8 in. x 10 in. textured oil on canvas panel, $80 includes U.S. SHIPPING   Well, isn’t she sweet?  Of course she’s hearing voices, the sweet melodies of the birds that saw red-headed beauty through the window and couldn’t resist coming to serenade her. ...

10″ x 10″,  watercolor, gouache, mixed media on 300# paper, $90 includes U.S. shipping Our Lady of Guadalupe….I love her story, and all the roses, so after thinking about it way too long, I finally painted my version of the Lady, during the dark of the year. ...

5″ x 5″,  oil on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang, $50 includes U.S. shipping $100 for all three crow paintings  SALE I painted these three crows after observing them in a local parking lot.  Crows are magical creatures, and though they are scavengers, there...

5″ x 5″,  oil on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang, $50 includes U.S. shipping $100 for all three crow paintings  SALE I painted these three crows after observing them in a local parking lot.  Crows are magical creatures, and though they are scavengers, there...

6″ x 6″,  oil on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang, $60 includes U.S. shipping I painted these three crows after observing them in a local parking lot.  Crows are magical creatures, and though they are scavengers, there is something so dark and mysterious about...

12″ x 8″,  oil on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang, $90 includes U.S. shipping I painted this gal back in warm July (what was I thinking!) and somehow she never got posted.  So here she is, posted in an appropriate time of year, too. ...

10″ x 10″,  watercolor, gouache on 300# paper, $90 includes U.S. shipping Ah, Mona, at first she was brash and bold, and after looking her over a few days, I thought of using some tinted gesso to partially veil her.  Methinks it worked! ...

10″ x 10″,  gouache on 300# paper,  $90 includes U.S. shipping Another challenge I gave myself, this one to do a painting in color contrast, ignoring values entirely.  Just place color intuitively wherever it wanted to be. ...

12″ x 12″,  acrylic on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang,  $80 includes U.S. shipping Love cats?  They show up often in my paintings, and this little guy just begged to be painted.  And he insisted his favorite mousie was in there too, after all, they are...

10″ x 10″,  oil on stretched canvas (1.5″ deep), sides painted, ready to hang,  $90 includes U.S. shipping My friend Debby has the greenest thumb of anyone I know.  This is one of her beauties. ...

oil on cradled wood panel, ready to hang, $90 includes U.S. shipping   She told me her eyes were blue, but did not tell me her name.  Now that’s different! NOTE: Please see this link for more about my...

11.5″ x 11.5,  acrylic on cradled wood panel, ready to hang, $75 includes U.S. shipping/   This little doe came to my patio and while munching on all my ivy (you’re welcome to it, my dear one) she gave me a soulful stare.  I always bless the animals I see, so I get many a blessed...

12″ x 8″   oil on canvas mounted on matboard $50 includes U.S. shipping From a silhouette of my sister on her wedding day. NOTE: Please see this link for more about my...

8″ x 12″ on cradled wood panel, sides painted black, ready to hang,  Oil,  $100 includes U.S. shipping$80 SALE  Another face…..pinks, and warmth. Her name: Lauren, she says. NOTE: Please see this link for more about my...

8″ x 8″ on 1″ cradled wood panel READY TO HANG, Oil,  $75+ FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE  Oh Mary, here she is again, like some figurative signature of mine……but this time with broken color all around her, like a rainbow. ...

8″ x 8″ on 1″ cradled wood panel READY TO HANG,  Oil, $75 includes U.S. shipping$50 SALE  Visited the Cottage Garden nursery down the street from me in Bennett Valley, Santa Rosa, CA….and the manager was sweet enough to let me take as many pics as I wanted.  I sent her a...

5″ x 5″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $50 includes u.s. s&h Kool Kat protecting his “fish” bowl and looking oh so cool, i mean “KOOL” doing it.  What a cutie…..I’ve never painted...

8″ x 8″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $75 includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE  This sweet little birdhouse hangs from a tree in my friend Debby’s magical garden.  How could I resist painting this? ...

5″ x 5″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $50 includes U.S. s&h Love that lasts, through all the trials, fires and annoyances….now that’s something to celebrate.  In fact, I can think of no greater legacy to...

5″ x 5″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang. golden open acrylics, $50 includes U.S. s&h This fellow is dreaming, can you guess what his visions are about? ...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics, $75 +  FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE  Featured painting for the Rural Sketchers of Sonoma County yahoo group. This bucolic place is a few minutes from where I live.  The little hut, or barn,...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $75 includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE I love upstate NY.  This was just one of so many beautiful scenes as we drove through.  This image continues to bring up all the memories of that...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $75 +  FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE  I’m leaving for NY for a couple of weeks, and though I intend to keep painting while there, thought I would put up a few paintings I’ve...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $75 +  FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE  Two bright and cheerful oranges cozied up in a dish towel.  A painting subject indeed. NOTE: Please...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang. golden open acrylics, $65 +  FREE SHIPPING$50 SALE Another painting from my shopping expeditio, this brocolli head just begged to be painted.  The cupboards had gone bare, and now I’m loaded up with...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $65 includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE  Came home from the grocery store, and before i even put my groceries away, I just had to paint these little buddies in my new shadow box with my...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang.  golden open acrylics,  $65  includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE  This gal is Bella.  Could be because I just finished reading Breaking Dawn (Twilight series) and this gal came out blue…..just felt led to...

6″ x 6″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang, acrylic,  $75 includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE  Ah, Louise…..she just wanted to come through.  Once again, this magical process of painting, and then having something OTHER than your intention present...

6″ x 10″ on wood on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang, acrylic, $75 includes U.S. s&h$60 SALE  Well, like I mentioned a couple of posts back, sometimes I just can’t track with the assignment, and another painting just wants to come thru. ...

8-1/2″w x 8-1/4″ h on varnished matboard ,  acrylic,  $50  includes U.S. s&h The scene is an art gallery, where a wine tasting is about to begin.  You are the first to arrive, and you are hoping the next person will suggest it is time to open the wine.  Glasses ready, are you...

12″ x 12″ on Canson paper, gouache, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, $100  +  FREE SHIPPING$75 SALE  Ah, Faces!  Still my greatest love to paint.  She’s been on the board for awhile, and went through more than a couple iterations, but here’s Lucy…..in her...

8″ x 8″ on 1″ deep cradled wood panel painted matte black. Ready to hang,  acrylic,  $75  includes U.S. s&h$50 SALE  Another in a series of abstract, whimsical and fun florals. ...