I am very excited to be part of a brand new music ensemble: Marin Baroque. It consist of a chamber choir and period instrument orchestra.This should be a wonderful, professional …
Featured Artist of Craft Gallery at MSA
I am the Featured Artist in the Craft Gallery of Marin Society of Artists this month. The exhibit is up from May 3-27, 2012. I just finished installing beaded necklaces …
Sophisticated Ladies
I’ve enjoyed putting together a selection of the Bordered Butterfly cards that I call the “Sophisticated Ladies”. There are 33 total Bordered Butterfly cards so far, but these are some …
Blue Clipper Butterfly
I love the newest butterfly! This is the Blue Clipper, or Parthenos sylvia. I’ll write more about him later. Just wanted to post an image of the painting, which I …
Peacock Butterfly
Inachis io, or European Peacock butterfly, is commonly found in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Its range may extend as far east as Japan. This harbinger of spring hibernates during …
Gaudy Commodore
The second butterfly in the new series is Precis octavia, or Gaudy Commodore. This African butterfly exhibits two very different color forms – red and black in summer and blue, …
New Butterflies Coming
I’ve had so much fun finding various ways to use those four moths and one butterfly from the series I painted for the the “Little Book of Metamorphosis” handmade art …
CD Cover Art
Libby McQuitson, a singer/composer friend, wrote an original choral piece called “Nature’s Repose” based on the writings of John Muir. I was one of the singers invited to sing on …
Flights of Fancy
I created a new digital art piece this winter. I used images from both my photos and my watercolor paintings, which was a first for me. A few of the …
Bordered Butterfly card set 6
Here are the cards of Bordered Butterfly set 6. The caterpillars are included with the identification on the back of these cards.
Bordered Butterfly card sets
I’ve arranged most of the new bordered butterfly (and moth) cards into sets of four. Four cards just barely squeeze into a single clear sleeve, along with a slip of …
New Butterfly Notecards
I ceated a new line of butterfly and moth notecards to give as Christmas gifts this year. They all have decorative marbled borders to match. There are 29 different designs, …
New Art Books
The third version of the art books is similarly titled. It’s “A Little Book of Metamorphosis”, subtitled “Five Caterpillars, Four Moths, One Butterfly”. I found some gorgeous handmade marbled paper …
New Art Books
I’ve been working on some new versions of art books using the moth, butterfly, and caterpillar images. They are all variations on “Little Book of Metamorphosis”.The first one, also shown …
SaveNature.org
SaveNature.org in San Francisco has an “Adopt an Acre” or “Adopt a Reef” donation program. You can donate money to help preserve rainforest, African desert, or coral reef habitats – …
Holiday Concerts
I’ll be singing as a soloist and choral member in two different concerts coming up in early December. The first is the Marin Symphony’s Holiday concert on December 3 at …
Recording Project
A singer friend, Libby McQuiston, has composed an a cappella piece for a small chorus. It is in honor of John Muir and his writings, and will be recorded for …
framed individual moths & butterfly
I have framed five of the moth/butterfly watercolors that I painted for “The Little Book of Metamorphosis” – which is still just a possibility for a handmade book, not a …
Beetles accepted
I found out this morning that my submission to the Marin Community Foundation exhibit was accepted! Beautiful Beetles will hang with 11 other pieces of art (each from a different …
Four Moths, One Butterfly, and their Caterpillars
“Four Moths, One Butterfly and their Caterpillars” is what I’m calling my newest project using the moth, butterfly and caterpillar images I’ve had in mind for a Little Book of …