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So thrilled and honored!

​"High Country - Cougar" won the Daniel Tennant Award for Realism at the 2019 Jericho Fine Arts Show.

Before starting a new painting, I research my subject for facts, habitat, geographical areas and whatever else that I can learn about the animal. I am amazed at times of what I learn that I did not know about my subject. So here are a few facts about Brown Bears that you may be interested in. Grizzlies are brown bears, but not all brown bears are grizzlies. Grizzlies are a subspecies of a brown bear and are mostly seen inland, but along the coastlines of Alaska and Canada they are brown bears.

The color of the fur of a brown bear depends upon their diet and temperature of the geographical area in which they live. The fur is typical a dark brown, but are also whitish, blond, red or black. Brown bears have a keen sense of smell, but with poor eyesight and can live in the wild for 20 to 25 years. They express their emotion with growls, grunts and moans and communicate through movement, sounds and smell.

Here is my newest painting depicting a Brown Bear coming out of the water onto the shore with a little attitude. Fine art Giclee prints are available in other sizes. Use my contact form with the title of the painting to inquire other sizes and price.

Women Artists of the West accepted three of my paintings for their online Spring show. You can see the entire show on their website: www.waow.org/
Theme of the exhibit was Spring, so here are the 3 paintings selected for this show.
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I just love seeing Great Blue Herons as they are such a fascinating bird. The patience they have as they stand so motionless, almost like a statue just waiting for a fish to appear. At times I have seen Great Blue Herons near my back yard as there is a little marsh area with cattails. I personally have not seen one swimming although according to some people they can and do swim, especially if they wade out into really deep water.

Here is my newest painting depicting a Great Blue Heron wading in deep water. Fine art Giclee prints are available in other sizes. Use my contact form with the title of the painting to inquire other sizes and price.

Was so surprised and honored to be invited by Southwest Art Magazine to be included in "Ones To Collect" section of the October 2018 issue.
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Both of my whitetail deer paintings are now completed and available. When painting the two paintings together was easier than I original thought, as I stayed with the same theme and color palette, although I did not want them to look exactly alike.

With my Whitetail Buck painting - "Winters Magical Moment" I had decided to paint more of the delicate dried goldenrod covered with hoar frost and less cattails. The buck looks stately and bold and with the frosted goldenrod gave the painting a more delicate and elegant look.

When doing the Whitetail Doe I decided to add more of the dark cattails surrounding her since she is walking more sideways within the reeds, grasses and cattails. I felt the main cattails adds a lot of interest to the doe as her expression shows that something has "Caught Her Attention".

"Winters Magical Moment - Whitetail Buck"
24" x 18"      Oil on Hardboard

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"Caught Her Attention - Whitetail Doe"
18" x 24"     Oil on Canvas

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