El Molino Afternoon
11 x 14 oil on board
Strong sunlight streamed through the alley just south of the Pasadena Playhouse in the Playhouse District.
I enjoy the feeling of painting on board. Although it lacks the “spring” of stretched canvas, the paint glides on smoothly and can be pushed around in different ways.
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Flint Canyon Trail - Autumn - La Canada Flintridge
16 x 20 oil on canvas
Celebrating five years of blogging
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Today marks 5 years of blogging from when I first opened an account on Live Journal. It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve enjoyed all the learning and friendships that have come out of it. Back […]

River Run (study)
5 x 7 oil
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I did this study today to practice painting with a very limited palette and to make a plan for a larger painting . Want to guess what three colors I used? (Not including white.)

Santa Barbara Meadow (at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden)
12 x 16 oil on canvas

Whenever we visit Santa Barbara, I try to make some time to visit their beautiful botanic garden which features native plants in natural settings. Last week my husband went to a seminar up in Santa Barbara and I tagged along to take […]

By the Silvery Moon - 9 x 12
Watercolor on Yupo
My friend Brenda Yarborough has recently been painting on Yupo and we were talking about it today and what a tricky but fun medium it is. Yupo is a plastic product in a sheet (like paper) that was developed for the printing industry. […]

Foothill Pines
6 x 8 oil on canvas
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A gentle road winds through California’s Gold Rush Country, where the oaky foothills give way to the first pines of the Sierras. The morning fog lifts in a slight breeze to reveal the radiant hills of mid summer. A moment of pure tranquility!

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Sunset Magic
12 x 16 oil on canvas - California impressionist landscape
My latest larger sized landscape draws inspiration from the works of George Inness - a Hudson Valley painter who gradually evolved into an impressionistic style (even though he always rejected the term “impressionist” when it was applied to him.) I have been […]

“Tuscan Flavor - Fennel and Mushroom”
6 in x 6 in
Remember how I said I was watching more food network and less politics for the moment? As part of that trend, I’ve enjoyed shopping for some vegetables I don’t usually prepare, among them, fennel. This delicate vegetable and its companion mushroom called for […]

Tuscan Vineyard Sunset 6 x 8 oil on canvas
This is a new size canvas for me that I’m experimenting with. I like the look of it and the slightly larger size than the 5 x 7 makes it a bit easier to paint on. This petite painting would look stunning […]