plants while the moon rises overhead. It is a peaceful, happy scene full of light and promise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1684783240538-1CRUBILNKGHWBWKVMC18/Evening+Flowers%2C+30x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Evening Flowers, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Evening Flowers depicts the luminescent glow that blossoms take on in early evening. They seem to retain the warmth and light of the sun and bob in the twilight like the nearby fireflies. If we are lucky, our own memories light us from within like a strand of lights or rosary beads where we can count none but the happy hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1758561900967-99CB5UB8S0QSVHW51GHK/My+Mother%27s+Garden%2C+48x36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - My Mother's Garden, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas My own mother had several gardens throughout her life. When she died, the row of blouses hanging in her closet, perfectly ironed, in bright florals and plaids reminded me of her gardens. The tidy rows, the exuberant blooms, the views toward the horizon and sky all remind me of the gentle way she celebrated being out in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736437980504-QAY67ZRP7V0DJDDI0LD3/My+Own+Garden+48+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - My Own Garden, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas My joy in having a garden is palpable. I have a couple of fish ponds, one in an old bath tub, at least two resident frogs and a host of birds who visit to drink water. The winding paths suggest a journey through the landscape and the exuberant colors reflect my own happiness with life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1672343591469-5MDLEORR36PHT2GFFWE1/Walking+with+John+50+x+50+inches.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Walking with John, 50x50, $7,500 (Copy) 50 x 50 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Walking with John is a record of time spent with my son. The landscape contains hints of his gregarious nature but also his serious side. It tells of experiences with a loved one in different seasons and in various places. Pathways, like life, meander gently in places and in other places take a sharp turn. John loves to travel and the painting shows great expanses of terrain that have been traversed and suggests that his journey is not over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1736437980474-Q1F75RC16AE00NK0AIP3/Shadow+of+The+Mountain+48+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Shadow of the Mountain, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 × 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Shadow of The Mountain uses triangles, rectangles and circles to depict a dramatic sunrise or perhaps sunset with deep shadows cast by the mountains. The farm buildings in the distance catch the light and the fields have orchards, varied crops and flowers. The vivid colors bring a sense of joy and celebration to the scene and reference the Nabi, French painters whose bold simplified style acted as a bridge from Impressionism to to Modernism. They included Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard who believed that art was a synthesis of symbols and metaphors created by the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1586876963287-40T0Y9LDTIUXF303T8KU/Walk+Through+The+Medina+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Walk Through the Medina, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Walk Through the Medina comes from a trip to Morocco and the sum of sensations in the crowded markets of every town. There is the green of the ever-present mosque, the deep blues of the pottery and tiles, the red of extravagant carpets and shawls and the golds of the spices arrayed in sacks. The deep colors vibrate against one another recreating the jostle and cries of vendors and patrons, donkeys and motorbikes. The white-washed walls hold everything in place protecting everyone from the hot sun and potential invaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1651602211002-Z7WRMUK9D126OVOWW5F1/Spring+Equinox+84+x+60.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Spring Equinox, 84x60, $15,000 (Copy) 84 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Spring Equinox shows us spring in full bloom with turbulent clouds, freshly plowed fields and trees leafing out. The varied greens of new leaves in shades of olive, celery and mint contact to the deep more even greens of midsummer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710180845964-BDX9EF3JLK8NPSNU3X42/March+Sunrise%2C+40x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - March Sunrise, 40x48, $6,500 (Copy) 40 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas March comes in like a lion with wind sweeping across barren fields and clouds promising rain scuttle across the sky creating patches of sunlight and shadow. Trees are beginning to green up but cold nights are still with us. There is a hint of things to come in the warm rust and pink passages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1597946823912-5K4PCTL1Q3EY1X62F82I/Mid+Morning++44+x+46.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Mid Morning, 44x46, $7,000 (Copy) 44 x 46 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mid morning is a time of activity for most of us. The abstract shapes jostle against one another suggesting movement and high energy. We can read marks as water, mountains, gardens, sailboats, stairs and a variety of other possibilities. The larger calm areas of blue and cream perhaps suggest calm sailing in the afternoon after an intense morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1645466156419-Q98CQNJTM3EARMT8V502/Paris+Balcony+II.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Paris Balcony II, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Paris Balcony I and II are variations of the same theme. The spirals of balcony railings, a riff on Matisse paintings from the south of France, overhang suggested gardens with gravel paths and flower beds. Trees in bloom and scattered leaves add more gentle color to the landscape. This is la vie en rose with its promise of finding true love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1711479730331-74FLISZDHZ3N10XHUWHV/Through+the+Orchard+I%2C+48x36.jpeg Paintings (Test Copy) - Through the Orchard I, 48x40, $6,500 (Copy) 48 x 40 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Through the Orchard: I live in a part of Virginia with hillsides of apple and peach orchards. When the peach orchards explode with every shade of pink in the spring many artists in the area can be found painting or photographing the hillsides. The large spiral shapes can be paths or the tops of ladders pressed against the trunks of trees later in the season. The hillside is always busy with farm equipment, trailers of bees brought in to help pollinate the trees and workers pruning trees and harvesting fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1544112959237-UAP7UVL35TSJZ836B8NI/Measure+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Measure, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Measure is on first glance a very abstract painting but I invite you to “take measure” and look more closely. One could be looking down into water with a school of fish, rocks and seaweed but could it also be skeletons of leaves and outlines of rocks revealed in snow? Or, are we looking at the jetsam of shells, and a mermaid’s purse revealed at low tide? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556739473861-ZFODXR0MWHFU2TTWFEY5/Peach%2BRhapsody%2BII%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Peach Rhapsody II, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Peach Rhapsody is a buoyant, exuberant painting. The pink blossoms of the fruit trees fill the sky while the fruit is growing and ripening on the lower branches. The air is languid and one can almost hear the hum of bees. I live near acres of peach orchards and make a yearly pilgrimage out to admire the blooms which herald the arrival of spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708374465571-KHFE47XCP44KAMCAQ19L/Early+June+Garden+48x72.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Early June Garden, 48x72, $12,000 (Copy) 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Early June Garden has a frieze-like composition with the poppy blooms lined up across the large canvas. A spiral iron fence provides structure and seems to be holding the poppies in their place in the garden but look again and in the lower right one bloom has burst through the fence to invite us to touch, smell and perhaps pick. In the upper band new unopened blooms let us know that the season for these flowers is long. The soft color palette further serves to flatten and abstract the circular and spiral forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740617608-UHL25O7R8JDNTBC3A0SE/Perennial%2BGarden%2BII%2C%2B78x48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Perennial Garden II, 78x48, $12,000 (Copy) 78 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas As I have gardened over many years I increasingly appreciate perennials. All winter these plants hide away from us, gathering strength before pushing upward as the earth warms. Perennial Garden II shows these plants in full bloom - some stretch to 6 feet tall or more. We see a distant storm on the horizon promising rain to come and scattered throughout are the rocks that are the only markers of the location of these plants when winter returns. I too gather strength during the winter months where I have interrupted time to paint, read and peruse seed catalogues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1744650736049-LIR91KKI3TE05WHTHOYH/Garden+Plan%2C+43+x+43+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Garden Plan, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Garden Plan references my love of drawings of gardens with carefully laid out paths, color coded indications of plant selections and existing trees. In this plan, neatly divided beds give way to more natural chaotic areas of the landscape. Plans can also refer to my ideas during cold winter days as I peruse seed and plant catalogues and make big plans for next year. My ideas always meet hard reality when the preparation of planting beds begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555430370114-OPHA7UE2WGATQ1TWK7YE/Behind+the+Chateau.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Behind the Chateau, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Behind the Chateau: France abounds with beautifully restored Chateaux from Paris to the Dordogne. The hues of rock and plaster walls vary but there is always a garden carefully laid out with great precision. Vegetation is kept in careful check through pruning, raking and lining the paths with stones or low hedges. Trees overhang benches inviting us to sit with our friends for a moment before we move through the grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1551727895204-H3A92IU12ZKJSDFIYWYA/Paris+Walk++36+x+30.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Paris Walk, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Paris Walk: Paris is a city of parks, small and large and trees line streets and parts of the river. Courtyards are private gardens where cars share space with ancient trees and pots of flowers. All of this is referenced in this painting that imagines us strolling in the gray-blue twilight in search of a tiny restaurant offering oysters and crisp white wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1722883140421-H60FGUHJPIWEHMX4OUI0/September+I%2C+72+x+48+inches%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - September I, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In September I & II a vast landscape is opening up as vegetation begins to turn and the maples are in their glory. The light is blinding as it glints off of rocks and fields. The distant horizon shows movement and the promise of cooler days to come. This large painting with its timeless view of the shifting seasons reminds me that my own time on this earth is part of a larger continuum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740000888-25C0ENQF6UNPYET01BN7/September%2BII%2C%2B72%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - September II, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In September I & II a vast landscape is opening up as vegetation begins to turn and the maples are in their glory. The light is blinding as it glints off of rocks and fields. The distant horizon shows movement and the promise of cooler days to come. This large painting with its timeless view of the shifting seasons reminds me that my own time on this earth is part of a larger continuum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1601306707410-JPE3W8EUK2Y8SA0HIM0E/September+Afternoon+44+x+48+.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - September Afternoon, 44x48, $7,000 (Copy) 44 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas September Afternoon retains the pulsing heat of midsummer but the grasses are beginning to dry and the colors of fall are upon us. The sky has the dazzle of light with some of the deep blue of Autumn days. I this a time to soak in the last rays of summer and prepare for the harvest season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740170404-1BN7GBJ6MORR9HNBB962/Botany%2BLesson%2BI%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Botany Lesson I, 48x43, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Botany Lesson I and II are packed with references to both science and gardening. A double helix harks back to the studies of Carl Linnaeus and his system for the naming of plants and Gregor Mendel’s principles of inherited traits gained from studying pea plants. There is a suggestion of a blackboard with the oil stick marks taking on the characteristics of chalk. Plants crowd the bottom of the painting like so many pupils sitting in a lecture hall. The divisions of black and white areas provide structure and stability to these complex works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740089345-2W2GIIX1ORN2NYFH9LHK/Botany%2BLesson%2BII%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Botany Lesson II, 48x43, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Botany Lesson I and II are packed with references to both science and gardening. A double helix harks back to the studies of Carl Linnaeus and his system for the naming of plants and Gregor Mendel’s principles of inherited traits gained from studying pea plants. There is a suggestion of a blackboard with the oil stick marks taking on the characteristics of chalk. Plants crowd the bottom of the painting like so many pupils sitting in a lecture hall. The divisions of black and white areas provide structure and stability to these complex works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556739390938-KDKU856EKCWY3KJN1RHJ/Asiatic%2BLilies%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Asiatic Lilies, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Asiatic Lilies is an attempt to capture these stately, spear-like blooms that rise up to six feet tall in my garden. They have a beautiful fragrance and long stamens and demand attention once they bloom. Here we see them swaying in the breeze, reaching toward the sun and brushing one another with tender, soft fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1747073832195-N188NVXXBJJ58RUBM6CI/Magnolia+30+x+32.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Magnolia, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Magnolia is a fever dream of heady fragrance and gaudy blooms. There is nothing subtle about this plant except for the translucent creamy color of the petals. Magnolias are pollinated by beetles as these prehistoric trees pre-date the arrival of butterflies and bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1684170917280-ANIJGZSV9FCBUGUTJEDU/Peonies%2C+30x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Peonies, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Peonies is a response to the improbably large and lush blooms of the peony. The heavy heads nod with a drowsy air and crowd together as they open. They often start out with bright color that fades to a pale pink punctuated by bright accents and yellow stamen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1639065549656-IWXV2EN48IRLM7BZSP6L/Early+Spring+Hillside+43+x+43.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Early Spring Hillside, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Early Spring Hillside is awash in the tender mint and lime greens of new growth. The sun sparkles on fields that are being plowed and muddy paths speak of recent rain. This is an optimistic depiction of fertility, new life and the stir of activity celebrating winter’s end. This painting represents memories of children being born and nurtured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1627411714002-C0OLJBRT4XHC1EFMZCZ7/Spring%2BField%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Spring Field, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Spring Field has an underlying structure of a grid with 9 subtle divisions of space. The three center boxes lead our eye back toward the horizon while the side panels suggest the crowd of lush vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1630600226113-0I5GIGGERCX5X8S3TXDV/Trees%2BIn%2BBloom%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Trees In Bloom, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Trees In Bloom shows a hillside with suggestions of farm outbuildings, a silo and houses. The trees, many with white blossoms are dense on the land suggesting an orchard of apple trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230150399-J8EGX3MGYD56UWJGT0ND/Looking%2BAcross%2Bthe%2BBlue%2BRidge%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Looking Across the Blue Ridge, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Looking Across the Blue Ridge on first glance reads as an abstract series of vibrant marks dancing across the canvas. The horizontal bands give stability to the vigorous depiction of what at second glance can be read as foliage. As we move our eye up from the bottom the marks decrease in size to give an illusion of perspective with things receding toward the sky. Air, light and motion are all depicted in as loose a way as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1559156107828-I7THST2WHFNGJ9D8UY82/Water+and+Wind+48+x+72++.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Water and Wind, 48x72, $11,000 (Copy) 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Water and Wind is an ambitious effort to capture the majesty and awe of wind whipping water. It is a spectacle I have studied at beaches in the south, along the shoreline of Maine and on reservoirs closer to home. The flat divisions of sky, land or water hold the composition together as the swirl of marks spiral and shimmy across the canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432889026-NLFA0FOPOTKH1A7FIXLP/Jimmy%2BPlants%2Bthe%2BGarden%2BI%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Jimmy Plants the Garden I, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Jimmy Plants the Garden I has carefully divided bands of color. The plants march across the canvas, vines wind upward and blooms of plants provide a vivid staccato against the cool greens. In the top distant mountains and sky look over the scene of abundance. My husband is a keen gardener and provides much of our food. He is a tall, serene man and the painting is a depiction of his personality as much as his beautiful garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230861128-HQ2N5Z2EWSP3DKZZO0J8/Long%2BView%2C%2B74%2Bx%2B73%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Long View, 74x73, $15,000 (Copy) 74 x 73 inches, Mixed Media On Canvas Long View is a large painting that gives us a vista of full, lush summer. There is lightness and tranquility in the lower fields but the sky is alive with what may be a suggestion of heat lightning or the last rays of the sun. We sense the careful neat fields of farms and perhaps the first lights on in a distant hamlet already in shadow from the mountains beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556037652302-ZOZOQPOIV0ATJIZSTMBP/Northern%2BLight%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2BOn%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Northern Light, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media On Canvas Northern Light is part of a large series of Bird Migration paintings. The motion throughout is suggestive of the lift and spin of flocks of birds. The colors of the work suggest that the birds are our winter visitors, the ones that perch our feeders and rustle amongst fallen leaves and bent grass. The air is astringent and invigorating and exhorts us to take a walk outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556038334896-DZOJKWK6BSIMYI1GF2HJ/Blueberry%2BBushes%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Blueberry Bushes, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Blueberry Bushes is an exuberant celebration of blueberry season when we take our buckets to fill with berries for pies, jam or just eating as we pick. It is full summer and light glints off of rocky hillsides and silvery grasses. We could be on a cliff in Maine or a field in Virginia but the air is warm and we are content. The slashing strokes suggest the fruit laden branches shaped by prevailing winds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1689098224533-ECQ76ENBUA7CMSU4S8J9/Hiking+in+Yellowstone+48+x+72.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Hiking in Yellowstone, 48x72, $11,000 (Copy) 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Hiking in Yellowstone is a record of a trip in early summer to Yellowstone park. There was still abundant snow on the ground on north facing slopes but the wildflower bloom was having a record year. Fallen logs create an abstract pattern as they are revealed as the snow melts. The land is alive with animals; wolves with their scampering cubs, Bison moving calves toward grass and bears herding cubs as they gorge on vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701714989225-119D961XJIMG8AEC9YA4/Tempest+I%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Tempest I, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tempest I and II show the dance of air and water. I can feel the wind whip the hair across my face. Being outside on a beach or in a boat in a storm can be harrowing and dangerous but also awe-inspiring and unforgettable. The sea and air often take on a greenish tint and the dark clouds are echoed in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1701714989996-SIP8GEANZWPEB7Y6E37W/Tempest+II%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Tempest II, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Tempest I and II show the dance of air and water. I can feel the wind whip the hair across my face. Being outside on a beach or in a boat in a storm can be harrowing and dangerous but also awe-inspiring and unforgettable. The sea and air often take on a greenish tint and the dark clouds are echoed in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1708375227497-7SAYHUJW2HMHDSEGEI24/Moonlight+62+x+49+mixed+media+on+canvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Moonlight, 62x49, $9,500 (Copy) 62 x 49 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Moonlight captures all of the awe and mystery of a landscape lit by a moon as clouds pass in front of it and things are concealed and revealed in turn. I associate being outside at night with the hoots of owls calling and responding, with coyotes and foxes announcing themselves and bears quietly lumbering through our property. The sweeping compositional marks dissolve into quiet passages then reemerge to gather speed. Lightning bugs, shooting stars and a strong breeze are all present as we make our way along our moonlit path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1661195780987-5KBK46Z67TWZIM96UV62/Big+Woods+I%2C+30+x+30+.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Big Woods I, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Big woods I and II, which can act as a diptych, have orderly rows of marks at the bottom and top, a vocabulary of sorts. We understand the shapes to represent flowers and other plants and at the top, rays of the sun. In the center the marks overlap and crowd one another to form a dense mass of trees. The three bands of color flatten the picture surface while at the same time invite us to wonder what is behind those woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1661195780227-IA1OJ4KBCMJRBNXPCW8K/Big+Woods+II%2C+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Big Woods II, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Big woods I and II, which can act as a diptych, have orderly rows of marks at the bottom and top, a vocabulary of sorts. We understand the shapes to represent flowers and other plants and at the top, rays of the sun. In the center the marks overlap and crowd one another to form a dense mass of trees. The three bands of color flatten the picture surface while at the same time invite us to wonder what is behind those woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1636035570142-S3EIGG9SKI7VKVI7BWIY/City+at+Night+60+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - City at Night, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas City at Night is a bit of a departure from my usual verdant landscapes. I love my life surrounded by nature but relish visits to a vibrant city. New York, Paris, Rome, Istanbul and London all inspire me with their museums, galleries, lit up shops but especially the waterways that course through all of these places. The bridges spanning the dark sheen of water provide the best viewpoints of these special places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556740575265-504HSVJ3MQZLXW5OH1HJ/Nightfall%2Bat%2Bthe%2BResevoir%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B30%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Nightfall at the Reservoir, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Nightfall at the Reservoir came after a kayaking evening in late summer when darkness fell quickly and stars appeared overhead as we pulled the kayaks out of the water. The last light of day was held by the water along with reflected points of light from the stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1651602211004-4LSDCGFPYQSM7K77TM0E/Mountains+at+Dawn+44+x+48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Mountains at Dawn, 44x48, $7,000 (Copy) 44 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mountains at Dawn is a familiar theme, one I return to over and over. The light leaking into the sky also spills across the fields while mountains remain in shadow. Everyday is different depending on time of year and weather conditions but here we see early spring with trees beginning to leaf out and flowers pushing up around us. A lone pine casts a shadow on the field and red clay furrowed rows of crops have been planted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1589049479229-ASN5PLREJMBYMYYJIHP7/Daybreak+48+x+36+.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Daybreak, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Daybreak shows great contrast in the use of both marks and color. The vivid sky with sharp rays of sunlight breaking across the horizon is echoed in the rocks that move across the painting. In between, fields and trees are in subtle variations of closely toned colors and gentle strokes of the brush and oil sticks. We sense fog or mist rising in the center of the painting obscuring and revealing as it wafts skyward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1705600821605-STZW2EJM3KKGY7E5HVAU/Heavy+Seas+I%2C+36x24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Heavy Seas I, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Heavy Seas I and II the subtle mix of neutral colors acts as a counterpoint to the drama of the subject. At first glance perhaps things look balanced and serene; the even march of black areas, the organic patches of ochre at the top and the careful divisions of grays through the center. But look again and the suggestion of a boat may become apparent. Suddenly the black shapes can become rocks threatening the boat. The yellow ochre is a menacing cloud mass and the gray-blues become the color of the sea on a stormy day. Patches of light in the top and lower portions of the paintings offer an idea that the weather will change, the sea will calm and the boat will slip away from danger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1634569601040-5T6BKZH2ICYYPH5LGD80/Out+For+A+Walk+48+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Out for a Walk, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Out for a Walk contains many personal but universal references. There is a daughter with a new baby in the upper right and to her left a classical facade so common in Virginia but also in most major cities in Europe and the east coast of the US. I was a great one for taking my children to see architecture on vacation trips; they used to call it the ABC tour; Another Big Church. We see the influence of Matisse in the iron fencing in the center from the “another tour of a museum” part of our travels. A door near the bottom is open and a figure walks past toward a path while another in dark clothing looks on. The mother figure in white fades into the background as she watches her children confidently move away and into their own lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710181910139-4JEAYU14OZF1SYQFA688/Island+Song+36+x+24.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Island Song, 36x24, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 24 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Island Song may have come from some wishful thinking on my part as the tropical feel of this painting emerged from the marks on the canvas. It evokes dark palms against a hot tropical sky surrounded by lush vegetation. Cool shady spots invite us to come sit and listen to the rhythm of ocean tides and the clack of the palm leaves. It transported me from the gray winter of Virginia to a warmer place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1641329299463-EK7686C5FS5ATTPP6IH2/Lake+48+x+72.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Lake, 48x72, $11,000 (Copy) 48 x 72 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas In Lake, sailboats race their way across the water. The wind tosses the clouds, the tops of trees and the flowers. Everything is in motion in the brisk air. Light glints off of the water and breaks through the trees and the sunlight in the sky promises clear sailing. Discovery, possibility and joy are themes of this work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1687799241679-5WLBDRJN5FPG5HMD1AC4/Summer+Solstice+60x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Summer Solstice, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Summer Solstice shows us the longest day of the year and the earth quivers with heat and light and energy. The sun is slow to set and the mountains are dark against the still-light sky. Trees wave and dance and flowers pick up the colors of the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1677178133228-Z0986LVJZH4VWDZYYR8Q/Dark+River%2C+36+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Water View, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Water View gives us a birds eye view of a harbor with docks and boardwalks, fish shacks and tidal pools. There is tension between abstraction and realism that lets each viewer bring their own memories of time spent on the water into play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1646159568294-26G95UO3ZO5DNATWUVCT/Iris+in+the+Breeze%2C+48+x+36.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Iris in the Breeze, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Iris in the Breeze is a color story with marks of dark blue dissolving into a field of lighter blues, all lit by golden yellow-greens. Blue flags as these are sometimes called are an early spring bloom and were traditionally planted around mailboxes on rural roads. They don’t need much watering, the deer don’t bother them and they can grow in poor soil. They make excellent ‘pass-along’ plants when divided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1689098686022-PR3MUQ4OKQ0CLGBYHZO0/Change%2Bof%2BSeason%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Change of Season, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Change of Season has a sharp contrast between the heavy, dark rocks and jagged tree and the soft fields around them. The sky hints at clouds bringing a storm and cooler air is moving in beneath them. One can imagine the same scene with snow outlining the fence, the trees and the rocks and the rest covered in white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230535553-GTPYG68GCDAVN6PO8UHN/Trees%2Bat%2BNight%2C%2B36%2Bx%2B36%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Trees at Night, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Trees at Night contains some of my fondest memories of warm summer evenings spent at rustic camps. The calls of owls and insects, sounds of water tumbling over rock and distant indistinct conversations fill the air. Fireflies and stars fill the night sky. The trees themselves have a moonlit look and spread their embracing arms about our camp. The painting has elements of the motion of creatures large and small in the busy sequences of marks but retains an air of security and calm by the use of a muted color palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1716403169322-JR984ZNXLKCXTNTV6BWQ/Planetary+Alignment%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Planetary Alignment, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Planetary Alignment imagines the spiraling paths of the planets as they line up to give astrologers and astronomers information. We are both observers and participants as our own planet charts its course through the universe. There is a hazy, dreamlike feel with shapes shifting and dissolving as we float through the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1553614438351-S20DCMMDS99EEEDOMX9V/An+Apartment+in+Paris++36+x+30.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - An Apartment in Paris, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Chic Paris apartments have beautiful chandeliers and wall sconces, balconies, iron elevators and floors of tile, inlaid wood and stone. The colors include the blue evening light of the city, the stone exteriors of the buildings and, of course, champagne. Is that a glass of bubbly we are peering into at the top of the painting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1735586656804-08DNZUC1XP0O6H2Q8B1P/Studio%2C+72x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Studio, 72x48, $11,000 (Copy) 72 × 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Studio is a very personal exploration of my own studio. Light raking across a large canvas leaves shadows. My own arms also cast shadows as I work across the composition and these are also recorded. It is open to interpretation and could be a self-portrait or an interior of a studio or even be read as an abstract painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1739218251210-KAKLRB8YGHZLJH8G9MEZ/Mothers+Daughters+Sisters%2C+84x60%2C+Mixed+Media+on+Canvas%2C+2025.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Mothers Daughters Sisters, 84x60, $15,000 (Copy) 84 × 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Mothers Daughters Sisters is a family portrait. It shows a group of women in various gestures of reaching out both to one another and toward perhaps a task of some kind. A heavy or awkward thing that needs to be moved can be done using the old adage that many hands make light work. It shows connection, tenderness and resiliency, all traits of the women in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742229795905-XVXGI6F3EZSCW6M7LLXP/June%2BMorning%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - June Morning, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas June Morning is thick with paint suggesting morning mist rising from fields being warmed by the sun. The horizon draws your eye toward the sky with streaks of pink light that echo the blooms of the plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432800752-M1M6E10CDSZJ4LI2MT4Y/Heat%2BLightning%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvasJPG.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Heat Lightning, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1741884131401-XOJUZ0V7BYH8VFVX3SCO/Clear%2BTomorrow%2C%2B43%2Bx%2B43%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2Bon%2BCanvas.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Clear Tomorrow, 43x43, $6,500 (Copy) 43 x 43 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Clear Tomorrow shows the aftermath of a storm, the ‘pink sky at night, sailors delight’ kind of evening. The wind is moving off, the sky is clearing, birds are flying out to repair their nests and we are out clearing branches from the yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742232719195-B3RNJ85L7YMU5Q6AOQFQ/Late%2BSummer%2C%2B76%2Bx%2B79%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Late Summer, 76x79, $15,000 (Copy) 76 x 79 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Late Summer is hanging in my own office brightening my day and my life. The turquoise, pale lavenders and contrasting yellows are knitted together with precision to provide a bird’s eye view of a mountainous landscape. Fields carpet the hillsides and streams course throughout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431728545-NC73FAIOPOF6X91RERHO/Iris%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B60%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Iris, 60x60, $9,000 (Copy) 60 x 60 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Iris is almost a botanical study in its careful attention to detail. The deep rich purples are in contrast to the warm yellow and soft greens of the background. Dark purple spears of buds rise amidst white iris just beginning to open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1571154944495-N1O0EE10F5NS8KOP9Q07/October+Maples+30+x+30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - October Maples, 30x30, $3,500 (Copy) 30 x 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas October Maples envelopes us like a warm blanket. The trees are crisp with fall foliage and the land is taking on the quiet hues of winter. It is a cozy time of gathering around fire pits, turning on lamps in the evening and snuggling up for the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1742230683055-DAI8CK9LAGEFH4DJ6OZF/Leaves+In+The+Stream+36x36.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Leaves in the Stream, 36x36, $4,500 (Copy) 36 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Leaves in the Stream presents a shallow creek in autumn with leaves that have settled to the bottom and others still floating on the surface. Shafts of light find the rocks lining the stream bed and the leaves feel lit from within. The warm colors offer little hint as to how cold the water would be at this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1580330033449-P7HFNIT3KBGXPDD4ER7Y/Windy+Day+60+x+48.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Windy Day, 60x48, $8,000 (Copy) 60 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Windy Day forms a grid of 9 blocks giving a firm structure to this riot of color and marks. The thrilling colors of the changing leaves is giving way to the cool palette of winter and the wind is bringing brisk cool air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1532354522859-B3YS8HNLSSGGX9JL47YF/Poppies+with+Garden+Hose+48x36.JPG Paintings (Test Copy) - Poppies with Garden Hose, 48x36, $6,000 (Copy) 48 x 36 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Poppies with Garden Hose is a bit of a tease with the garden hose resembling a snake given away only by its bright teal color. Opium Poppies, coleus, echinacea and California Poppies weave together to form a dense garden bed. It is a riotous mix of plants with a peep of distant lawn in the top right corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1556038395489-APVULCS042N5JFHMA64F/Flower%2BFields%2BII%2C%2B78x48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Flower Fields II, 78x48, $12,000 (Copy) 78 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Flower Fields draws our eye from warm fields with scattered tulips across a vast vista of mountains and upward into a busy sky with fast moving clouds. The staccato rhythm of marks at the bottom gives way to gentle shapes and colors through the center of the painting. The action picks up again in the sky with its crackling energetic strokes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1732216688637-MJ9VBUGO2FLLC40SV290/Two+Black+Chairs%2C+36x30.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Two Black Chairs, 36x30, $4,000 (Copy) 36 × 30 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Two Black Chairs shows my own table and chairs with a painting on a wall between two narrow windows. The dark pattern of the table and of the chairs stands in contrast to the soft light of the exterior and the luminous glow of an interior lit by bright daylight. The plants on the table also feature in the collage Amaryllis and Cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431312030-YAS709Q2OLFN03MBALIF/LA%2C%2B48%2Bx%2B48%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - LA, 48x48, $7,000 (Copy) 48 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas LA was painted following a visit to Los Angeles. My friend and I went to a rooftop bar in Santa Monica to enjoy the sunset and a view of the coastline can be seen in the upper left as it bends toward Malibu. The air is suffused with golden light and deep shadows are cast by the royal palms. The ubiquitous cars line the street in the lower part of the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555432269207-JHR3UFKMY4CWDH5O1BYE/Falling%2BLeaves%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B84%2Binches%2C%2BMixed%2BMedia%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Falling Leaves, 60x84, $15,000 (Copy) 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Falling Leaves is a large painting and can be either leaves wafting through the air or perhaps floating in water. There is a sense of calm with the cool greens and blues but the rhythm of shapes suggests a staccato beat. This is an enveloping work, one that invites contemplation on the ephemeral nature of all life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1710790643700-JI2LIKKSOHAQNPTSCA8O/Leslie%27s+Garden%2C+40x48.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Leslie's Garden, 40x48, $6,500 (Copy) 40 x 48 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Leslie’s Garden is a love song to my most talented gardening friend. I have passed many happy hours wandering the paths and enjoying the benches in this beautiful hillside eden. Statuary, a rippling brook, urns, a knot garden and a chippendale bridge enliven the journey through the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598cb9f5f9a61e44fa78e4b5/1555431349992-XMTPVB8UPLKCASWHOJ5S/Cows%2Bin%2Bthe%2BSnow%2C%2B60%2Bx%2B84%2Binches%2C%2BOil%2Bon%2BCanvas.jpg Paintings (Test Copy) - Cows in the Snow, 60x84, $15,000 (Copy) 60 x 84 inches, Mixed Media on Canvas Cows in The Snow was inspired by both a winter spent in high mountains amidst a herd of cows and by Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Hunters in the Snow painted in 1565. The chilly blues and greens of the sky and mountains contain hints of warm golden light from the sunrise that promises to warm the huddled animals at the bottom of the painting. The animals have turned to gaze at the viewer perhaps in expectation of some hay. One animal searches a depression for melted water as the pond in the distance is frozen. 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