"Jeans on Red Chair"

This image captured the feeling I have when life is simple. You come home, toss your work clothes on a chair and move on with your life. No folding, no organizing, no looking for something to wear the next day. The next day, there they are and you are out the door. I love the everyday feeling this image presented for me. 

"Blue Ranch House and Poppies"

"Blue Ranch House, Jelm Wyoming"

Oil 18"x24"

I walked past this old ranch house on a dirt road along the Laramie River in a remote, small community of 5 houses.The bright blue color of the abandoned ranch.house contrasted with the bright orange poppies and the worn green door that I couldn't resist painting. 

 

 

  Hibiscus

16"x 20"

"Poinsetta" is a dynamic, loose expression of the magic of Watercolor. The deep, dynamic, exotic reds of the Poinsetta were emphasized by the light and deep color that moved through the individual floral form that draped over the vase. 

                                                                     "Buzzard's Peak"

                                                             Watercolor

                                                        18 x 24 $485.00

Buzzard's Peak was my first exploration into the Plein Air landscape when I first moved to the high desert plateau in southwestern Colorado. I was astounded by the formations and the rocky slopes, colors and scale of the area. I was mesmerized by the perspective of the peak against the muted tones of the sky. 

                                                          "Grand Mesa and Rigs Hill"

                                               Redlands, Grand Junction, Colorado

                                                      Watercolor, 18 x 24

                                                                 $485.00

This view is just behind my house. Riggs Hill was "discovered" by Elmer Riggs, a famous dinosaur hunter and explorer in the 1900's. It is a unique formation in the high Colorado Plateau. The Grand Mesa frames the "hill". I love the contrasting colors of the deep red in the rock with the soft hazy blue of the Grand Mesa that frames it. It was a gorgeous day.

                                              Distant View Colorado Escalante Canyon 

                                                    Watercolor 18 x 24

                                                                            $450.00

This is what I see as I am driving to teach students at the Cedaredge Art Center at the base of the Grand Mesa in Southwest Colorado. The rising sun was glowing over the break in the canyon. The colors were stunning. I shared this view with my students as a demonstration of how light, shape, color and texture create the beautiful, expansive distance in the views we see everyday in the high Colorado Plateau.  

                                                           "Pitcher and Yellow Pear" 

                                                            Watercolor 18x24 $475.00

                                                                

 The complexity of the subject matter made this whole painting exciting and challenging. The folds of the fabric gave the whole painting a lively, melodic rhythmic expression. Everything was moving. The colors and the florals in fabric all moved together to forming depth and light at the same time. The pitcher and pear gave stability to the image and created a stationary focal point.