Category: nature

  • Autumn Leaves – 2

    Although this was painted in landscape view, I discovered it also looked nice cropped to portrait. Vivid colors and contrast, but I still did not get the effect I wanted on the leaves. The colors here continue to change, inspiring me along the way.

  • Autumn Colors

    This is the first of a series of exercises intended to attempt to capture the amazing colors that i see everywhere this time of year. My favorite colors at that.

  • The turquoise ocean

    There are many pleasures that come with painting. The pleasure of the colors, the pleasure of the effect of the paper, the pleasure of the results. Daniel Smith Watercolors has actually formulated colors made from semi-precious stones. Most of them are not too impressive to me, but there is one that I really like. I…

  • Dawn

    Dawn. The most promising time of day. A new day, a beginning. Hope. Sometimes here in Seattle, dawn is kind of monochromatic. What does this mean? It’s going to rain? or out of the mist the sun will appear? This particular dawn was curious because all the light seemed to be coming from the lake.

  • Chillin’ at Folklife

    As I sit here today, cringing every time the wind throws more rain on my window, I think back to the warm weekend of the Folklife festival It was such a glorious day, my dear husband and I took many photos because it seemed that everyone had come out to enjoy the music and the…