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High Country Sunset: 9x12 inches, oil
I love glowing colors behind dark silhouettes.
This sunset was high up in the mountains, both beautiful and remote. I
found it irresistible to paint. $350 |
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Morning Rocks: 11x14 inches, acrylic
This wonderful rock formation was painted
on location
in a beautiful park. $400 |
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The Old Homestead: 7x5 inches, acrylic
This colorful painting poured off the brushes. I wish it was my homestead.
$100 |
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Serenity: 9x12 inches, acrylic
A kind of magic sometimes happens when
the day is ending and the evening light takes on a luminous purple. This
is one of those paintings that just flowed out. $350
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Evening on the Lake: 11x14 inches, acrylic
There's nothing like a sunset on a lake.
This one is like a jewel, and I have had the opportunity of visiting
it several times.
$400 |
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Reaching Shadows: 20x16 inches, acrylic
The dunes make wonderful shadows and shapes accross the sand.
$600 |
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The Journey: 12x16 inches, oil
I loved the moodiness of these islands shrouded
in mist. The sailboat heading out expressed a symbolism I wanted to capture.
$450
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Noon at the Canyon: 8x10 inches, acrylic
The colors of this canyon seem to change
dramatically throughout the day. I liked it in the blue shadows of noon.
$250 |
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Salt Flats & the Panamints: 9x12 inches, acrylic
I felt so lucky to capture
the desert in this light on location.
I had to paint quickly while the sun was moving. $350 |
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High Sierras: 24x30 inches, acrylic
I was attracted by everything in this scene: The giant pale rocks and sandbars along side the bright clear water and mountain pines. $950 |
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Lighthouse: 9x12 inches, oil
I felt that this weathered, storm damaged lighthouse
added beauty and a sense of history to the surrounding landscape.
$350 |
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Hawley Lake Morning: 16x20 inches, oil
There's nothing more moody than morning
light filtering through the mist over a lake. This lake
was at an elevation of 8,500 feet. $600 |
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Hillside Barn: 14x18 inches, oil
I enjoyed painting this barn nestled in
the slightly misty hills and golden fields. $500 |
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Garden Gate: 8x10 inches, oil
I was attracted by the structure the dark
iron gate gave the fluttering pale flowers, and by the soft yellow light filtering
through from behind them. $250 |
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Hangin' with the Big Boys: 12x16 inches, oil
I liked the gentle
sand dune curves against the rugged mountains. Though this little dune
and the range had vastly different heights, they appeared similar at this
eye level, which led me to the painting name. $450 |
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Mission Santa Inés: 8x6 inches, oil
I love the archetecture and feeling I get
from the old California missions. Mission Santa Inés is outside
of Solvang, in central California. $100 |
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View from the Inn: 14x18 inches, acrylic
A view of the Panamints from Furnace Creek
Inn, Death Valley, California. $500 |
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Desert Strata: 14x11 inches, oil
These desert canyons seem to have an infinite
number of layers, shapes and colors.
$400 |
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Aspens Turning: 9x12 inches, oil
Painted en plein air, in the fall. Among
the rich green pines, the aspens began to glitter and turn with gold. $350 |
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Eye of the Needle: 16x12 inches, oil
A famous Death Valley
landmark in Echo Canyon. I painted this from a photo my husband
took of a friend, who was standing in the light, as it was shining through
the hole in the rock formation. They never thought to time this, but
happened to arrive at that perfect moment.
$450 |
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Mountain Lake: 14x18 inches, oil
This is a view of northern Arizona's Hawley
Lake, one of the most charming lakes I've seen. $500 |
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Meadow Stream: 11x14 inches, acrylic
I found this meandering stream, flowing
through golden meadows into the mountains, lovely. $400 |
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Last Open Field: 8x10 inches, oil
I was happy to have an opportunity to paint
this field on location. Just about all the open land in Simi Valley has gone to developers.
$250 |
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Trona Pinnacles: 11x14 inches, acrylic
These strange shaped tufas are the result
of thousands of years of calcium-carbonate buildup, bonded with algae,
in lake water once rich with saline and alkaline. Death Valley, California.
$400 |
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Furnace Creek Inn: 9x12 inches, acrylic
This beautiful, luxurious inn was originally
built in the 1930s, in Death Valley, California. It lays nestled against
the Funeral Mountains, and faces the Panamints. $350 |
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Barker Ranch: 9x12 inches, acrylic
I was taken by the peacful, lonely feeling
of this old desert cabin in Death Valley, California. $350 |
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Death Valley Sand Dune: 8x10 inches, oil
I was dumbfounded by the simple elegance
and drama to be found in a simple sand dune during the right time of day. Sand
dune near Stovepipe Wells, in Death Valley, California. $250 |
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Desert Dunes: 9x12 inches, acrylic
I'm attracted to the infinite way light
and wind plays on sand dunes throughout the day.
$350 |
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Fall Path: 12x9 inches, oil
I love the gold of turning aspens. This was
painted on location, high in the mountains. $350 |
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Mountain Cabin: 8x10 inches, oil
A deserted cabin, high in the Arizona mountains.
$250 |
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Meadow Land: 9x12 inches, oil
I'm particularly attracted to moutain areas
where a tree line ends at a meadow. $350 |
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Country Barn: 11x14 inches, acrylic
I loved this barn when I saw the original
photograph
by Gregg
Doll on
his site. It's a place where I could happily live. Clicking his name will
take you to his blog, and some gorgeous photography. $400 |
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Snake Creek Canyon: 9x12 inches, oil
This scene was painted on location, in the
White Mountains of eastern Arizona. $350 |
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Adobe at Stagecoach: 9x12 inches
I painted this Spanish-Mexican Adobeon location,
at the Stagecoach Inn Museum, in Newbury Park, California. $350 |
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Strathearn House: 7x9.5 inches, watercolor
A charming house at Strathearn Historical Park and Museum, Simi
Valley, CA $150 |
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Simi Adobe: 5.5x7.5 inches, watercolor
A wonderful old house at Strathearn Historical Park and Museum, Simi
Valley, CA, circa 1802. $100 |
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West Fork of the Black River: 16x12 inches, oil
The clouds reflecting on the river made this
scene particularly exciting to paint. $450 |
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High Country Outlook: 9x12 inches, oil
While painting, the colors of the mountains
and trees constantly changed as the weather vacillated between dappled
sunlight, showers and lightning. $350 |
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Thompson's Camp in Fall: 7x5 inches, oil
An unusual scene for a desert. Located high
up in the western side of the Pamamint Mountains, in Surprise Canyon, Death
Valley, California. $100 |
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Overlooking Snake Creek Canyon: 16x20 inches, oil
A striking vista in the Arizona mountains.
$600 |
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Zabriskie Point: 7x5 inches, acrylic
A well known landmark in Death Valley, California.
$100 |
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Cypresses: 8x10 inches, oil
I painted these gently bending Cypress trees
on a lovely windy morning. $250 |
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Crossing Death Valley: 8x10 inches, oil
This painting represents the California bound
pioneer wagon parties of 1849-50, as well as today’s ‘49ers
wagon train reinactment. $250 |
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Bridge Over River: 8x10 inches, oil
Painted from my balcony overlooking the river. $250 |
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At the Jetty: 5x7 inches, oil
Painted on location, from the bed of our
pick-up. $100 |
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Ventura Jetty: 5x7 inches, watercolor
Painted on location in Ventura, California.
I love the rich red and green grasses of the California beaches. $100 |
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