Lotsa Peppas

11" x 14" • oil/wrapped canvas • $200

Just can't resist the pepper thing. I think I'm happy with this but I still may tweek it some more.

Look But Don't Touch!

6" x 6" • oil/wrapped canvas • $75

This was one of those paintings that started out simple enough, but noooooo, I didn't like how the color of the flowers looked. So I painted them yellow instead. Still not happy so I went back to the orange again re-doing the shape of the flowers. Much better. Another lesson learned--- know what you're going to paint before you paint! One of my worst habits I confess.

White Cactus Flower

6" x 6" • oil/wrapped canvas • $75

I had some beautiful cacti in front of my house when I lived in the desert. They only bloom at night so it was very cool to see them when coming home in the evening .

Peach Callas

16" x 20" • oil/wrapped canvas • $400

Another one of my favorite subjects! The hardest part for me is getting the leaves right, or at least close to it! It also took me awhile to get the composition right on the canvas. I often like to let the image go off the sides of the canvas to sort of anchor it to the painting and prevent it from looking like it's just floating.

Grandma's Bisbee House

14" x 18" • oil/canvas/staples on sides • $400

This is a little house I photographed in Bisbee, AZ and I sorta changed things around a lot. My main interest was the charming architectural trim. Okay, okay, you probably won't find any citrus trees at 5800 ft. altitude but I needed some color. Also, there was a really rickety wire fence in front of the house and I replaced it with a rickety picket fence and added the cat in the window. And one other thing... it's not really my grandma's house but when my sister in law saw it she said it reminded her of her grandma's house.

Mr. Zebra

16" x 20" • oil/staples on side • $300

When I was sketching this out, I thought, hmmmm, zebras don't live among palm trees do they? And then I remembered artist license. Who cares! I happen to like painting tropically oriented subject matter whether it's real or not.

I'm Ready for My Close-up Mr. DeMille...

5" x 7" • oil/wrapped canvas • $75

The colors on these little fish are really something! They make great subject matter and I've enjoyed painting them! I later painted this same fish on a tile