This painting is from a photo taken from the Ajijic Jalisco trip. There were many little fishing boats around and this one, all by itself, caught my eye.
This is a plein air painting of the Brushy Creek view in my back yard. I struggled with this because it's all so greeeen. I had to go back and make some color adjustments from the first attempt.
This is a little watercolor sketch of a scene we passed every day going "somewhere" while on our Provence vacation last year. It was just after crossing the bridge to the little town of Anduze. One day we finally stopped and snapped a picture.
Available - This was painted this past weekend at the Lavender Festival in Wimberley. Unfortunately, the lavender has not bloomed this year due to the weather. We painted anyway as there was beauty even without the blooms. I hope to go back later and paint this scene again when the lavender finally explodes in color.
Available - This is actually an older painting I did of a bird of paradise. I thought I'd put it on the blog because it has so much color and I'm in a color mood today!
Available - This farm and tractor really exist on the back roads between Rockport and Austin. The people who live there always have something funky in the pasture and they love to have people stop and take pictures. I briefly met them the day I took a photo of their place.
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After a lifetime of doing everything but art, I have now put my love of painting as a first priority. I wanted to major in art in college, but was quickly talked out of it by my father who said I'd never make a living with an art degree. So, scared that I might starve, I majored in business but squeezed in as many art electives as possible. Upon graduation I immediately went to work and never stopped. Never painted either!!
I now devote several days per week to pure painting time and enjoy the company of many local painters. Current art memberships include: Austin Plein Air, Waterloo Watercolor Group and Austin Pastel Society.
Juried Exhibitions include:
AUSTIN PASTEL SOCIETY Minature Show (2009) Won First in Show, Juror: Susan Kemner Reed
WATERCOLOR ART SOCIETY-HOUSTON 31st International Exhibition - Juror: Stephen Quiller (2008); WATERLOO WATERCOLOR GROUP FALL EXHIBITION - Juror: Christopher Shinck (2008);
WATERLOO WATERCOLOR GROUP ANNUAL EXHIBITION - Juror: Joe Fettingis (2007)
1ST PLACE WINNER - Waterloo Watercolor Society Fall Challenge (2007)