9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series The Gaudy Commodore Butterfly, Precis octavia, is an African butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. The upper wings are truly impressive with intense blue and orange, which are …
Milkweed Tiger Moth
9×13 watercolor Solo Butterfly Series The Milkweed Tiger Moth, Euchaetes egle, is a North American species. It is a very drab sort of moth – if one only looks at …
Harlequin Beetle
9×13 watercolor The aptly named Harlequin Beetle, Acrocinus longimanus, is a longhorned beetle native to the Americas. This fabulously patterned beetle is quite large, growing to about 3″ in body …
Passion Vine Bugs
9×13 watercolor Many people think of any and all insects as “bugs”, but that’s not really the case. Only insects of the order Hemiptera are true bugs, as are these two …
Stinkbug & Bolivar’s Katydid
9×13 watercolor Who knew a Stink Bug (top) could be so cute? Stink Bugs are true bugs of the order Hemiptera. The Bolivar’s Katydid (bottom) is amazingly well-camouflaged to blend …
Madagascar Sunset Moth
22×30 watercolor The Madagascar Sunset Moth, Chrysiridia rhipheus, is one of the most beautiful winged creatures in the world – in my opinion. This one is painted so much larger than …
Autumn Crepe Myrtle
22×30 watercolor One fall, I noticed that the little crepe myrtle trees across the street seemed to have particularly colorful autumn leaves. I went over with my camera and took …
Japanese Maple
30×22 watercolor This watercolor painting was done from life – of the autumn leaves on a Japanese maple tree in my backyard. Japanese Maple was published in The Watercolour Flower Aritist’s Bible …
Summer ’90
22×30 watercolor A profusion of summer garden flowers! I painted this floral watercolor in the summer of 1990. I only used flowers from my garden, but they weren’t all blooming at …
Orchids in Blue
15×22 watercolor This watercolor of cymbidium orchids was inspired from live plants. I began by sketching orchids growing in a half-barrel planter in my yard. I took a few photos to …
Red Petals
30×22 pastel “Red Petals” is a blown-up view of intensely red gerbera daisy flower petals. I chose the dark green as a background color to offset the red, which is so very …
Madrone, Oak, Bay
22×30 watercolor I live in an area of California where there are many hiking trails in oak woodland. This watercolor shows a collage of fallen autumn leaves of madrone, oak …
Two Dragons
22×30 pastel These two red dragons are, of course, snapdragons. At this size, though, with their odd faces and manes, they reminded me more of some type of mythical, floral …
Purple Majesty
22×30 pastel A purple iris bloomed in my front garden. Such a purple! It was incredibly rich, deep and velvety. I wanted to capture that color. It took many different …
Purple Lisianthus
22×30 watercolor The first time I ever grew a purple lisianthus in my garden, I was amazed at how beautiful it was. I tried to capture the essence of it …
Foundlings
14×16 watercolor; 20.5×23 framed Foundlings is a collection of a few favorite items I found while on walks in the woods and on the beach. It struck me that each one …
Found Treasures
18×12 watercolor; 26×20 framed When I first moved back to California after living in New York for ten years, I went for lots of hikes. I could hardly go a few …
Mussel Shell
9×12 watercolor I brought the mussel shell and dried seaweed home from the beach one day. I made a few small paintings from them, in subtle, natural colors. In 2006, this …