In May of 2009, Old Town Bluffton was celebrated by plein air artists taking part in the Bravo Event ‘Art in the Park. For one week, artists were found around Old Town painting different scenes. I chose to create an illustrated, hand-built book. The May River was my main theme for this watercolor journal. I […]
Category Archives: Watercolors
Western NY Summer Colors
Since arriving in NY I’ve been dying to get out and paint these roadside beauties. Chicory lines the rural roadsides. I’d love to see it cultivated in rows. It would be the Finger Lakes version of the wonderful lavender fields of France. Queen Ann’s Lace is so abundant I’m tempted to paint a scene similar […]
Sunset color on the lake
The Waiting Game
We’ve all been there. Hurry up and…. wait. Or, the medical appointment dilemma ” I’m sorry, the doctor is running behind.” This is when my eyes twinkle, and all the interesting plants I saw on the way into the medical building blur my brain. “How far behind?” I ask. Despite the time snag these ‘waits’ […]
Back at Conesus
After 16 hours straight in the car I’m happy to say we arrived at our destination safe and sound – although worn out. Even though these sketches were done on the 15th, my brain really hadn’t recovered from the drive, thus the date of the 16th 🙂 The lighting on the water was lovely yesterday. […]
For the Love of Trees
Vivien Blackburn has posted a Challenge to paint or sketch trees. The sketches must be done from life – my favorite way to sketch and paint 🙂 I’ve gathered together a few that I created. The first is the currently blooming, ever beautiful Loblolly Bay. I cut a sprig from this much loved Loblolly Bay […]
