Coneflowers and Stone Wall
Buy with PayPal Coneflowers are prevalent in the gardens of Wildacres. They welcome visitors at the entrance and provide spots of bright pink and orange throughout the hillside garden. The…
Blue Hosta Love
Buy with PayPal As I continue to work with inspiration from my residency at Wildacres, hostas appear often. They seem to be happy in the shady moist environment, and they…
Laurel Fantasy
Buy with PayPal I wanted to do a residency because it’s my art fantasy life to focus on an art project, walk and sleep whenever I want, and have someone…
Wildacres Walls
During the week of July 11-18, 2016, I was artist in residence at Wildacres Retreat in the North Carolina mountains. The residency consists of the use of a private cabin…
Gelli Plate Obsession
I started using a new tool this week, a Gelli Printing Plate. It’s a flexible surface for making monoprints and monotypes without a press using acrylic paints. I’ve been watching…
Blue Palmetto
Buy with PayPal Painting from imagination is a challenge for me. I get stuck on reproducing colors I see on location or trying to imitate what I see in photos.…
Sunflowers
Summer has settled in here in Columbia, South Carolina.... hot, hazy, and humid. Sunflowers are a perfect symbol of the hot days, and the cool blue background brings to mind…
Stormy Morning
On a recent trip to the South Carolina coast, a storm front moved through and brought scattered showers all weekend. I went out early one morning and painted on a dock…
Deodar Cedar
Before it turned so oppressively hot this week, I went out for a morning of painting at Sandhill Research and Education Center northeast of Columbia, SC. The graceful, pendulous branches…
Hydrangeas
June is hydrangea season in South Carolina and the recent showers are keeping them well hydrated. My cousin Pat offered me this lush bouquet from her yard to model for a…