When I was thinking about my next painting project, I thought "I'm going to do something flowy and less structured". Wow, did I go the other way! I just couldn't get past wanting to paint one of the beautiful photographs my husband took when he was on location in New Mexico. He could see the annual balloon… read more.

Completing this painting makes me happy and melancholy. This really meant something to me considering my son is graduating for the United States Coast Guard boot camp in March. He just got his orders for Station New London, Connecticut! So this felt important to me to paint at this time. I'm just starting… read more.

I started this painting a couple of days ago. I'm feeling melancholy with my son in Coast Guard Boot Camp so I'm painting this scene which will eventually have a Coast Guard Boat on the ocean during sunset. I love sunrise/sunset themes. The boat will be in silhouette. I'm still fine tuning the sky and… read more.