Featured Art this Month
Original Paintings
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Bear in the Woods
19 x 14 cm watercolor and gouache with matte
Price: $58
I love this piece. It’s been hard for me to let go of it. Maybe it’s how surprised I was as I painted it. It is as if the bear emerged without a plan when I started on the forest background. Making art always surprises me. This was one of the first that took on a character and illustrative quality, too. I can see it in a children’s room or nursery, or as part of Animal series of paintings on your wall.
Dandelion Dreams
19 x 13 cm acrylic with matte
Price:$58
Make a wish on dandelions and let the seeds scatter. My mother said everyone needs to experience walking barefoot in the grass. Really, that means relaxing and having time to dream, and time to pay attention to the smaller details in nature like these pretty dandelions and wildflowers that persist in coming up in our otherwise manicured lawns. If you love the dreaminess of summer walks and fields of flowers, I hope this finds its way to your walls.
Red Mumms on a Hill
15 x 10 cm watercolor & pen set in matte
Price: $50
I love combining pen, ink, and watercolors, in a whimsical piece like this flower- filled hillside that was inspired by a memory of a hike years ago. This bright, petite painting is perfect for bringing the whimsical color of the outdoors inside your home.
Sunflowers on a Hill
9 x 14 cm gouache with matte
Price: $58
Inspired by my first visit to a cousin’s summer home in West Virginia, but it can be near any farm in the countryside. Imagine the bright flowers, the butterflies, birds chirping, and a promise of a cookout later in the day. Add a bit of home and country to your walls.
14 cm x 18 cm, gouache
with white matte, ready to frame
Price: $58
Inspired by summers near my grandparents’ home in Virginia, where my cousins and I wandered past fields, visiting nearby farms to pet the rabbits and pigs.
Field of Daisys
Tulip Field
14cm x 18 cm, gouache
with white matte, ready to frame
Price: $55
Inspired by my love of bright tulips in Spring and my secret dream of visiting Holland in tulip season…(no longer secret!)
Songbird
40cm x33 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
With matte, glass/wooden frame
$500, plus shipping
(not part of free shipping Specials)
Inspired by an early morning walk listening to the birds hidden in the trees, I was reminded of Mary Oliver’s words, “Wild sings the birds of our hearts in the forest of our lives.” You know that magical moment when you are walking in nature and your heart is reawakened by some unexpected, special encounter.
Blue Bird
30cm x 20 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
with matte, glass/black wooden frame
Price: $250 plus shipping
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This is one of a pair of blue and black birds, mixed media paintings.
Inspired by walks in Autumn, I began with gathered leaves for background printing. I imagined an orderly, bright, patterned textile suddenly released into an explosion of movement in the season’s winds.
Black Bird
20 cm x 30 cm, acrylic, ink, pastels
with matte, glass/black wooden frame
$250, plus shipping
(Not part of Free Shipping Specials)
This is one of a pair of blue and black birds, mixed media paintings.
Inspired by walks on a windy Autumn day, I began with gathered leaves for background printing. I’ve recently been looking at the textiles of indigenous groups, which are filtering into this explosion of colors.
Pigeons at the Base of Banyan Tree
31 cm x39 cm on paper
gouache, acrylics, pastels, pencils
$80 plus shipping
Sometimes my paintings are influenced by my poetry. This piece was based on a day plein air painting, focused on banyan trees at Tetuan Plaza. I ran home to write a poem about the trees and pigeons and then painted these busy birds gathered at the base of the trees.