Simple Pleasure

Simple Pleasure

This piece is loosely based on a photo taken by my wandering little sister. She possesses a gypsy-soul and is currently vagabonding around Asia. She spent some down time on a beautiful beach in Thailand and snapped a photo of a group of young girls enjoying an evening...
Interlude

Interlude

Everyone close to me knows of my lifelong fascination with mermaids. Those always beautiful, mysterious, and hauntingly lyrical creatures of the sea. Everything about them captures my interest… I have loved them since I was a little girl, and remember drawing...
A New Perspective

A New Perspective

I started this piece simply as an exercise (and personal challenge), in using a very limited palette of colors. (Not something I am known for!) This woman is in a very unique pose. I imagined I would be in for a bit of a struggle with the shadowing, as I didn’t...
Everyday Dust

Everyday Dust

“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Pablo Picasso The end of January. In our family this is the time that the holiday celebrations are now truly over. Hard on the heels of the New Year, we celebrate both my husband’s and my son’s...
Pieces of Me

Pieces of Me

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henri Matisse I once had a fellow artist, after studying my newest additions to my wall in the local gallery, remark, “It must be all rainbow colors and...