Birth of Venus One (18 x 24 watercolor) Available
Birth of Venus Two, (18 x 24 watercolor) Available
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus is stunning, but it never captured the delivery part of birth for me. Botticelli’s Venus is serene. She is arriving at the shore, the messy birth process long behind her. My Venuses are actually in the process of emerging from the sea foam.
Lighthouse Stairs, (18 x 13 watercolor) Available
Looking down the stairs at Yaquina Light House in Newport Oregon.
Perhaps Persephone (watercolor 16 x 22) SOLD
Initially, this painting was inspired by a bird’s nest left over from last Spring. Looking at the nest, the woman with bird’s nest hair and the whitewater dress rising from the ground just came to me. She became Persephone as painted her. Now she is drowsily sinking back into the earth before her return to Hades and the Underworld. She’ll be back in the Spring.
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The Heart of Salamanca (watercolor 19 x 23) Available
This is early morning on the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, Spain. In a couple hours the Plaza will be full of umbrella tables. But right now the coffee drinkers are inside enjoying the warmth.
Mudejar Pillar No. One (watercolor 10 x 14) Available
Mudejar Pillar No. Two (watercolor 10 x 14) Available
These two capitals come from the Nazrid Palaces in The Alhambra of Granada, Spain.
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Trujillo Cathedral (watercolor 10 x 22) Available
This is the cathedral in Trujillo, Spain, also known as “Our Lady of Peace.” I’ve painted her from the side, as a neighbor might walk to her. But she presides over Trujillo’s Plaza Mayor.
Alhambra Muse (watercolor 17 x 23) Available
This is one of the first courts in the Palacios Nazaries of Granada’s Alhambra.
The Yellow Church (watercolor 16 x 23) Available
This is the Plaza Mayor in the village of Zahara, Cadiz Province, Spain. The village is one of the more picturesque pueblos blancos in Andulacia. The church I’ve painted is known as the Torre del Reloj (Yellow Tower), and it dominates the square.
Via Miranda (watercolor 9 x 19) Available
From Miranda del Castanar, all the views are vistas but all the vistas are framed by narrow streets. This little half timbered village, with a population of less than five hundred is a joy to wander.
The View From Miranda (watercolor 11 x 19) SOLD
Strolling the 1929 Expo (watercolor 23 x 17) Available
This is Seville’s Plaza de Espana where Spain held the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. Seville went all out for this World Fair venue. The plaza is a beautiful mix of Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival, Spanish Baroque Revival and Neo-Mudéjar styles.
Leaving Segovia (watercolor 23 x 16) Available
Driving out of Segovia’s old town ends with a spectacular view of the aqueduct. Driving out on a rainy night, is like driving into an impressionist painting of the aquaduct..
Mudejar Arch (watercolor 13 x 18) SOLD
During our trip to Spain, I fell in love with the mudejar horseshoe arches. This particular arch is in the Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija in Seville. The Palace is an architectural hodgepodge, with mudejar and Renaissance elements and ancient Roman mosaic floors.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.
April of the Plaza Mayor (watercolor 15 x 23) Available
Hanging Out at Opal Creek (watercolor 13 x 22) Available
This is our favorite lunch spot on Opal Creek. It’s just below the falls and about half way around the pretty looping trail to Jawbone Flats.
Alcazar Window (watercolor 11 x 19) Sold
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
Aqua Falls (watercolor 16 x 23) SOLD
No these falls aren’t actually named the Aqua Falls. I don’t know their name. I think of them as the aqua falls, because the water is the most beautiful aqua color there. There being the first falls on the Opal Creek Trail, east of Salem, Oregon. If you hike the trail you’ll find them just as you reach the abandoned mill machinery. You have to scramble a little off trail down some rocks to reach this view of them. The good news is you’ll probably have them to yourself.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a fine art print.
Toledo Morning (watercolor 14 x 22) Available
The streets of Toledo are shaded by canvas sails and lit by hanging lanterns.
Over the Rooftops (watercolor 10 x 17) Available
Caceres, Spain as seen from the cathedral roof.
Break-time Caceres (watercolor 11 x 13) Sold
This is old town Caceres.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
A Doggie Moment (watercolor 12 x 19) Sold
One more painting from my Spring trip to Spain. This is Caceres, Extremadura inside the medieval city walls.
This painting has sold, but you can still purchase a fine art print.
The Church in San Martin (16 x 23 watercolor) Available
San Martin de Trevjo is a sleepy mountain village in Extramadura, Spain. I spent a happy couple hours wandering among the half-timbered homes there.
Visiting Sky City (watercolor 12 x 19) Available
Acoma City, a pueblo in New Mexico.
The Hips Don't Lie (watercolor) Available
Flaminco dancer in Seville.
Setenil Fortress (watercolor 15 x 24) Available
Setenil de los Bodegas of Cadiz Province, Spain is one of the more interesting pueblos blancos of Andulacia. Unlike most pueblos blancos it occupies either ridge of a valley rather than a hilltop. Many of the houses are semi-troglodyte, occupying shallow caves in the valley walls. One street includes a natural tunnel.
The view in this painting is from our apartment porch in Setenil looking across at the old castile.
Sant Pau's Gates (watercolor 17 x 22) Available
I was fascinated by the shadows cast by wrought iron gates in front of the Sant Pau Hospital Moderisme in Barcelona, Spain.
On the Way to the Sagrada Familia (watercolor 15 x22) SOLD
This painting has sold, but you may still buy a fine art reproduction here.
Bringing Down the House (16 x 23 watercolor) Available
This house demolition caught my eye because it was so surprisingly beautiful.
Foggy Path (14 x 22 watercolor on paper) SOLD
Another one that sold before I could post it. Prints are available at Pixels.
Twilight Off Michigan Ave, (Watercolor 16 x 22) Available
Art Institute Reflected (13 x 19 watercolor) Available
The Art Institute of Chicago, both live and in reflection.
On The Loop (13 x 19 watercolor) SOLD
This is downtown Chicago on The Loop.
This painting sold before I could post it, but prints are still available.
The El (13 x 18 watercolor) Available
This is downtown Chicago, looking down the El.
Door to Chicago (watercolor 16 x 22) Available
A look through the Chicago Art Institute’s doorway onto Michigan Ave.
Morning in Le Marais (17 x 23 Watercolor) SOLD
My husband, daughter, and I spent a pleasant morning walking through the Le Marais district in Paris, on our way to the Pompiduo Modern Art Museum. The Le Marais was once inhabited by the French aristocracy and later become center of the Jewish community in Paris. Post WWII, it is once again inhabited by traditional Jews. I found the Jewish men’s back hats and suits striking against the back drop of more casually dressed tourists.
This painting has sold, but you may still purchase a art print.
