Light Offerings

"Light Offerings"
9x10" mixed media on w/c paper

Winter trees offer twiggy brown consolation with their stand tall, endure it all, reaching high to stitch the sky with hope for spring. Magically, they produce light offerings to bless the cold spaces.

Happy New Year

I have traded the big sea breaths of sibilant surf for the little creek views of home; frosty, icy, tinkling scenes and sounds. I left behind sea glass and hagstones and sugar beet-strewn sands and now walk silver trails, sugar-frosted, white, crisp, and cold. My gaze is filled with evergreens and twiggy brown branches, my ears filled with the winter songs of jay, crow, cardinal, and chickadee-dee-dee. Home. 

The Woodpecker

The Woodpecker
11x14" mixed media on bristol

It's officially fall 2023! 

Spring Flowers

"Anemones"
8x8 acrylic on cradled panel

It's garden season wherein my creative palette expands, extending outdoors to the organic environs. We long for sun and we long for rain. Steady days of rain mean steady days creating in the studio. And even there, my thoughts are led to flower arranging. Today the sun is shining and outdoor creating is calling so I’ll leave you a pot of spring flowers to enjoy…

Cowbird Courting

Cowbird Courting
11x17" mixed media on paper

The brown headed cowbird performs an amusing spring dance with dramatic flair. Reminiscent of a Spanish dancer, it puffs and fluffs its wings in the hope of enticing a mate. Ole! Tango, anyone?

It has been awhile since I shared any illustration artwork. A new spring season offers up new observations. Nature always inspires and appeals to my sense of humour.

The Moorhen

"The Moorhen"
11x14" mixed media on bristol

Moorhens are fun birds. They frequent marshes and canals in Great Britain and are a favourite bird to sight when visiting. Red-beaked head bobbers, long toed swimmers, and secretive gliders on sparkling waters.

Autumn Waltz

"Autumn Waltz"
11x14" mixed media on paper

This time of year the leaves waltz in the wind.
I listen to their tips tapping and their skirts swishing
 the autumn breeze twirls them about.

The Happy Duck

"Happy Duck"
11x14 mixed media on paper

They come flying and flapping onto the creek with chuckles and chortles and much splashing.
Our mornings begin with laughter when the ducks arrive!

Mother of Ukraine cards...

Mother of Ukraine art cards

An update on the sales of this 5x7" card image. To date, $350 has been donated to World Renew Ukrainian Relief Fund. 100% of card sales goes to this fund. Cards sell for $7 each and are still available.

Thank you to all of you who have helped during this time of war.

Isolation Series Cards: Second Edition

I'm happy to share images of 18 new Isolation Series paintings reprinted as 5x7" art cards.

Cards sell for $5 each or purchase all 18 for $75 and save $15. Message me for more information, or to make a purchase. Shipping is extra.

18 new 5x7" art cards

Crow in a Beech Tree, Potting up Sunshine, Red Berry Romp, Frog

The Gardener, Picking a tune, Mother of Ukraine, Finding Rainbows, Red Snowshoes

Hawk, Bluejay Day, Finding Rainbows, Porcupine, The Acrobat

Every cardback features the story behind each image.

                                        

As shown in each row:

Picking a Tune, Finding Rainbows, Bluejay Day, Hawk, Mother of Ukraine

           Porcupine, Potting up Sunshine, The Moon & the Heron, Winter Birds,
Local Branch Exchange,

  Winter Robin, The Gardener, Nuthatch in the Walnut Tree, Red Berry Romp,

Frog, Crow in a Beech Tree, The Acrobat, & Red Snowshoes

The Cardinals

"The Cardinals"
11x14" mixed media on paper

I spy crimson crescents in a cold, twiggy landscape.
 Blazing, red-feathered gifts for cold winter mornings.

Orange Juice

"Orange Juice"
11x14" mixed media on paper

Spring is pressing in, offering up cups of hope with sunshine. Winter whites and browns yield to fresh buds and birds. The change of view is refreshing, a juicy quenching of seasonal thirst.

"Mother of Ukraine"

"Mother of Ukraine"
11x14" mixed media on paper

It is International Women’s Day. My thoughts and creative expressions lean towards the women of Ukraine: honouring their courage, fortitude, and strength whilst praying for protection, and peace in their land.