Why I Paint

THE BEAUTY OF A PAINTING

   is its ability to transport to
     another time, another place.

Whether focusing on a subject or painting from imagination, it often feels like I visit another world with my brushes.

When the paint dries, my wish is for the finished painting to be the start of another’s journey.  My hope is for the viewer to be transported to a special place due to an evoked memory or feeling.  Maybe it is familiar or perhaps something intangible and unknown, yet very real.  Ultimately, it is the painting itself that interacts with both of us.  For this reason, most of my paintings hover between realism and the abstract.  A bit like those fleeting images that slide away while awakening from a dream.

My paintings are watercolor, although occasionally a touch of ink or other mixed media is also used to achieve a certain effect.

High quality giclee prints of my original paintings are available through my Etsy shop:

Landscapes & Waterways

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Looking in the Back Door

Full Moon

Falling Water

Winter Brook

Beyond

The Barn

Light

Sky & Sea

Chasing Water

Joy in Winter

Skating the Creek

Distant Lands

The Captain’s Home away from Home

Spring Thaw

Winter Walk

Earth & Sky

Holding On

Enchanted

Moon Rise

End of the Road

Golden Sunset

Canyon Cloud

Ahead

Brook

Stone Bridge

Waterfall

Lighthouse

Bridging Together

Rocky Shore

Rising

The Meeting Place

Can’t See the Forest for the Trees

Snow Laden

Cloud Concert

Good Day for Swimming

The Walk

Sun or Rain

Sheep Flocks

Peaceful Valley

Woodland Morning

Alive

Rocky Cove

Flight

Trickling Falls

Light Dance

Lights

Morning Light

Winter Village

Storm Tossed

Snowbound

Place of Dreams

Waiting for Her Ship to Come In

To What Lies Ahead

Splash

Web to Capture Light

Fluffy & Wooly

I’ve raised sheep for many years, so they wander into many of my paintings.

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Lamb Races

Together

The Way

The Twins

Good Shepherdess

The Path

Sheep #4

Sheep #1

Sheep #2

Sheep #3

Path to the Unknown

Green Pastures

Spring Lambs

Summer Grazing

Vineyard Workers

Vineyard Sunrise

Wool Coats Needed

(private collection – no prints for sale)

(private collection – no prints for sale)

Floral & Vines

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Spring Rain

Web

Jewels of the Vineyard

Grapes & Vines