This is a really small miniature painting that is just about done now. It’s one of my Irises from our garden that should be coming up this spring. :D It is pretty small – due to the 1/6th rule. For those who aren’t aware, There are a lot of miniature […] Read more »
Little Bunny Miniature Progress…
Here is how my new little bunny miniature painting is going. :D Note that the colors here didn’t turn out as well as they often do on my scans – for some reason it looks kind of heavy and seems to have taken the ‘warm fuzzy’ colors out of it. […] Read more »
Rabbit Miniature Painting – Sketch
This is a sketch for a miniature painting that I just started – a bunny. I have a lot of work (paintings) that I’m starting right now – for spring shows & galleries, etc. as well as commission work. …more sketch posts are on their way. :D Read more »
Painting Spring – Baby Animals in Miniature
This is one of the new smaller/miniature paintings that I am working on.....This is the initial sketch that I made for the painting. Read more »
Western Sketches
This is a scan of one of my older field sketches – a wild lupine from Wyoming. I made this study as well as several others of the native summer wildflowers. During my last springtime research trek to Wyoming, I had the opportunity to study a wealth of wildflowers in the parks. […] Read more »
Inspiration, Just Outside My Window
I am so inspired! :D The weather is changing – it seems there has been a nearly constant thunderstorm or spring drizzle outside of my studio window. It has also often accompanied by a chorus of songbirds enjoying it as well. Fresh. Clean. Spring :D I recently started on (another) painting […] Read more »
Awaiting Spring
Here in Minnesota, "spring" takes a little bit to get here. :) The bitter cold is gone, but (unfortunately) we tend to have mounds of snow this time of year. Sooo… I thought a nice spring wildflower picture might help those of us who are buried under a foot of […] Read more »
Remembering Spring – Field Sketches
I’ve been going through my sketchbook a little today. Here is a rough field sketch I made earlier this spring when the bloodroot was just starting to bloom. I really love getting out in the forest early in the year to see all of the new wild plants peeking out […] Read more »
Painting in Open Air
It is finally getting warmer here in Minnesota — hopefully the snow showers last weekend will stay away :). I’ve had a little spring fever lately, so I have been dabbling in some plein air painting — painting in "open air". I am using the plein air as an exercise […] Read more »
Snow Painting Almost Finished
I have just about finished my snow painting. I’ve added a chickadee in the bare branches — I thought the addition of a small bird would be nice and add to the delicate feel of the branches. I have also finished my giraffe commissioned piece. I’ve recently noticed that I […] Read more »