I love the abstract patterns and reflections of the blue goblet and the transparency of the martini glass. My plan was a casual relationship between the fruit shapes, the cloth patterns and the reflective qualities in the glass. more »
I chose to plant different colors of the coneflower variety, which included the apple green and white. Combined with the sunflowers, they made a colorful bouquet. more »
This painting was inspired by a trip we made many years ago to the Airpower Museum in Blakesburg, Iowa. It is a very large museum with vintage airplanes from the 1920s and 1930s. more »
My inspiration and focus for this design is centered on a floral theme and abstracted as a kaleidoscope image. more »
My inspiration for this painting were the wildflowers from our garden. I wanted to convey the joy and excitement of the blooms using splashes of bold color. more »
I have found inspiration in the Iowa landscape and began this series of collage farm scenes early in my career. This design was created from some photos I took on our drive from Twin Cities along I-35. The barn and outbuildings are set among the curved fields of autumn, drawing the eye into the landscape. It is […] more »
The inspiration for this watercolor painting was fresh-cut coneflowers and black-eyed susans. Their colors are vivid and saturated. more »
This series of musical instruments began years ago. The previous paintings were done in acrylic collage, which included saturated pigments and texture. I love the shapes and challenged myself to continue this series in watercolor. more »
These beautiful sunflowers were picked from my garden and set in a transparent vase on a table outside to capture the light and shadows. My goal was to paint in a vignette format, meaning that the background is the plain paper and the design must touch three sides of the paper. more »
For this particular still life, I used a photo of my garden sunflowers that I set up on a table outside in direct sunlight. To contrast with the bright yellow colors of the flowers, I added a striped cloth behind it and also the deep, black values of the windows. more »