Here are a couple of my better landscapes. The first one is from early last year and the second one is from early this year. Neither of them are where I want to be with my painting. I find the colors to be a bit bland. The first one, with the forest path, I just […]
I completed this painting April 19, 2025. It is currently the last one in the series I’ve been painting of places Jim and I visited in the last 20 or so years. I will probably do more, but not right now. We came up I 395 from California to Washington. Mono Lake was one of
This is another 12″ x 12″ oil on canvas. I painted it in January of 2025. This was painted from a photo taken in April of 2015 in Winthrop Washington. We went there a couple of times and talked about going back. It is amazingly beautiful area.
I believe the reference photo for this painting was taken around 2006. We sold our house in Southern California and drove to Washington. We went up I 395 which is a beautiful drive. Much nice than the dismal drive up I5. I was born in California, and lived the majority of my life there. Jim
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This is the next painting in the series of places my husband and I visited. We visited Ginko State Park here in Washington in May of 2023. Jim loved to travel. He was constantly planning our next trip. Or 3. Or 4. This painting, like the last one, I’m pretty much copying the photo, without
A lot has happened in the past few months. After the first of the year, I feel like I completely lost my way. Losing my husband of 45 years, back in October, ripped my heart out. I thought if I could make it through the holidays, things would be better. They weren’t. Then I had
I had a tough time with this post. I started it on Dec. 31, 2024 and now its Jan. 10, 2025. I admit, I was procrastinating with finishing it. As 2024 came to an end, I said goodbye to, Jim, my husband of 45 years. He passed away October 18, 2024. This photo was
One of the many artist accounts I follow on Instagram is tonycartoonish . His cartoons are wonderful. He also has challenges on a regular basis. I missed the last two challenges because life stomped on me. Hard. I made up my mind to do his most recent challenge, and I’m glad I did! This was
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I opened a Red Bubble shop a couple of weeks ago and posted some Christmas stickers for sale. There are some other odds and ends there as well. I started way late for Christmas this year, but I figure it will be there next year. I made a variety of cute animals wearing Christmas antlers.
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Finally! It has been a slow process, but I have a website. I battled a steep learning curve for WordPress. There was also a medical procedure that helped slow me down. My website isn’t 100% complete and I suspect I will be tinkering with it for a while. I want to add some sort of
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