When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them." (Nikki)

"Color! What a deep and mysterious language." (Paul Gauguin)

flowers

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Loosestrife

Friday, June 28th, 2019


 

Loosestrife, 12 x 12 inches acrylics, crackle medium on canvas
Loosestrife: beautiful invasion, Violet, ON Canada – 12 x 12 inches acrylics, crackle medium on canvas, frame unnecessary.
Store-bought canvases are really slippery, so I’ve started using crackle medium to give the paint something to hold onto. It also is great for subtle textures and building layers of color. For more texture, the medium can be manipulated while wet. It softens the paint layer/s below and can be scratched, lifted or molded into shapes with a brush.

Goldenrod

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019


 

Goldenrod, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas
Goldenrod, 12 x 12 inches acrylics on canvas, frame unnecessary.

Bachelor’s Buttons

Thursday, June 13th, 2019


 

Bachelor's Buttons, 12W X 12H x 1D inches acrylics on canvas
Bachelor’s Buttons, 12W X 12H x 1D inches acrylics on canvas. Frame unnecessary.

Double Daisies

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019


 

Double Daisies, 12 x 12 acrylics on canvas
Double Daisies, 12 x 12 acrylics on canvas, frame unnecessary. Entry for the Square Foot show in Bismark, ND in August. There is still another month to paint more to choose 2 entries from.

Queen Anne’s Lace, watercolors

Friday, August 10th, 2018


 

Queen Anne's Lace, 14H x 20W inches watercolors

Queen Anne’s Lace, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on paper

Lilies at Butchart Gardens, BC

Sunday, August 5th, 2018


 

Lilies, 18H x 24W inches graphite on 140 lb cold pressed premium

Lilies at the Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC, 18H x 24W inches graphite on 140 lb cold pressed premium. Detail image:
 

Lilies center right detail

Snapdragons

Sunday, June 17th, 2018


 

Snapdragons, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb premium

Snapdragons, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed premium

Fallow Field

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018


 

Fallow Field, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on paper
Fallow Field with Red Clover, Hillsboro OR countryside, 14H x 20W watercolors. Framed size approx. 20H x 26 inches.

Indian Paintbrush

Tuesday, May 8th, 2018


 

Indian Paintbrush, Mt. St. Helens, WA, 14H x 20W inches watercolors
Indian Paintbrush, Mt. St. Helen’s Washington, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on 140 lb cold pressed. Framed size approx. 20H x 26W inches – white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.

New Zealand sketches

Monday, January 1st, 2018


 

Pukeko or also Australasian Swamp Hen, 4H x 6W inches WC pencils


Agapanthus, near Ambury Regional Park, Mangere, New Zealand, 4H x 6W inches WC pencils

Agapanthus near Ambury Regional Park, Mangere, New Zealand, 4H x 6W inches quick sketch with WC pencils


Sheep, Mangere park New Zealand, 4H x 6W inches WC pencils

Sheep, Mangere park New Zealand, 4H x 6W inches quick sketch with WC pencils


Honey Eater on wild flax, New Zealand, 4H x 6W inches WC pencils

 

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