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The Green Mister
This is probably the last watercolor for my one woman mini show this coming April at Art in the Valley, Corvallis Oregon. I’m using a new technique to replace liquid mask when reserving soft edged areas of white paper in many of my latest still lifes. Puddles of clear water on the paper will resist... »
Free Tickets
I have five admit-two-free tickets to the March 27-28th, Spring Best of the Northwest Art and Fine Craft at theWarren G Magnuson Park. Admission is ordinarily $7.00 per person so the tickets are worth $14.00 each. I’ll mail one ticket each to the first five people to send me their Washington mailing address... »
Apples and Oranges
I had to watch my youngest daughter like a hawk to get this one painted. She loves the sweet miniature Clementine oranges and kept threatening to eat my still life before I had it painted. I don’t blame her much. Clemetines are so very sweet and so small you can eat three or four... »
Spring in my Window
We planted a two ornamental cherry trees the year we moved into this house. Five years later the trees put on quite a show each Spring. The branches I take inside don’t make a dent in the abundance of blooms. I made two fundamental design decisions in painting this image. Both help make the blossoms... »
Jade and Tulips: Take Two
This is much the same composition and color scheme as Jade and Tulips I. I lowered the tulips which causes them to stand out more than in the original version, but makes the upper line of the composition less interesting. Including more of the jewelry box increased it’s three dimensionality as did opening thing... »
Tulips, Jade and Books
Our house is covered in floor to ceiling book shelves. So it was really only a matter of time before the shelves showed up in one of my still lifes. This time they feature only as a reflection. Or purchase a print from Fine Art America.com. »
Pick of the Day – Sonia Bansal
ShareI am an Indian Contemporary artist from New Delhi. I have exhibited my paintings in numerous group shows. i have an individualistic style with contemporary in my own sensibilities. Most of my paintings are watercolor and acrylic color based. my works delineate various facts of human nature and women power. There lies certain Questions and... »
Jade and Tulips
Years ago I celebrated a new job by purchasing a jewelry box I had coveted for several years. I love oriental furniture with it’s brass hinges and inset jade and soapstone. I find a whole room full of such furniture much too heavy. But the jewelry box was everything I loved about the furniture... »
Nautilus and Marble, Still Playing with Color
Same nautilus, new angle, new colors–after several attempts to paint the nautilus in it’s true colors, I think I understand why I keep changing them. The shell’s shadows are warmer colors than it’s highlights. Most real world objects have cooler shadows and warmer highlights. But the standards of the shell have warm local color... »
Nautilus With Glass, A Color Fantasy
My husband and I spent last weekend on the Oregon Coast. The weather was so fine we hardly even went inside at all. So on our last day having not set foot in a shop all weekend, it occurred to us we had bought nothing for our daughters. So we stopped in... »






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