Lilac Tulips
May 7, 2026
Flowers continue to inspire me. Tulips signify freshness, springtime and beauty. more »
Posts Tagged “Yellow”
Pots, Bottle & Flowers
April 9, 2026
The inspiration for this painting was my garden sunflowers. I used my photographs to combine the sunflowers in the taller vase with the blue bottle and two smaller pots. more »
Peek-a-Boo
March 19, 2026
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 »
Apple Green Daisies
February 5, 2026
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 »
Airpower
January 15, 2026
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 »
Mirror Magic
September 4, 2025
My inspiration and focus for this design is centered on a floral theme and abstracted as a kaleidoscope image. more »
Meadow Blooms
June 26, 2025
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 »
Hayden Prairie
April 24, 2025
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 »
Fresh Cut Flowers
March 27, 2025
The inspiration for this watercolor painting was fresh-cut coneflowers and black-eyed susans. Their colors are vivid and saturated. more »
Musical Melodies
March 20, 2025
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 »