Just added to my Livermore CA series

'Quintessential Livermore', 15x11 watercolor. 

I have numerous reference photos, taken on my walks around my new hometown and will continue to add to this series. 

Another new one!

 Fresh off the easel:

'Autumn Glory', 10x22 watercolor on 300# paper.

This is the second of my Livermore CA series. Arroyo del Valle in Sycamore Grove Park, just a couple miles from my home. This park is such a treasure and I hike there regularly. I'll be painting more scenes from this highly photogenic place.

First of a New Series

I've just embarked on a new series of paintings featuring places and things that catch my eye around the Livermore Valley. This collection will be featured in a solo show in 2025.

This is Del Valle Lake, a major flood control and water resource for Livermore. I love kayaking on the lake in my Hobie inflatable pedal-yak. 

10x22 watercolor on 300# watercolor paper. 

Another memory

Puffins on the Isle of Staffa in the Hebrides off the coast of Scotland. 11x14 watercolor

Having fun!

 I just finished this 10.5 x 5.5 watercolor to add to my Arizona Memories collection.

I took the photo of a somewhat suggestive male anatomy cactus when hiking in the desert near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Title: 'Avoid the Pricks' 😉😂

More memories

 Another week, another new painting for my private collection of memories.

When we visited Stonehenge June 2016, our guide extended our stay because of the amazing skies. (I omitted the walkway and fence 😉). 

'Starry Starry Night', 8x22 watercolor on paper

More good news!

 I got this email yesterday:

"Congratulations! We are thrilled to inform you that all three of your pieces have been accepted into our upcoming exhibit at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery called Off the Wall."

Needless to say, I am happy to be included in this Livermore CA exhibit that will be up through January 5, 2025.

All three are 10x6 and are priced at $300; they are affordable gifts.

High Desert Moon

Once in a Blue Moon

Beneath the Raven Moon

This one's for ME!

 New from my easel:

'Pure Enchantment', 8x8 watercolor

This joins my private collection of New Mexico Land of Enchantment Memories. I spotted this perfect scene in the tiny village of Hachita, southwest NM.

Art News

 It's been an exciting week! I have paintings accepted for several upcoming shows.

NoCo & Front Range friends, these three little mixed media with collaged rice paper pieces will be in the 100 Square Inches show at 3 Square Art in Fort Collins. Left to right: 'Red Canyon Moon', 'Silvery Moon', 'Hang the Moon'. From my 'Fly Me to the Moon' series.

'Sudanese Mother: Persevering' and 'Women Hold Up Half the Sky' are in the Livermore Art Association's show at the local library.

Last but not least, 'Conundrum' will be at the Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse in Pleasanton CA mid-October until late December.

Another Moon Series

This is the last of this series, for the time being anyway. 

6x10 mixed media/collage, 'Harvest Moon'. 

New Art!

This week I managed to complete these three 10x6 mixed media/collage pieces that I will submit to an upcoming small works show in Livermore CA. Fingers crossed - wish me luck!

Left to right: 'High Desert Moon', 'Once in a Blue Moon', 'Beneath the Raven Moon'.

CATCH UP TIME #5

3 Square Art in Fort  Collins Colorado is hosting a show '100 Square Inches of Art'. I submitted these four mixed media/collage pieces that fit the size criteria. All four are part of the Moon Series. I will learn later this month if any are accepted for the show. The opening reception is October 18 and the show runs until December 22. WISH ME LUCK! --- I would be soooooo honored to get in this exhibit!

Hang the Moon

6x6

Silvery Moon 

6x4

Red Canyon Moon 

4x4

Moonrise, Moonset

4.5x10

 

CATCH UP TIME #4

 I am pleased to announce that these two watercolors will be shown at the Livermore Public Library the month of October.

The exhibit is 'Honor and Celebrate Women'. 

Sudanese Mother: Persevering

11x14

'Women Hold Up Half the Sky'

12x12

CATCH UP TIME #3

Many of you know that my life partner sweet hubby, Jamie Bethel, passed away suddenly September 1st, 2023. It's been a year of huge change for me: challenging, often frightening, and frequently rewarding. 

Jamie and I both loved the South Oregon Coast. I painted some of our favorite haunts and have a corner of my bedroom dedicated to those memories. This is the latest. 

Morning Walk, 11x17 watercolor 

CATCH UP TIME #2

ICYMI, I had several paintings accepted for the Alameda County Fair (CA) art exhibit this summer. 

I was surprised and pleased that this 11x14 mixed media & collage took top prize in its category. I titled it 'Conundrum'.

CATCH UP TIME!

I've been  terribly remiss in keeping my blog current. My apologies to those of you who follow it. 

These are the paintings I've completed over the past few months, no chronological order, simply grouped the way I like them.

Joining 'The Power of White' series:

Datura on the Trail

Water lily along the Oregon Coast

These two are part of the 'Welcome to Livermore' series:

Egrets - photo taken by DIL Jenise in Livermore 

California poppies on the Arroyo Trail 

Fun stuff with acrylics, collaged rice papers, and watercolor:

Red Mountain 

Doing a 180°

Tutu Pele Has Spoken

Acrylic and watercolor on Yupo.

Midsummer Eve

Joining the Welcome to Livermore series

This cluster of ripe oranges were right at eye level, on one of my daily walks in Livermore. 

'Low Hanging Fruit', 6x8 watercolor on Yupo.

Art catch up

I've been painting quite a lot lately. Here are some of my newest pieces.

These two are from 'Oregon Coast Memories' series.

It IS easy being green!

Little Red House on the Lake

Sometimes I just need to play. 

These two mixed media (acrylic, watercolor, collage) pieces were done on illustration board. 

The first is titled 'Heading Home', and the second is 'Follow Me'. 

This type of work comes from intuition, from the heart, letting the painting itself lead me where it wants to go.

Heading Home

Follow Me

At Long Last!

I have these five paintings in the Livermore Art  Association Spring Show! 

All the years we were fulltime RVers, I didn't enter shows or exhibit in galleries. Now that I'm a Livermore resident, it seemed fitting to join the local art group and enter this show. 

I helped check in work and, trust me, there's some mighty fine art in this exhibit of 260 creations. 

If you are anywhere near Livermore CA, please drop by the Bothwell Center on 8th street this Saturday & Sunday April 20th & 21st, 10:00 - 4:00. I'll be there Saturday afternoon and for a while Sunday too. Hope to see you!

Paz. Shalom. Amani. Aquere. Peace.

Moving On

Broken Promise

 

 Conundrum 

When the Kids Go Out To Play

 

More new art

 The California poppies are really popping here now - huge fields of them!

5x7 watercolor on paper

I think I missed posting this earlier, part of the Oregon Coast Memories series.  

Stars of the Tidespools, 5x7 watercolor on Yupo

Recent paintings

For the first time ever, I can spend as much time as I want working - and playing - in my 'studio'. I have never had that luxury before and I am enjoying it.

In recent years my paintings mostly consisted of places we visited and loved, mainly landscapes. In the past I also did a lot of abstracts, explorations, and experimental techniques. I am getting back to that now. These two pieces might be submitted to the Livermore Art Association Spring Show. 

                 When the Kids Go Out to Play, 12x12 mixed media on Gessobord 

                                        Moving On, 15x7 watercolor on Yupo

More tide pooling

 Okay, I admit it. I'm just having fun!

Adding this to the Oregon Coast Memories series. 5x7 mixed media on Yupo. 'Sea Anemones'

Another Oregon Coast Memory

 Kayaking on Tenmile Lake, the largest of the Oregon Coastal lakes, Jamie and I discovered remains of an old bridge way up one of the many arms.

This joins my Oregon Coast Memories series. 'Bridge to the Past', 8x10 watercolor on 140# paper, with a fair amount of rice papers added for texture.

Welcome to Livermore #2

I grew up in South Dakota and spent most of my adult life in the Rocky Mountain West. I have been amazed at all the blooming flowers - ones I would expect to bloom late May/early June - when I take my walks. Winters are very mild here, and I do like that! 

I did this series of five and framed them together, as you can see in situ.