Morning on the Beach

An acrylic on canvas 16 x 20 based on a beautiful 

sky and water photo from a friend. I have moved 

the boy and dog in to the foreground and added 

the stack of logs. It looks so much like a quiet 

Whidbey Island morning.

Heron in the Rain

A mixed media work on canvas. 24 x 12
Heron in the Rain  I had wanted to paint a heron for some time, but kept putting it off.  Then one day I met him .  He was just standing on the side of the road staring in the car at me and I knew it was time.  It was a typical misty moisty rainy day and the heron was standing in the runoff water puddle on the side of the road while the rain continued to pour down from above.  His expression seemed a bit grumpy.  I wanted to take him  home and dry him off.  But I’m sure he had other ideas.

The  Heron has flown to a beautiful home.

SOLD

Artworks Gallery, located at Greenbank on Whidbey Island.

Sunrise Over Waves

Something new for the New Year. Needed a break from the cold snowy December pictures. Sunrise Over Waves is now available in Artworks Gallery. Acrylic on paper 12 x 24 framed in gold.

Daybreak II

In the middle of winter thinking back to memorable times last summer.

Playing with complementary colors, blue and orange. And looking for a feeling of dance in the clouds with the bird adding to the movement.

15 x 30 acrylic on canvas

Winter Solstice

I tune the hearth song of my soul

loving words upon my lips,

light-giving songs upon my heart,

life-bringing praises upon my eyes,

The music of comfort resound in the

souls of all beings,

preserving them in peace

as the sun and new moon renew themselves

this night.

Winter Solstice is a celebration of the darkest time of the year, when the moon reigns with it’s promise of renewal.  A time for rest, reflection and refreshing, a time to make resolutions for the coming year.  Each falling leaf continues an ancient poem wafting though the cool winter air to drift into our minds and help us make thoughtful choices and aid us in our life decisions.

 The poems used come from a Celtic devotional and the Carmina Gadelica.

Waves I

On Whidbey’s Open Studio Tour I visited an artist who painted the most exquisite waves on silk using an ancient Japanese method.  I wanted to create my own moving waves.  The large waves evolved they became the perfect background for a solitary giant of the ocean and I carefully placed the Orca Whale.

 The Orca whales often traverse the Saratoga Passage on the west side of Whidbey Island, Wa.