Authorby0Hummingbirds, Raccoons, and Great Blue Herons
The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my …
Paintings of birds on vellum skins.
Authorby0Authorby1Egg Tempera on Mounted Vellum Work-in-Progress
I know that I like to watch work-in-progress posts so I will try to blog more often about my works-in-progress. Here is my latest experiment. I have wanted to …
Authorby0Long Overdue Works-In-Progress Post!
I will just pretend that today is Works-In-Progress Tuesday! I will blame it on the craziness of the Holiday Season. Anyway – I am continuing to work on 4 Mische …
Authorby0Tiny Dancer – Sold
Tiny Dancer watercolor on Cowley’s Kelmscott calskin vellum I photographed this flamingo at the London Zoo. I was in London to attend a reception for the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Florilegium …
Authorby2Nocturne – Sold
Nocturne watercolor on Kelmscott calfskin vellum sold I had the great fortune to photograph this barn owl at the Center for the Bird’s of Prey near Charleston last year. …
Authorby0Starting over again…
Obviously my blogging skills leave much to be desired…! I am vowing to now work at them a little bit harder. I have been painting steadily since the fiber festivals …
Authorby0Final Italy Botanical and an Heirloom Granniwinkle Apple!
While I was drawing the study of the olive branch in Monica’s Orchard, this butterfly ‘flew by’ me. I dropped my pad & pencil, grabbed my camera and …
Authorby1One More Italy to Go!
Five down and one more to go… I have 5 days left to finish my final painting for Italy. The grapes were really fun, but I think …
Authorby0Halfway through my Italy paintings!
This painting marks my halfway point of 6 paintings for our Italy show. I was supposed to have everything done by 3/18 but got a week’s reprieve – they are …
Authorby2Grapes & Sunshine, Working hard, Works-in-progress
I was trying to post more than once a week, but when the deadlines are looming and the stress is building over making the deadlines, sitting at the …