This Sierra waterfall has been my subject for several paintings, it’s so wild and full of energy and I can feel the alpine air.
18 x 24
The aspen is dwarfed by the huge “U” shaped valleys in a fall scene on the eastern side of the Sierras near Bishop. Watermedia, 22 x 28.
Valhalla, the home of the gods in Norse mythology, the home of Votan and Brunnhilde in Wagner’s Ring. Watermedia, 28 x 22.
Round Top Lake with Lake Winemucca, close to Carson Pass. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Fall color, the high southern Sierras near Bishop. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.
17 x 23 Watermedia
Half Dome, both transparent and opaque pigments used to affect the depth at which light is reflected off the surface, creating another layer of complexity.
17 x 23 Watermedia
Looking along the edges of the continent. Watermedia, 24 x 18.
My take on the shapes of the edge of the continent. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
The glorious verdant misty redwood forest in Redwood National Park. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
How majestic these ancient beings reaching up above all else.
Walking through these cool, verdant spaces with the ferns and mosses. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Fabulous colors looking across the river as the sun sets. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Shapes of buildings and houses in Vietnam along the Mekong River, lovely, graceful palms and other tropical plants. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Bamboo village on the inland sea, Tonle Sap. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Bamboo village on Lake Tonle Sap, bamboo bridges and people going about their daily activities, spending afternoons in hammocks or at least resting, fishing, raising children. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Boats, fishermen, village people marketing and caring for children, moving about in boats and on bamboo bridges, resting in hammocks. Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Another interpretation of the incredible misty mountains of Halong Bay, Vietnam.
28 x 21 Watermedia
A river near Hoi An in Vietnam, late in the day, quiet, calm, the fishermen have quit for the day. Such a peaceful scene.
17 x 23 Watermedia
I love the majesty of this mountain! Watermedia, 18 x 24.
Looking at a canyon on the east side of the Sierras, south of Yosemite, aspen leaves are turning and a bit of snow.
18 x 24
This image comes from a scene near June Lake, just NE of Yosemite, obviously in October. Photographers falling all over each other to set up their megabuck camera outfits, and me with my little watercolor set.
30 x 22 Watermedia
This is a pretty impressionistic version of one of my favorite scenes, Yosemite Falls.
17 x 23 Watermedia
Bodie, what an amazing model for photographers and artists, everywhere such expressive shapes and colors.
22 x 30 Watermedia
Redwood forests on the coast of California, Redwood National Park and several state forests, nature’s cathedral.
20 x 26 Watermedia
Spending time in some of the majestic redwood forests on the Northern California coast, the light does filter through the trees like this at a certain moment.
20 x 26 Watermedia
Love this old shaped-by-time shack, thank goodness it hasn't been torn down. Off of Highway 395 outside of Bishop.
15 x 22 Watermedia
Pretty little lake in the Sierras.
15 x 22 Watermedia
The essence of summer.
15 x 22 Watermedia
The road to Mendocino, Highway 128, rugged coastal mountains with the sun just hitting the old barn roof and the trees behind, touches of frost.
15 x 22 Watermedia
It’s cloudy but there is sun somewhere shining on the water, and a wonderfully shaped old bunch of fence and posts.
20 x 26 Watermedia
Point Reyes is where you can see these weathered cypress, old fences, delicately colored grasses and sky.
18 x 22 Watermedia
A typical scene on the serene Pt. Reyes peninsula, Pacific on one side and Drakes Bay on the other, soft, quiet.
22 x 28 Watermedia
“The Avenues”, a walk amongst the monoliths, see the Three Gossips standing on the left? A sliver of light laid down from a slot in the red rock formations.
24 x 30 Watermedia
These mining buildings are in Bodie, weathered and bathed in high elevation light. Watermedia, 24 x 18.
The most graceful and elegant of the arches, but not around for much longer in geological time. A big slap from the very thin part of the arch fell off recently. Reminiscent of curves found in a human skeleton.
25 x 30 Watermedia
Farmland, roads and fences exploring along the northern California coast, cool, a bit misty, redwood forest in the distance, what a lovely morning.
20 x 26 Watermedia
Here’s the way to get to the ocean from a path along the shore in Half Moon Bay. It looks like a beautiful day at the beach!
20 x 26 Watermedia
Cute houses and English gardens of Mendocino, wet watercolor technique in a vignette. 24 x 18.
This was an experiment with ink on a paper that wasn’t Arches, my usual go to paper, just playing around, but liked it so much I decided to frame it. Love the provocative shapes in Halong Bay, Vietnam, as can also be found in China, and their reflections and shadows.
22 x 29 Watermedia
This study in transparency was created for a black and white show at ACAI Gallery in Fair Oaks, California.
24 x 18 Watermedia
Meg, my next door neighbor has a white peony that blooms every year when she’s out of town, but I do get to see it.
22 x 28 Watermedia
Inspired by one of the Camellia Shows in Sacramento, this piece has earned several awards.
22 x 28 Watermedia
Another camellia painting, loving the single camellias!
22 x 28 Watermedia
In my front yard. The stamens and way the florets hang is so like a dance.
22 x 28 Watermedia
One of a series of still life flowers in vases.
11 x 14 Watermedia
From a series of flowers in vases.
14 x 11 Watermedia
Flowers are an opportunity for an artist to dance with the brushes.
Pure beauty.
11 x 14 Black Frame. Another from Crow Series and exploration of the crow personalities.
11 x 14 Black Frame. One from Crow Series.
This is one of my 8x8 images on cradled aquaboard from my Crow Series.
11 x 14 Black Framed, one of the pieces from my Crow Series.
This is a 16 x 12 Acrylic on canvas from my Crow Series.
This is one of my 8x8 images on cradled aquaboard from my Crow Series.
This is one of my 8x8 cradled aquaboard pieces from my Crow Series.
This is one of my 8x8 cradled aquaboard pieces from my Crow Series.
In this painting he was actually moving at 26 mph, clocked by a motorcycle. I love these interesting critters.
23 x 24 Watermedia
Charmed by roadrunners I was for awhile, this is one of that cheeky fellow.
16 x 20 Watermedia
Attitude, man attitude!
14 x 11 Watermedia
Yet another roadrunner with important business.
14 x 11 Watermedia
Playing around with these birds with attitude.
16 x 20
We see egrets every day on our walk along the American River, such elegant, graceful lines, such a beautiful curves.
18 x 24
Scenes similar to this I see on my walks on the American River especially in the winter.
18 x 24 Watermedia
I painted this for a Christmas card.
11 x 14 Watermedia
On my walks on the American River I see egrets fishing by tapping their feet along the bottom of this quiet inlet.
20 x 16 Watermedia
A small piece, 8x8, painted watermedia on clayboard.
We have so many Bluejays in California. A small piece, 8x8, painted watermedia on clayboard.
Waterfalls in watercolor must be done with much wet in wet technique to capture the movement and freshness of moving water.
Are there too many paintings of Yosemite Falls? In this one you can feel the mist.
25 x 19 Watermedia
In May of 2017 in Yosemite there were huge waterfalls and water everywhere due to the melting of a tremendous snowpac. There was flooding in the valley, the Merced River was crashing with no break in the whitewater once the river was out of the valley. This waterfall sprayed water and mist and roared like a freight train. Such profound power in nature’s elements.
30 x 23 Watermedia
One of my favorite Yosemite views.
17 x 23 Watermedia
Looking across the river near my house in the late afternoon.
Another interpretation of the incredible misty mountains of Halong Bay, Vietnam.
28 x 21 Watermedia
Exploring around coastal bays and tidal marshes of Northern California, many of these quiet scenes of the pulse of the sea.
23 x 30 Watermedia
This is a pretty typical scene from the lovely Perfume River in Vietnam.
25 x 31 Watermedia
Typical winter scene late afternoon on the American River.
18 x 24 Watermedia
February afternoon after a lot of rain, river is high, sun breaking through.
22 x 28 Watermedia
Pretty little lake in the Sierras.
18 x 24 Watermedia
It’s cloudy but there is sun somewhere shining on the water, and a wonderfully shaped old bunch of fence and posts.
20 x 26 Watermedia
