Beautiful, toxic flowers abound in the plant kingdom. Many are very familiar garden varieties that many folks would never suspect as being dangerous. They appear in bouquets in our homes, …
Peacock Gate
Peacock Gate is comprised of bits of my photos from a recent trip to Spain and Morocco. The peacock himself was found in the gardens of a royal palace of …
The Cottage
This surreal, fantasy night scene was digitally created from photos I took in Alaska, Estonia, and right in my own backyard. The weird clouds over the moon are real, although …
Beauty Beyond the Net
21×25 watercolor The Madagascar Sunset Moths, one of my very favorite insects, is featured in this watercolor painting. It’s the one toward the right. Looks like there’s a sunset in …
Autumn Passage
Digital Art A surreal spiral stairway and columned archway lead the way through a garden in full autumn glory to a dream-like land beyond. I used countless bits of photos from …
It’s Complicated
Digital Art “It’s Complicated” is a digitally-created fantasy landscape composed of travel and garden photos plus digital painting. Photoshop was my art studio. The main characters are a towering dragon and a female …
Charaxes Butterfly
13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed The intricately patterned Charaxes butterfly, also known as the Two-tailed Pasha, is a stunning harmony of warm yellow to red hues plus black and cool greys. …
Spanish Moon Moth
13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed The Spanish Moon Moth, Graellsia isabellae, has an ethereal beauty. Her graceful pale green wings are patterned with black and maroon. Eyespots adorn both top and bottom wings. My watercolor is …
Common Pink Forester Butterfly
13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed I couldn’t resist painting this gorgeous creature. The Common Pink Forester, Euphaedra xypete, is an African butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. This watercolor shows the underside of the wings, …
Silver Elements
7×22 watercolor 31×16 framed This watercolor is a monochromatic still life study. I placed several natural objects on plain white paper on my desk, and then painted them. I titled …
Coral Reef Scene
22×30 watercolor Myriad colorful fishes populate a coral reef, and I featured some of my favorites in this watercolor painting.
Out of the Blue
15×22 mixed watermedia Light emerges from behind many different blue clouds and layers in this cosmic abstract.
Festive Flock
30×22 watercolor; 40×30 framed I chose forty-two of the most colorful birds in the world for this painting. Of course, there are a great many more than that, so I had to …
Revelation
Digital Art Is this a fairytale? A myth? You decide. A faun-like character emerges into a sunset of incredible beauty. The end of his journey is a revelation! I used …
Reflections, Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Digital Photograph I took this photo of reflections on Plitvice Lakes while on a choral singing tour to Croatia and Slovenian in 2011. The Plitvice National Park, the oldest in …
Beautiful Beetles
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Amazon Insects
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed In 2006, I journeyed into the heart of the Amazon jungle with my father and sister, both scientists. My own background is biology as well as …
Butterflies, Moths, Caterpillars
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed Butterflies (and moths) are a recurring theme in my artwork. I don’t fight it. I had never before, however, painted caterpillars. I liked the idea of …
Moths & More Moths
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed Moths are usually assumed to be the dull, drab cousins of butterflies, the well-known beauties of the natural world. Nothing could be farther from the truth! There are …