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 …
Butterfly Wings of the World
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Toxic Tango III: Cone Shells
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed Toxic Tango Series You would hardly expect these lovely shells would house venomous creatures, but they all do! Cone shells themselves are harmless once they are …
Toxic Tango I: Sea Slugs
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed These are all real sea slug species, unbelievable as they appear. It is the first painting of the “Toxic Tango” series. My intention is to depict …
Toxic Tango II: Peacock Spiders
24×24 watercolor; 32×32 framed Toxic Tango Series All spiders are venemous to some degree, so any would qualify for the Toxic Tango Series. But colorful peacock spiders are also amazing! …
Tropical Paradise
4’x8′ watercolor Tropical Paradise is the largest painting I’ve ever done. It’s 4 feet wide by 8 feet long, and filled with tropical plants, birds and butterflies. It was done …
Basilisk, Orchids, Frogs
22×30 watercolor; 30×34 framed This painting was inspired by a very regal looking plumed (or green) Basilisk lizard I saw at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. His profile was quite …
Friends of the Eel River
30×22 watercolor; 37×29 framed This painting was created to support the environmental organization, Friends of the Eel River. It was reproduced on T-shirts, prints and cards, then published in The Eelriver Reporter, …
Flora’s Holiday
Digital Art Flora’s Holiday, a surreal landscape, features bits and pieces of photos I took while traveling in Italy with my husband in 2013. All the flowers, however, are from …