Blog — Colorful Paintings

This beautiful Macaw parrot entertained visitors at our local Moon Valley Nursery. On the weekends, my husband and I would look forward to seeing her and her other bird friends. I'm not sure when it happened, but the management decided that the birds needed to go. We miss them so much! I was going through reference photos and saw her...

I've heard from many of you that you want me to start taking more WIP photos and videos. 😊 Here we go! This painting started with a simple pencil sketch on my art panel. Sketching out the composition works for me. It helps me avoid having to come back and scrape sections of paint off my art panels.   I...

It was packing day in my studio. 😎 Simpatico was going to a new home. I took a few pictures to show you my packing process.   Simpatico hanging on my easel. This oil painting measures 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches. I cut down a piece of foamcore to 24 x 24 inches. I cut down a piece of...

This painting has a forever home. If you would like me to paint one for you, contact me here. This painting shouts Bold yellow and Bold gold. The large trumpet flowers make a visual melody for the eyes. Desert Music is an oil painting on canvas measuring 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches. Look closely at the shadows. You’ll see...

Peaceful is Floral Oil Painting measuring 24 x 18 x 1.5 inches on canvas. The oleander flowers were painted with subtle tones of white, sea green, pink, orange, teal green and mauve. The leaves were painted in tones of green, blue and black.  I knew I wanted to paint these gorgeous white flowers. I had a strong composition for the...