Hot Pool, Watercolor on paper, 9×12″, 2015. I am still doing a fairly decent job on my resolution on setting aside creative time for myself each week (this is getting easier and easier, the more sleep that I get each night). This resolution is also helping to me to finish projects that were interrupted byContinue reading “Hot Pool Watercolor Painting”
Category Archives: original artwork
Valentine Cards 2015
My hands are stained pink tonight – magenta pink. Why? Because of my love for hand-made Valentine’s and my daughter’s blossoming creative process. it all started with her asking me, “Mommy, when is Valentine?” I told her it was next weekend – 7 sleeps away and her reply was, “I need Valentine’s!” I asked herContinue reading “Valentine Cards 2015”
Collaborative Turtle Drawing
My New Year’s Resolution of creating something at least once a week is chugging right along with great success. Both kids went down for a nap at the same time (!) yesterday, and I managed to get started on a still life drawing in color pencil, which I will show you at a later time.Continue reading “Collaborative Turtle Drawing”
Violet Butterfly Watercolor
Phew, I hammered this artwork out in a single day. It has been a long time since that has happened to work out well for me. Last Saturday, since we didn’t make it to Minneapolis, I was at my in-laws’ house while Greta napped. Loud hammering and nailing sounds were ringing through my house asContinue reading “Violet Butterfly Watercolor”
Cat Constellation Watercolor + Winter, Windows, & Weekend
Cat Constellations, India ink, watercolor, and pen on paper, 9 x 12″, 2014. Today we were supposed to be in Minneapolis for my cousin and sister’s baby shower, but the weather had other plans for us. Due to a lovely storm that started as rain, turned to hail, and then became a very slushy blizzard,Continue reading “Cat Constellation Watercolor + Winter, Windows, & Weekend”
Baby Elephant – Collage/Painting
Baby Elephant, newspaper collage, acrylic paint, and watercolor on paper, 9×12″, 2014. This is the most recent nursery artwork that I completed only this week. It is for a colleague who is expecting a boy in March. I have been returning to my painting and collage roots as of lately. Hopefully I can get someContinue reading “Baby Elephant – Collage/Painting”
NC Home Collage
North Carolina Home, collage & mixed media on paper, 9 x 12″, 2013. Do not reuse image without permission. Our Iowa home has something new and interesting to grace its spacious gallery-like walls – a collage. This collage makes use of old Greensboro maps, vellum, scraps of wall paint from the old house, andContinue reading “NC Home Collage”
Self-portrait Workshop: Weatherspoon Art Museum
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending a self-portrait workshop at the Weatherspoon Art Museum located on University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s campus. The workshop was led by Elizabeth Bradford, who did an amazing job facilitating. This image is a sneak preview of the finished self-portrait made from this workshop. It has beenContinue reading “Self-portrait Workshop: Weatherspoon Art Museum”
Bluebird Hill Art 