India Art Nouveau Style Pattern
Stepping away from watercolor to play with digital drawing. Creating a pattern with an India Art Nouveau style repeat surface pattern design. Art Nouveau is one of my favorite design styles. I enjoy incorporating that style into my work in new ways. A happy design that would make lovely pajamas
Nasturtiums Painting and Pattern
Nasturtiums Painting and Pattern was inspired by a photo that I took in San Deigo, CA. The flowers there are robust and beautiful. I use a watercolor medium for my paintings and if I don’t have a color that I think would work I mix my own using the SavArt
My Creative Journey Comes Full Circle
This is a Personal Story A book that I recently read; ‘Your Dream Life Starts Here’ by Kristina Karlsson, has triggered many thoughts and reflection on my creative journey over my lifetime. I’m now realizing that this creative energy that is in me has been there my entire life and
Gifts From the Sea
My Gifts From the Sea surface pattern collection has been an interesting process. I’ve learn a lot from creating this collection. I created this moodboard with some photos I took while walking on the beach. Pattern # 1 Sand Formations I created a pattern that reminded me of the lines
Boho Bougainvillea Pattern Collection
A bougainvillea flower that I photographed and painted inspired me to create the Boho Bougainvillea Pattern Collection. The shapes, lines and colors that were reveled when I zoomed in with the camera were intriguing. Read the story here. Of course, first starting out with a mood board I gathered some
Painting While Traveling
It’s been over a year since travel was even possible to think about as COVID took over the world. But here we are planning for a May 2021 Grand Bahama Island Trip, will it equal painting while traveling for me? With vaccination records and masks in hand, off we go
New Adventures Equal New Ideas
San Diego – New Adventure New adventures equal new ideas, creative juices tend to bloom and explode. Travel opens my world in ways that one can never plan. Travel doesn’t have to be far or even new. A revisited place can be familiar and new when experienced at a different
Spring Pattern Cottagecore Style
Spring Pattern Cottagecore Style is a true reminder of springtime, a favorite time of year for most everyone. The beginning of new life as we watch the sprouting of new green leaves and grass, the many colors of flowers glistening with droplets rain on some days. The air is clean
Mom’s Garden
When visiting my Mother, a month or so ago, we took a stroll as we always do in Mom’s flower garden. It’s fun to see what new beauties may have popped up since the last visit. I’ve never seen a poinsettia growing in the ground before verses in a pot
Greek Travel Adventure
Crete, Greece 2018 Our Greek travel adventure of 2018 began by flying there from Rome to Athens, then to Crete. We landed at the Heraklion airport, which was the closest airport (there are three on the island) to our rented villa. Crete is the largest of the Greek islands, having
Mixed Media Greeting Cards
These cards are multi media works of art handmade and created with love. Watercolor background, woman’s face is an ink drawing and the roses are a photograph. The background is a watercolor wash of mixing colors and adding splashes here and there. Drawings of women’s faces layered under the background
Watercolor Painting and Traveling
Watercolor painting and traveling can be challenging. What should you take with you and what should paint when you get to where you are going. Often finding something that I can get into painting is the hardest part for me. Flowers are a favorite subject because of the many
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