19×25 pastel Autumn Flames was inspired by the beautiful autumn leaves I saw all around me on the East Coast years ago. I hoped to capture some of that wonderful seasonal …
Burst of Joy – Spirit Made Flesh
15×22 pastel Burst of Joy – Spirit Made Flesh was inspired by a vision I had while meditating many years ago. In it, a body of pure, blinding light moved …
Infinite Lifeforce
30×22 pastel My abstract pastel paintings are completely non-representational and intensely colored. They may appear to be either microcosm or cosmic macrocosm, but each has an internal rather than an objective source. The …
Parrotfish
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series Could any fish be more fabulously colorful than a parrotfish? They munch on the coral, but I love them anyway. Click here to …
Handsome Crowd
30×22 watercolor; 35×28 framed Handsome Crowd features a selection of fish that are not the flashiest or most colorful, but which I find particularly handsome. Orangespine Unicornfish, Achilles Tang, Ornate Butterflyfish and …
Moorish Idol
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series The Moorish Idol, with its long, trailing dorsal fin extension waving along behind it, is a lovely, graceful coral reef fish. Even the …
Achilles Tang & Ornate Butterflyfish
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series I always look for the Achilles Tang and the Ornate Butterflyfish, two of my favorite characters, when I’m snorkeling in Hawaiian waters. They are so beautiful!
Saddle Wrasse
9×12 watercolor; 11×14 framed Coral Reef Series There are other, even more colorful species of wrasse endemic to Hawaii, but the Saddle Wrasse is the one I see most often there. Like …
Bird Wrasse
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series The Bird Wrasse, or Gomphosus varius, is quite an amazing looking coral reef fish. Oddly, they cannot really be defined by gender and age. Instead, they are either …
Achilles Tang
9×12 watercolor Coral Reef Series I always like seeing Achilles Tangs – they are such handsome fish! The Achilles Tang, or Acanthurus achilles, is a surgeonfish. The Acanthuridae family of surgeonfish, …
Wings of California
22×30 pastel Wings Series All the butterfly wings in this piece are from butterflies of California. Most of these species are rather small and inconspicuous. It takes a closer look to …
Wings of North America
22×30 pastel Wings Series All the wings in this painting are from butterflies of North America. I try not to repeat the same butterflies in paintings very often, so it helps …
Wings of Utopia
22×30 oil pastel Wings Series I do love painting butterflies, and they have appeared in my art all my life. I wanted to create a few large paintings that featured a …
Tropical Wings
22×30 pastel Wings Series This Wings Series painting features tropical butterflies. Given that there are so many fabulous butterflies in the world, I had to have some way of limiting my …
Rainbow Butterflies
30×22 watercolor Butterflies come in every color, so I chose monochromatic ones (just one color plus black and white) to make up the rainbow. The border is made of strips …
Resplendent Forester Butterfly
13×19 watercolor 19×25 framed Solo Butterfly Series This wonderfully colorful butterfly was discovered in a rainforest of Ghana in 2012. It is the Resplendent Forester butterfly, Bebearia sp. There are several Forester …
Claudina Butterfly
9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series The striking Claudina Butterfly, Agrias claudina, is found high in the canopies of South American tropical forests. The yellow tufts on the males’ hindwings emit pheromones to …
Bella Moth
9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series This lovely, delicate winged insect is a moth, not a butterfly. It’s scientific name is Utetheisa ornatrix, but is commonly known as the Bella Moth or …