Orange Cactus Flower Duet

5" x 5" • oil/gesso board • SOLD

This was my first attempt at using gesso board instead of canvas. Takes some getting used to but I really like the smoother surface.

The Pathway

12" x 16" (canvas size) • oil • $200

This painting is based on a photograph taken while traveling in the Andalusian region of Spain. I liked the area so much I rented a small farm house on a hillside outside a town in Mijas where I had to pump my own water and see by firelight or kereosene light in the evenings. It was quite an adventure!

Pretty Duo

6" x 6"• Oil on Canvas • $75

I like painting flowers on this small format as they tend to come out life size which I think has more impact.

Americana

8" x 10" • Oil on Panel • $100

I started out with a picture of this house then changed everything! There were no trees, flowers or bushes, the house wasn't yellow, and it was squashed in between two other houses. The porch foundation continued up with a cement wall which I replaced with the railing.

Happy Hollyhocks

5" x 7" • Oil on wrapped canvas • Sold

Okay, okay... you can't tell if a hollyhock is happy or not. Absurb title, but I'm a sucker for alliteration.

The Black Sheep

5" x 7" • Oil on wrapped canvas • $85

I confess, I'm a turquoise freak. I just can't get enough of it. Problem is I don't have a budget to go with it. At least though, all my pieces were bought in Santa Fe, Taos, or along the Turquoise Trail in New Mexico so I feel better about buying it closer to the area where it was made. (How's that for rationalization?)

Lunch at the Copper Queen, Bisbee

18" x 24" • Oil on Canvas • $300

The outdoor patio at the historic Copper Queen Hotel is a great place to gather with friends and sip your favorite libation. The red brick buildings in the background are also very old (actually everything in Bisbee is very old!) and still used for various activities. Having eaten there many times I thought it was a great setting for a painting. And once again I couldn't resist putting a cat in the painting!

Flora Electra 1

24" x 30" • Oil on Canvas • $400

This was one of those paintings that I had stashed away because I wasn't quite happy with it. I brought it out and reworked it changing a previously black background to aqua leaving part of the black as an outline. Still not happy. Then I dared myself to add the lavender outline and was delightfully surprised. Now I was satisfied and started to think about combining realism with abstract color accents in future paintings.