Rainbow Skies 16×20 Acrylic on Canvas Panel  Click Here to Buy On Tuesday night I got a call from my sister-in-law Darby.  She was headed to a painting and wine class and she asked me to join her last minute.  We had so much fun.  This is the painting that I left the class with. […]

Monroe 5×7 Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy I had a tough time finding inspiration this week.  I started a couple paintings and just couldn’t move forward with them…and then I found this week’s Daily Paintworks Challenge.  We were asked to paint a movie star with a limited palette, using only blue and purple. […]

Explore 8×10 Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy This painting was inspired by this week’s Illustration Friday challenge: “Explore” and Christmas, of course! When contemplating what to paint for this challenge, I had so many ideas – safari, space, etc.  I found myself exploring a lot though this painting.  I started sketching and let […]

Breathe 6×6 Watercolor on Paper Private Collection Whew, what a week!  I am so glad it’s over.  I started this portrait of my son on Sunday night and woke up Monday to the same routine but as I was driving home from work, I got a call from my husband and that routine quickly changed. […]

Christmas Kaleidoscope 6×6 Watercolor, Pen and Ink on PaperClick Here to Buy Piggybacking off of last night’s post, here’s another symmetrical pen and ink/watercolor piece.  This time with a Christmas spin…just for fun.  I hope you are all having a great week.  Can you believe that December starts tomorrow???

Floridian Snowflake 6×6 Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper Click Here to Buy I did this piece for pure fun.  I’ve been having a lot of fun with pen and ink lately – got completely carried away drawing this piece.  I just let my mind wander and explore. As this piece started to develop, it started […]

The Whiskers Trio 5×7 Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper Click Here to Buy Inspired by this week’s Illustration Friday challenge, I introduce to you the Whiskers Trio!  I’ve been wanting to illustrate some cats for awhile now and when I saw the topic was “Whiskers,” I knew now was the time, and of course, […]

Red Flowers 5×7 Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy I found an image of a “red flower” and used it as a reference for this piece.  I’m pretty pleased with the way it turned out.  I like the painterly background, which really shows off the natural appearance of watercolors.  However, I have no clue […]

Zoom 5×7 Watercolor, Pen and Ink on PaperClick Here to Buy I spent a wonderful weekend in South Florida visiting my parents.  My husband had his annual “brothers weekend” so my sister-in-law and I decided we would back up my two boys and two dogs and make the three hour trek to Clewiston.  We had […]

Hug a Tree 5×7 Watercolor, Pen and Ink on PaperClick Here to Buy This illustration was created for this week’s Illustration Friday challenge: “Tree.” I love trees – all types.  When I found out that this week’s challenge was tree, I had a tough time choosing which kind of tree to draw.  One thing I […]