This month’s artist spotlight is focused on Oregon painter, Carolee Clark.  I was drawn to Carolee’s work on Daily Paintworks.  She has a very distinct contemporary style with bright colors and bold patterns.  I really love all of her paintings.  She is a true inspiration.  If you’d like to check out some of her work, […]

Winter Magnolias 5×7 Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy I love this time of year because my japanese magnolia tree is blooming!  I love the flowers – they are so delicate and the pinkish purple color of the flowers is just beautiful.  

Red Hibiscus 5×7 Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy As a child, I loved the red hibiscus plant in my parents back yard.  It had the most beautiful big red flowers on it.  I would pick one off and tuck it behind my ear every chance I got.  I guess you could say I […]

Limitless 8×10 Watercolor on Paper Gustav Klimt is one of my favorite artists.  He uses wonderful color and shapes in the paintings and there is a great deal of tension in his work.  When you look at one of his paintings, you can’t help but look at all of the many details.  This painting was […]

Idle 11×14 Watercolor on Paper Lot’s of experimenting these days…this was a quick (but not too quick) watercolor sketch.  What I love most about this piece is the way it highlights the true characteristics of watercolor paint.  It’s splotchy, runny, and transparent.  I had fun with this piece and worked with it wet from start […]

This week we discussed tension in my watercolor class.  We were given 30 minutes to paint a painting full of tension and the painting above is what I came up with.  We explored more abstract works and reviewed examples by famous artists.  It’s funny, I never was really that into abstract art but it has […]

Brand New Day 11×14 Watercolor on Paper My nieces are the most beautiful dancers.  They have been dancing from the time they were in Kindergarden.  Now they are middle school age and their dancing brings me to tears.  They do the most beautiful duets and compete against other dancers from around the world.  I know […]

Colada Rays 11×14 Watercolor on Paper This is the painting I created for my semi-abstract homework.  It was MUCH harder to complete this painting than I thought – all the little individual shapes really complicated things.  I still feel like I could work it a little more, but I think I’m going to step away from this […]

Heart, Soul, and Love: Sister’s Unbreakable Bond 6×6 Watercolor on Paper I don’t have a sister, but imagine that if I had one, I would love her with all my heart and we would have a bond similar to the one that my boys share.  They spend every waking moment together.  There is laughter, tears, […]

I’m really enjoying my class.  This week we learned a lot about the fundamentals of semi-abstract painting.  I’ve never done a semi-abstract painting, at least not using the techniques I learned in class.  It was interesting and I can’t wait to do my homework this week.  The painting above was a practice painting that we […]