Oleanders & Goblets
June 10, 2009
A still life with Van Gogh’s print. more »
Summer Bouquet #159
June 7, 2009
I love sunflowers! I have lost track of how many I’ve painted, which is the reason why the title is a number instead of a sunflower variety. Along with the sunflowers I’ve added another one of my favorite flowers, cosmos. I like the way their delicate shapes contrast with that of the sunflowers’ big and […] more »
Crossword Pig #1
June 6, 2009
I painted this as part of my Iowa pig series. I am also an avid crossword puzzle fan, and thought this would make an interesting background. more »
Kansas Pig
June 6, 2009
I used a Missouri map with the big city, K.C., cut up behind the pig for accents. Another of my pig series. more »
Crossword Pig #2
June 6, 2009
Part of the Iowa Pig collages. This one has special meaning to me because it has the number #264 on it — the street number where I grew up in Ohio. more »
June Sunflowers
June 6, 2009
One of my many sunflower bouquets. I love big, bold flowers and I planted six different sunflower varieties in my garden this year. I changed the vase motif a bit, with the vase sitting on the deck. more »
Periwinkles
June 2, 2009
A handful of periwinkle blue posies in a vase, in a square format. more »
Jockey
June 1, 2009
This painting of a jockey is a continuation of the series of figurative watercolors I've been working on. [...] more »
May Poppies
June 1, 2009
Picked a small bouquet of poppies and peonies. I love the colors of the warm orangish red in the poppies and the cool, delicate pinks of the peonies. The design is just a piece of the whole bouquet up close. more »
New Pig Collages
May 26, 2009
I find that a pig theme adds a humorous touch to my artwork. Ever since I witnessed a runaway pig at the Iowa State Fair, pigs have been a featured design in my collages. I usually start with a contour pencil design, and now I use [...] more »