16″ x 20″ Oil on linen panel
In this piece I was interested in a coastal composition emphasizing the diagonals. I also hope to give the viewer a sense that their feet might just get wet.
Exhibited …
2025 – Los Gatos Art Association, Artist of the Year Event, Awarded 2nd Place
2025 – Santa Cruz Art League – Statewide Landscape Show
15″ x 15″ oil on linen panel
This piece developed from a watercolor sketch I did alongside Tenaya Creek on the way to Mirror Lake in Yosemite. Here, I’m striving to bring the viewer into the scene while capturing the movement and play of dappled light. There’s a particular atmosphere by a rushing stream rapid movement, varied colors and the play of dappled light.
11″ x 14″ oil on linen panel
In this piece, I am inviting childhood memories of time in the hotel swimming pool with entreeties from parents that it was long passed dinner time and time to dry off.
10″ x 8″ oil on linen panel
There was so much going as I was painting the pond at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Jose that I had to decide what I was going to focus on. So … the heron, egret, koi and blooming waterlilies are left for another time as I gave my attention to the greens and golds in the water and the reflection of a sunshiny sky.
9″ x 12″ (sold)
These sandstone rock formations always remind me of creatures slithering into the sea. Here, I’ve painted them covered bright pink ice plant. I know this ice plant isn’t native. Still, I like having it in this spot more than the poison ivy that I have come to understand was here before it was introduced.
8″ x 10″ oil (sold)
I painted this back lit morning scene as the light was streaming through the arch. Capturing that glow was my main focus in this piece.
6″ x 8″ oil (sold)
I painted this from the west facing deck on a Mariposa Hillside during a fall art retreat with painter friends.
8″ x 10″ oil on linen panel
I painted this bay laurel tree on a day filled with sunshine and the laughter of kids at day camp in the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Park.
9″ x 12″ oil on linen panel
This scene was painted on location at Quail Hollow Ranch, nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The warm morning light reflecting off the horse trailer initially drew my attention, and I was captivated by the interplay of light and shadow. As I continued painting, a rider on horseback passed by and I decided to add them to add life to the setting.
14″ x 11″ oil on linen panel
In this piece, I am celebrating the arrival of penstemon blooms in the Yosemite high country.
